About Us

WHAT WE DO​

Built in the lab. Validated in the clinic. Exited to global pharma.

Tzientzia is the operating vehicle of Diogo R. Anjos — co-founder and CEO of Lymphact, the first Portuguese Biotech company to achieve a successful exit. Lymphact was acquired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals in 2018 (Achieving all rollout milestones by 2021).

I have built, regulated, funded, and exited a cell therapy company. That is the only experience worth passing on.”

Diogo R. Anjos​

CEO​

Tzientzia services​

How we work​

Service blocks

Board Advisory

Board-level engagement with cell and gene therapy companies at Series A and beyond — scientific strategy, regulatory positioning, investor narrative, and governance. Equity-based. A small number of concurrent seats.

Operating Partnership

Deep, hands-on operating engagement for fund portfolios that need a DeepTech Biotech operator alongside management. Day-rate plus equity. One company at a time.

Fund Collaboration

Operating and venture partner arrangements with life sciences funds — portfolio diligence, founder assessment, and post-investment operational support, preferably in cell and gene therapy.

Services

The track record

>40 Patents

granted

>20x

Exit

+1000

pitches

Who we are and what we do

Tzientzia is a spinoff of the first Portuguese successful exit startup Lymphact.

Lymphact was founded in 2012 around DOT-Cells — a novel gamma-delta T-lymphocyte platform with demonstrated tumour-killing capabilities. Over six years, we built the company from a university spinout into a deal-ready asset: patent strategy and IP portfolio development, regulatory engagement with EMA and FDA, scaleup manufacturing in classified cleanroom environments and investor relationships with funds including Orbimed, Versant Ventures, Celgene, Gilde Healthcare, Sanofi Investments, end others.
In 2018, Lymphact was acquired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Tzientzia now deploys that operating experience at board level — working with a select number of deep tech companies in healthcare and beyond, and the funds backing them.


Board-level strategy support – Board-level advisory and operating partnerships — for funded advanced therapeutics companies and the funds backing them. A small number of engagements at any given time, structured around advisory equity or retainer.
Tzientzia does not offer general consulting. If you have been pointed here by someone who knows our work, reach out.

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