Jory Bell shares the details of his expansive educational background and early career, which included being a product designer at Apple during the return of Steve Jobs. He describes Playground's engineering and tech angle to investing in life sciences, and weighs in on sizable seed and pre-seed investments the industry has seen lately that get startups to a proof of concept.
Tiba Aynechi describes her career path, which has been spent entirely in the Bay Area since she earned her PhD from UCSF in the early 2000's. She describes the value of BD experience she earned while working on licensing deals early in her career, her more than a decade at Novo Ventures, and what appealed to her to join Norwest. Plus, her thoughts on a board of directors' relationship with management teams.
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Episode 16: RA Capital's Josh Resnick
Josh Resnick describes his career path, which includes working on the venture side of both private funds and pharma (Merck). He explains the different investment strategies of RA Capital, and talks about how the firm's Raven company building incubator fits in. Plus, his thoughts on venture investing in the current environment.
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Episode 15: Mission BioCapital's Steve Tregay
Steve Tregay describes his career path, including how early roles at Array BioPharma and Novartis led him to found Forma Therapeutics. He describes the founding and growth of LabCentral, for which he is still the chairman today, and how getting a look at entrepreneurs at such an early stage naturally led to the investment work that he and his partners do at Mission BioCapital.
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Episode 14: Aditum Bio's Joe Jimenez
Joe Jimenez describes the career path in consumer products that led him to pharma, his time running Novartis, and the idea to co-found Aditum Bio with his partner Mark Fishman. He explains Aditum's investment philosophy, and why they like focusing on translational medicine opportunities that are just heading into the clinic. Plus, his thoughts on making R&D more efficient.
Hosted by Chris Garabedian, meet the leading Voices in the BioVenture community and hear their insights and perspectives on the challenges and successes with VC investing.
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