CEO & Biotech VC @Venrock, mom to firebird and wizard, Hapa slash Texarean, likes anything human powered including bikes, banter, and backcountry skiing.
San Francisco, CA
Joined July 2009
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Congrats to my colleague @NickBeim for his vision - from seeding @altruist 8 years ago to today's announcement by @Vanguard. Bravo to @jasonwenk and all involved!
Huge news: @Vanguard is acquiring @Altruist 🚀🚀🚀. Congrats to @jasonwenk & the Altruist team!! It’s been awesome working together for the past 8 years as you’ve revolutionized wealth management 🙏🙏. May you have many more “Altruist moments”!! @Venrock wsj.com/business/deals/vangu…
Excited for this one
Congratulations to @GenLogs on their $14.6M Series A funding round! CEO @ryanjoycevoice shared with Venrock’s Morgan Hitzig a look ahead at what their Freight Intelligence Platform stands to achieve.
As someone who used to think a lot about the parameters of drug advertising, this feels warranted endpts.com/senators-ask-fda-…
Amazing
One of the most wonderful graphs in the world of AI & open source when the community rallies behind a fundamental reimagining of how we develop AI and America's opportunity to be the true stewards of frontier AI development 🙌 @Oumi_PBC
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Friends: I was humbled and exhilarated to hike earlier this week on the Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares. I want to thank every individual and company that supported my Trek, including @simchatx, Engine Room, Stipple Bio, and @DispatchBio.
We are SO close to our ambitious fundraising goal of $1,000,000. If you are in the Life Science Industry at any level, PLEASE consider donating to this incredibly worthy cause. Life Science Cares is a platform to enable our industry to give back to the communities that make our important work possible. It directs funding to existing 501c3 organizations to support poverty reduction initiatives and pathways to opportunity. As a scientific investigator, educator, and mentor, I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to expand the talent pipeline into the Life Sciences. Any amount you can spare would be a great help (see donation link below).
Thank you also all my fellow hikers for inspiring me with your talent and passion. And of course to @ldtimmerman and Sarah MacDonald for granting me the opportunity to contribute.
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Exclusive: @Venrock ups its fund size for the first time in a decade, raising $650 million for its tenth fund. trib.al/vad0FbW
Best conference I’ve been to. Feeling lucky and energized to meet so many awesome female leaders.
That’s a wrap on another fantastic WTF conference! Thanks to everyone who came out to Napa to hang out with us. 🍷
Special thanks to @ArlanWasHere, @rnbracken & @HeatherHartnett for a great conversation on the challenges & opportunities in VC in 2023.
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NEW: The first 3 AI-designed drugs got lots of fanfare when they entered the clinic — not so much when they quietly fell out.
I talked with the AI field about what an 0-for-3 start in human testing means, and whats' next for the field:
endpts.com/first-ai-designed…
Exciting partnership news! Kudos to the team at @FederationBio prnewswire.com/news-releases…
Sunday reflections: can professionals at the top of their game make room for care and wellbeing alongside competition and ambition? Or are they zero sum... ft.com/content/1580ed07-35ec…
A great read: @SVB_Financial’s annual report, healthcare venture investment and fundraising insights and predictions for 2022 bit.svb.com/3t2n0DA #SVBHealthcare @jonnysvb
Always look forward to the @jonnysvb report, 2020 was a banner year for venture fundraising, investments and exits. bit.svb.com/3njBk4k
Curious about @FederationBio’s groundbreaking approach to developing therapeutics using bacteria? I spoke with @edrabantconley about trends in microbiome, her career goals and more on @Venrock’s podcast – check it out: vnrk.co/3hM7hkB
Excited to announce our latest @Venrock Therapeutics newcos has emerged out of stealth. Congrats to the entire @FederationBio team and my cofounders @mfgrp and Dylan Dodd
We’re pioneering new approaches for treating intractable diseases by combining an unprecedented number of #microbial strains into highly diverse consortia, in some instances optimized with genetically engineered bacteria to enhance the immune system. Federation.bio
It’s a huge honor to be named to @fortunemagazine’s #40under40 list + see such inspiring HC, tech, policy & media leaders. Thx to my colleagues at @venrock for always pushing the bar higher and all of the hard working TEAMs we get to back that are changing the future of health!
A huge congratulations to @rnbracken for being named in @FortuneMagazine’s 40 Under 40 (#healthcare). We’re honored to have her on the team. Join us in congratulating her! #healthnews fortune.com/40-under-40/2020…
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Congratulations to @Venrock's @BRobertsVC for his 12th consecutive appearance on the @Forbes #MidasList today!
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THREAD: On New #COVID19 Diagnosis in California Tonight: We will have community spread of #coronavirus in the U.S. It is likely that we have — right now — more cases that remain undiagnosed but will soon be revealed. We need to keep in mind several key points: 1/n
Honored to receive the Rising Star award from @nvca - congrats to Dan Kidle and @susanwliu !
We are pleased to present the recipients of the 2020 Rising Star Award: @rnbracken of @Venrock, Dan Kidle of @ArboretumVC, & @susanwliu of @scalevp. Congrats to all three!
They will each be presented with the award at the #VC Gala on March 12. Join them: nvca.org/nvca-leadership-gal…
