Michel Helbig De Balzac
Permanent representative of Wagram Invest SA, Non-
Business Management
Bone Therapeutics
Belgium
Biography
Michel Helbig de Balzac has a long-standing experience in venture capital as the Founder and Managing Partner of BAMS Angels Fund I SCA (founded in 2005) and Nausicaa Ventures SCA (2009), both investing in early stage and early growth new technology companies and located in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). He has particular knowledge in the fields of biotech, medical devices and energy, and represents the funds at the board of several investee companies such as Spacebel, Ovizio, and Bio-Sourcing. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bone Therapeutics since June 2013. Previously, he was an acknowledged angel investor and entrepreneur with several high-growth companies. Complementary to venture capital, he has been very active in the development and financing of large-scale renewable energy development projects such as the North Sea offshore wind farm Northwester 2 consortium, comprised of Colruyt, TTR Energy (TPF Group), Incontrol, and his own company Wagram Invest, which was granted a 224 MW area concession in 2013. From 2002 to 2013 he was influential in helping to launch a range of wind farm projects in the Walloon Region. From 2009 to 2014, he was the Chairman of Edora, the Belgian Federation for Renewable Energy, of which he is currently Director, and more recently a board member of the Belgian Offshore Platform association. Michel Helbig started his professional career in 1985 with McKinsey, where he was active in the steel and paper industries and the insurance and hospital sectors before taking on the responsibility of Administrative Director and General Secretary of their Brussels Office. He then joined Dewaay Bank in 1994 where he led the development of various private banking and corporate finance projects. Michel Helbig has a broad academic background from UCL (Belgium) in philosophy, political sciences (with a focus on international relations), economic sciences, and European studies, and a MSc degree in Urban and Regional Planning (access to final work).
Research Interest
business development
