Our team has received notable industry recognition with inclusion in the Forbes Midas List, New York Times and CB Insights Top 100 Venture Capitalists, TechCrunch’s VC of the Year Award, SF Business Times 40 Under 40, and more.
INVESTMENT TEAM
Stuart Peterson
MANAGING PARTNER
Vasudev Bailey, PhD
SENIOR PARTNER
Austin Walne
PARTNER
Ameena El-Bibany
PARTNER
Zoe Guttendorf
HEAD OF MARKETING AND INVESTOR RELATIONS
Henry Klingenstein
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Jeff Kindler
OPERATING PARTNER
FEATURED PIONEERS
Bahija Jallal, PhD
CEO, IMMUNOCORE
FORMER PRESIDENT, MEDIMMUNE, ASTRAZENECA
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Thomas Lönngren
FORMER HEAD, THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY
Leena Das-Young
FORMER EXECUTIVE, GUARDANT HEALTH, PFIZER, BAYER
Annalisa Jenkins, MD
FORMER HEAD, R&D MERCK SERONO, BOARD MEMBER FASTERCURES
Quita Highsmith
CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER, PHARMA
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Prashant Mali, PhD
BIOENGINEERING, UC SAN DIEGO
Wendy Mayer
FORMER HEAD OF STRATEGY, PFIZER
Brian Cali, PhD
CO-FOUNDER, IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS
William Carson, MD
FORMER CEO, OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT CORP
Michael Yang
FORMER PRESIDENT, IMMUNOLOGY AND CNS, JANSSEN
Angelika Fretzen, PhD
EXECUTIVE TEAM, WYSS INSTITUTE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Elizabeth Griffiths, MD
HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY,
CANCER CENTER
Alan Wright, MD
FORMER CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS
Craig Herkert
FORMER CEO, WALMART AMERICAS
Fereydoun Firouz
FORMER CHAIRMAN, CEO, STALLERGENES GREER
Al Mezzaroba
FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO OF LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL
Charlene Frizzera
FORMER ACTING ADMINISTRATOR, CMS
Mike Miller, PhD
DIRECTOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, JOHNS HOPKINS
Simon Helfgott, MD
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, BWH, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Hetty Carraway, MD
HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY, CLEVELAND CLINIC
Michael Aberman, MD
FORMER SVP, STRATEGY AND IR, REGENERON
Raghav Chari, PhD
CEO, MANZARA THERAPEUTICS
Richard Daniels
FORMER CIO, KAISER PERMANENTE
Nezar Abdennur, PhD
POSTDOC, MIT
Reuben Hogan
MD/PHD CANDIDATE, UCSF
Omair Khan
MD/PHD CANDIDATE, STANFORD
Coco Bryant
MD CANDIDATE, UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE
Julian Horwitz, MD
TRANSPLANT SURGERY FELLOW, UCLA
Quang Nguyen
PHD CANDIDATE, OXFORD
Fatima Enam, PhD
POSTDOC, STANFORD
Eriona Hysolli, PhD
POSTDOC, HARVARD
Tom Thomas, MRCP
PHD CANDIDATE, OXFORD
OPERATIONS TEAM
Robert Riemer
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Megan Daugherty
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION