Lina Williamson

Lina Williamson, DVM PhD, is CEO and co-founder of Soterya, the Boston-based company developing Korus, a physical AI bed that autonomously repositions people, reducing reliance on caregivers. A scientist-entrepreneur trained at the Universities of Bern and Zurich, she spent a decade at Novartis doing research and leading international innovation scouting and strategic alliances with academic institutions. At Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital she founded the Brigham Translational Accelerator to speed innovation from bench to first-in-patient and de-risk it for commercial value. She has helped translate 19 projects into companies and co-founded five medtech ventures. Lina is an MIT Catalyst Fellow and a mentor for Biocat's D-Health program, working between Boston and Barcelona.