Episode 24: Samsara Biocapital's Srini Akkaraju
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Founder & Managing Partner of Samsara Biocapital, Dr. Akkaraju describes his early move from...
Episode 23: a16z's Vineeta Agarwala
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Still a practicing physician today, Vineeta Agarwala describes her educational background and early ...
Episode 22: Adjuvant Capital's Glenn Rockman
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn Rockman describes the introduction to impact investing he gained from working for J.P. Morgan ...
Episode 21: Scion Life Sciences' Aaron Kantoff
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Kantoff describes the road on the public markets side that eventually led him to venture, and ...
Episode 20: Breakout Ventures' Lindy Fishburne
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lindy Fishburne describes her educational background and career, and transitioning from the philanth...
Episode 19: Longwood Fund's Christoph Westphal
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Westphal describes his upbringing and early career at McKinsey and Polaris, founding or co-found...
Episode 18: Playground Global's Jory Bell
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jory Bell shares the details of his expansive educational background and early career, which include...
Episode 17: Norwest Venture Partners' Tiba Aynechi
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tiba Aynechi describes her career path, which has been spent entirely in the Bay Area since she earn...
Episode 16: RA Capital's Josh Resnick
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Resnick describes his career path, which includes working on the venture side of both private f...
Episode 15: Mission BioCapital's Steve Tregay
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Tregay describes his career path, including how early roles at Array BioPharma and Novartis le...
Episode 14: Aditum Bio's Joe Jimenez
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Jimenez describes the career path in consumer products that led him to pharma, his time running ...
Episode 13: Civilization Ventures' Shahram Seyedin-Noor
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shahram describes his upbringing as a refugee from Iran, his early career in law and banking, and ho...
Episode 12: Flagship Pioneering's Avak Kahvejian
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A General Partner at Flagship Pioneering, Avak describes his upbringing and studies in the Middle Ea...
Episode 11: Pillar VC's Tony Kulesa
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Partner at Pillar VC, Tony describes his start at MIT, founding the MIT BioMakerspace, his work at...
Episode 10: Curie.Bio's Alexis Borisy
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Co-Founder and Operating Chairman of Curie.Bio, and serial entrepreneur, shares experiences from...
Episode 9: Alloy Therapeutics & 82VS's Errik Anderson
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He describes his career path and learnings from the tech industry, co-founding Adimab, the work that...
Episode 8: Canaan Partners' Julie Grant
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A general partner the firm, she describes her career path, including time spent at Goldman Sachs and...
Episode 7: MPM BioImpact's Ansbert Gadicke
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
MPM's founder and managing partner discusses the firm's 30+ years of investing in life scien...
Episode 6: Omega Funds' Otello Stampacchia
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He describes his career path, including time in the lab and doing quant work at Goldman Sachs. Plus,...
Episode 5: KdT Ventures' Founder and Managing Partner Cain McClary
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He describes this path to venture investing from his start in science at the NIH to becoming a patho...
Episode 4: Enavate Sciences’ Sara Nayeem
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Nayeem describes her career path and how different firms she has worked for have had different ...
Episode 3: Time BioVentures' D.A. Wallach
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
D.A. Wallach describes how he went from music to healthcare/biotech investing, and the similarities ...
Episode 2: Westlake BioPartners’ Beth Seidenberg
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Seidenberg tells the story of how her career went from physician, to product development in ind...
Episode 1: Venrock's Bryan Roberts
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Roberts discusses Venrock's history, moving from NYC to the Bay Area, his investment philosoph...