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Min Investment:
$50,000.00Max Investment:
$200,000.00Target Investment:
$125,000.00
Skills
Education
- SU
- Uo
Lists including Dave
Investments
Catena Biosciences
Total Funding: $5M
Talus Bio
Total Funding:
Decoherence
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Openshelf
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Serinus Biosciences
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Ordinary Seafood
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Resistance Bio
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Nest Genomics
Total Funding:
Kodex
Total Funding: $12M
Kingdom Supercultures
Total Funding: $25M
Work Experience
2017
General Partner
2024
I lead the Future of Health Fund at Pioneer, investing in and supporting top founders top startups that will make a massive impact on how long we live, how well we live, and how we experience healthcare.
Senior Venture Partner and co-lead Bio+Health Fund
2022 - 2024
Senior Venture Partner
2019 - 2024
Venture Partner
2017 - 2019
2016
Member of Selection Committee
2016
2017
Advisor
2017
2015
Y Combinator (S15)
2015
Cofactor Genomics was part of the Summer 2015 batch of Y Combinator.
Startup School Advisor
2017 - 2017
I advised 18 startup companies in Y Combinator's first Startup School program.
2016 - 2024
Founder and Chief Operating Officer
2016 - 2024
I co-founded Cofactor, leading it to successful Medicare reimbursement. I led our 30+ site national clinical trial. Cofactor uses RNA and machine learning to enable doctors to choose the best treatment for their patients.
2020 - 2024
Advisor
2020 - 2024
2018 - 2022
Advisor
2018 - 2022
2013 - 2019
Member of the Board of Trustees
2013 - 2019
Lending my expertise to one of the premier college preparatory boarding schools in the United States. Ranked the #1 Private School in Missouri.
Chief Operating Officer
2015 - 2016
Director of Analysis
2012 - 2015
Leads Cofactor’s computational research & development program, executing our software and infrastructure strategy Co-director of Operations, planning and coordinating production and personnel Oversees bioinformatics analyses for all clients, from small academic labs to large pharma companies
2005 - 2015
Core Developer
2010 - 2015
BioPerl is a set of software libraries which keeps biologists from having to spend so much time writing new code in order to answer their research questions. BioPerl still has a pretty steep learning curve for most people, so I'm trying to help make it easier to use.
Developer
2005 - 2010
BioPerl is a set of software libraries which keeps biologists from having to spend so much time writing new code in order to answer their research questions. BioPerl still has a pretty steep learning curve for most people, so I'm trying to help make it easier to use.