BioVenture VoiCes with Chris Garabedian

He describes his well-rounded background of studying and working in both software in Silicon Valley and Medicine in Boston, and the start of GV. He describes a conservative start to investing at GV, but also today how Alphabet's scale and cash gives them the ability to ride cycles and make concentrated bets on companies the team has conviction on.

Kate Bingham describes her early life and a serendipitous opportunity to work at Vertex in the early 1990's. She then discusses joining SV Health and describes its investment approaches, the Dementia Discovery Fund, being on the UK's Vaccine Taskforce during Covid, and more.

He discusses his education and joining the Langer Lab at MIT, early experiences in venture, including at Third Rock and NEA, and gaining operational experience at Jounce before joining Deerfield. Plus, areas that interest him today and how he thinks about AI.

Simeon George discusses his early days at SR One while it was part of GSK, and the transition to making the firm independent in 2020. Plus, the importance of peer-to-peer collaboration, and his how he thinks about investing in different indications and modalities.

He discusses learnings from his decades in venture at Sofinnova Investments including 'products vs platform', therapeutics areas of interest, modalities, and how he utilizes board seats and thinks about management teams.