Many leading firms began in labs and universities. Facebook, Google, and Genentech are examples. They later met venture capital investors.
In the past, this early work was hard to find. Access was often local. It could depend on closed networks. This post said Master Collective would build a wider route.
On 22 July 2026, Master Collective named Janine Flohr Head of Global University Partnerships.
Janine Flohr’s experience
The post said Janine had more than 20 years in leadership. Her work covered family wealth, trade, large cross-border projects, and long-term growth. A family office manages wealth for a family.
It named her as a Principal at Mingenta Family Office. It also named her as a Shareholder at PANSANTÉ Healthcare. It said she had led large projects and complex talks. Her work spanned Europe, Africa, and South America.
It also noted her work on the brain and human performance. It named her as a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. It linked her skills to trust and team growth.
Her planned role was to work with leading universities. The post said she would build a global route. It would bring new tech, AI, life-science, and software projects to Master Collective.
The goal in the post
The post said the platform would help large investors and family offices find firms from universities. It included sovereign wealth funds. These funds are owned by national governments.
"The next decade of generational companies is currently being developed inside the world's leading research universities," says Zeeshan Mallick, Founder & CEO of Master Collective. "With Janine leading this front, we are marrying institutional family office expertise with advanced cognitive performance to build the exclusive infrastructure that ensures these founders meet the right institutional conviction at the exact moment they are ready to scale."
The post welcomed her to the team. It said the goal was to link research with funds.