DiscoverHonestquo Venture PodcastHow Dr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera IPO'd Landos & Sold It to AbbVie for $200M+ and … and Is Doing It Again with NImmune
How Dr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera IPO'd Landos & Sold It to AbbVie for $200M+ and … and Is Doing It Again with NImmune

How Dr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera IPO'd Landos & Sold It to AbbVie for $200M+ and … and Is Doing It Again with NImmune

Update: 2025-09-09
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From Barcelona to Wall Street — Dr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary. A veterinarian-turned-immunologist, he went on to found multiple biotech companies, take Landos Biopharma public, and lead one of the only private biotech firms with a Phase 3 asset in IBD.

In this episode, we dive deep into:

  • How Josep transitioned from academia to biotech entrepreneurship (Landos and NImmune)

  • Raising capital in a tough biotech market

  • The art of picking the right bankers for an IPO

  • Building alignment with investors & the buy side

  • How AI and computational immunology are reshaping drug discovery

  • The lessons he learned taking a company from paper to IPO to acquisition



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How Dr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera IPO'd Landos & Sold It to AbbVie for $200M+ and … and Is Doing It Again with NImmune

How Dr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera IPO'd Landos & Sold It to AbbVie for $200M+ and … and Is Doing It Again with NImmune

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