Jay Lichter describes his roots growing up in Chicago, Yale, and an early career role at DuPont Merck before getting a call from Kevin Kinsella to try the world of venture at Avalon. Since that pivotal move, he describes numerous companies he either operated or funded, leading to his work today at Avalon Bioventures.
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Episode 26: venBio's Corey Goodman
Corey Goodman shares learnings for his career in biotech, including working in academia, biotech, pharma, and as a venture capital investor. He describes the unique learnings from all of them and why he is thankful that he has experienced these different components of life sciences.
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Episode 25: Atlas Venture's Bruce Booth
Bruce Booth discusses his education and early career, the structure of Atlas and the types of investments it makes, investing in assets vs platforms, and more.
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Episode 24: Samsara Biocapital's Srini Akkaraju
The Founder & Managing Partner of Samsara Biocapital, Dr. Akkaraju describes his early move from Standford to industry and various investment firms he worked for before founding Samsara in 2016. He discusses how the firm invests in all stages of life sciences companies and why he believes patience is a key virtue.
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Episode 23: a16z's Vineeta Agarwala
Still a practicing physician today, Vineeta Agarwala describes her educational background and early career, including experiences at the Broad Institute, Flatiron Health, and GV (Google Ventures). She talks about a16z's investment philosophy of "providing more than just a check," and a recent $500M fund partnered with Lilly.
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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