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YC Root AccessWhat VCs Look for When Investing in Bio and Healthcare
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- December 1, 2022
- Duration
- 41m
- Channel
- YC Root Access
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Panelists: Camille Samuels, Venrock Vineeta Agarwal, a16z Alex Morgan, Khosla Moderated by Ethan Perlstein, Perlara (YC W16)
SPEAKERS
Ethan Perlstein
hostYC alum and biotech founder/CEO (Perlara; also co-founder/CEO of Maggie’s Pearl) who moderates the panel.
Alex Morgan
guestKhosla Ventures investor leading health and bio investing; physician-scientist with an AI research background.
Camille Samuels
guestVenrock investor focused on therapeutics, with additional coverage of consumer health and medical devices.
Vineeta Agarwal
guestInvesting partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) on the Biohealth fund team.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of YC Root Access, featuring Ethan Perlstein and Alex Morgan, What VCs Look for When Investing in Bio and Healthcare explores How bio and healthcare VCs judge founders, risk, and milestones The panelists described early-stage investing as a search for founders who are intellectually honest about risks and can adapt their plans when hypotheses don’t work.
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