BioVenture VoiCes with Chris Garabedian

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Hosted by Chris Garabedian, meet the leading Voices in the BioVenture community and hear their insights and perspectives on the challenges and successes with VC investing.

12/29/2025

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.

1h 3m
12/01/2025

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.

1h 19m
11/10/2025

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.

1h 1m
10/20/2025

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.

1h 3m
10/06/2025

Episode 26: venBio's Corey Goodman

Corey Goodman shares learnings for his career in biotech, including working in academia, biotech, pharma, and as a venture capital investor. He describes the unique learnings from all of them and why he is thankful that he has experienced these different components of life sciences.

1h 21m
09/22/2025

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 vs platforms, and more.

1h 18m
08/11/2025

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 investment firms he worked for before founding Samsara in 2016. He discusses how the firm invests in all stages of life sciences companies and why he believes patience is a key virtue.

1h 13m
07/28/2025

Episode 23: a16z's Vineeta Agarwala

Still a practicing physician today, Vineeta Agarwala describes her educational background and early career, including experiences at the Broad Institute, Flatiron Health, and GV (Google Ventures). She talks about a16z's investment philosophy of "providing more than just a check," and a recent $500M fund partnered with Lilly.

1h 20m

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Hosted by Chris Garabedian, meet the leading Voices in the BioVenture community and hear their insights and perspectives on the challenges and successes with VC investing.