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Emmanouela Petsolari

Emmanouela Petsolari

Founder at ACX | PhD at University of Cambridge

2026Advisor for Almaworks Startup Lab at Columbia University· Almaworks Accelerator
Founder · since 2024
Company
Almaworks Accelerator
Role
Advisor for Almaworks Startup Lab at Columbia University
current
Stage
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no public source
Raised
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Based
New York City Metropolitan Area
current
Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role
Source: LinkedIn work history
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ACX

Next-generation biocides for sustainable agriculture at scale

Summer 2024

Experience

Career

  • ACX logo

    ACX

    Co-founder

    Co-Founder and CEO · New York, New York, United States · 2024 – Present

    2024
  • CUTEC - Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club logo

    CUTEC - Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club

    Advisory Board Member · 2024 – Present

    2024
  • CUTEC - Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club logo

    CUTEC - Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club

    Chairwoman · 2023 – 2024

    2023
  • CUTEC - Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club logo

    CUTEC - Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club

    President/CEO · 2022 – 2023

    2022
  • Almaworks Accelerator logo

    Almaworks Accelerator

    Advisor for Almaworks Startup Lab at Columbia University · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2026 – Present

    2026
  • World Economic Forum logo

    World Economic Forum

    Global Shaper · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom · 2023 – 2024

    2023
  • University of Cambridge logo

    University of Cambridge

    Researcher Phd Candidate · 2020 – 2024

    2020
  • Start Codon

    Venture Promoter · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom · 2023

    2023
  • Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge logo

    Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge

    Commercialisation Strategy Consultant · 2021

    2021
  • Open Philanthropy logo

    Open Philanthropy

    Alternative Protein Fellow · 2021

    2021
  • King's College London logo

    King's College London

    Research Scientist · London, England, United Kingdom · 2020 – 2021

    2020
  • King's College London logo

    King's College London

    Research Scientist · London, England, United Kingdom · 2019 – 2020

    2019
  • Cancer Research UK (CRUK) logo

    Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

    Research Scientist · London, England, United Kingdom · 2020

    2020
  • Imperial College London logo

    Imperial College London

    Research Scientist · London, England, United Kingdom · 2020

    2020
  • The Prince's Trust logo

    The Prince's Trust

    Enterprise Mentor · London, England Metropolitan Area · 2018 – 2019

    2018
  • Institut Curie logo

    Institut Curie

    Work Placement · Paris, Île-de-France, France · 2017

    2017

Bio

Emmanouela is the Co-Founder & CEO of ACX and PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics from the University of Cambridge. Previously, she held several research positions working in immunology, cancer, malaria vaccine development and viral drug discovery (in institutes like Barts Cancer Institute CRUK, Cambridge University, King’s College London, Institute Curie France and Imperial College London).