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BioVenture VoiCes Episode 32: ARCH Venture Partners' Bob Nelsen
While describing his early life in Washington and formative years at the University of Chicago that led to the founding of ARCH, he shares his thoughts on leadership, risk taking, changes he thinks are need to keep the United States competitive in life sciences, and his belief in AI's promise to transform our industry. Chapters Intro and early life – 0:44 Risk taking and leaders – 7:54 University of Chicago – 26:12 ARCH – 36:25 China – 48:07 Brain Health – 58:16 Project Prom
Jan 11


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 31: Polaris Partners' Amy Schulman
She describes her career beginnings as a lawyer, which led to general counsel and business unit head roles at Pfizer, and then joining the VC world at Polaris Partners (at Bob Langer's urging). She discusses the firm's investment philosophy, the nuances behind how companies choose lead assets, and the cycles biotech has been through over the last ten years. Plus, other roles she currently serves, including being the chair of Alnylam. Chapters Intro and early life – 0:43 Law f
Dec 29, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 30: F-Prime Capital Senior Managing Partner Stephen Knight
He describes his early life and career experiences at Bell Labs, consulting work, and EPIX Pharmaceuticals before landing in his true interest, venture capital. Dr. Knight describes the foresight of Fidelity to focus on life sciences in its early days, and F-Prime's investing philosophy today. Chapters Early life & education - 1:13 Bell Labs -14:15 Consulting - 16:44 EPIX - 24:37 Venture Capital - 31:41 Investing Early - 41:49 F-Prime Today - 49:41
Dec 15, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 29: Averin Managing Partner David Berry
He describes his early life and education, 18 years of company building at Flagship Pioneering, founding Averin (previously called Bedford Bridge) with his brother, and investing at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Chapters Background & Early Life - 0:23 Education & MD PhD - 5:49 Bob Langer - 11:48 Flagship - 14:18 Microbiome - 25:01 The institutionalization of company creation - 34:41 Deploying Capital - 42:22 Averin - 50:39 Biosensor Company - 59:01 Consumeriz
Nov 30, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 28: Hatteras Venture Partners' Clay Thorp
Clay Thorp describes his early education and becoming a business partner to his brother on a genomics startup. He describes the genesis of Hatteras, the history and strengths of the life sciences ecosystem in the North Carolina area, and his philosophy of backing founders. Chapters Early life end education – 3:31 Helping his brother run a genomics company - 10:28 Creating a seed fund – 16:50 North Carolina's strengths – 25:51 Bob Ingram – 29:56 Investing local and beyond – 4
Nov 10, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 27: Avalon Bioventures' Jay Lichter
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. Chapters Early life – Chicago, Yale, DuPont Merck – 1:40 Joining Kevin Kinsella and moving to the west coast - 7:16 Sequana – 10:46 French company and Pfizer – 1
Oct 19, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 26: venBio's Corey Goodman
Corey Goodman shares learnings from his career in biotech, including working in academia, biotech, pharma, and as a venture capital...
Oct 6, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes 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...
Sep 22, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes 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...
Aug 10, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 23: a16z's Vineeta Agarwala
Still a practicing physician today, Vineeta Agarwala describes her educational background and early career, including experiences at the...
Jul 28, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 22: Adjuvant Capital's Glenn Rockman
Glenn Rockman describes the introduction to impact investing he gained from working for J.P. Morgan and along with the Gates Foundation...
Jun 30, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 21: Scion Life Sciences' Aaron Kantoff
Aaron Kantoff describes the road on the public markets side that eventually led him to venture, and recalls successful investments he...
Jun 16, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 20: Breakout Ventures' Lindy Fishburne
Lindy Fishburne describes her educational background and career, and transitioning from the philanthropic Breakout Labs within the Thiel...
Jun 2, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 19: Longwood Fund's Christoph Westphal
Dr. Westphal describes his upbringing and early career at McKinsey and Polaris, founding or co-founding companies like Momenta, Alnylam,...
May 19, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 17: Norwest Venture Partners' Tiba Aynechi
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...
Apr 21, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes 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...
Apr 7, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes 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...
Mar 24, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes 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...
Mar 10, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 13: Civilization Ventures' Shahram Seyedin-Noor
Shahram describes his upbringing as a refugee from Iran, his early career in law and banking, and how his initial experience in the tech...
Feb 23, 2025


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 12: Flagship Pioneering's Avak Kahvejian
A General Partner at Flagship Pioneering, Avak describes his upbringing and studies in the Middle East and Montreal, Canada, working in...
Feb 10, 2025











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