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Alec Nielsen
Founding Pillar

Alec Nielsen

Founder & CEO at Asimov, Venture Partner at Pillar
Alex Reinhart

Alex Reinhart

Associate
Andras Forgacs
Founding Pillar

Andras Forgacs

Co-Founder & Board Director at Modern Meadow, Fork & Goode, Organovo
Andy Beck
Founding Pillar

Andy Beck

Co-Founder & CEO at PathAI
Ash Ashutosh
Founding Pillar

Ash Ashutosh

CEO at Actifio
Bernhard van Lengerich
Founding Pillar

Bernhard van Lengerich

Founder and CEO at Seeding The Future Foundation. Board Member at Beyond Meat and CSO at General Mills
Bill Brady
Founding Pillar

Bill Brady

CEO at Kula Bio, Monolith Materials, Mascoma Corporation
Brian Baynes
Founding Pillar

Brian Baynes

Co-Founder at Petri
Chad Laurans
Founding Pillar

Chad Laurans

Founder & Chairman at SimpliSafe
Chris Voigt
Founding Pillar

Chris Voigt

Professor at MIT
Corey Thomas
Founding Pillar

Corey Thomas

Founder & CEO at Rapid7
Daphne Koller
Founding Pillar

Daphne Koller

Founder & CEO at Insitro
Dave Husak
Founding Pillar

Dave Husak

Venture Partner
Deepak Taneja
Founding Pillar

Deepak Taneja

Co-Founder & CEO at Netegrity / Aveska / RSA
Doug Cameron
Founding Pillar

Doug Cameron

Apeel, Geltor, Nature's Fynd
Ellen Rubin
Founding Pillar

Ellen Rubin

Clearsky Data
Emily Leproust
Founding Pillar

Emily Leproust

CEO at Twist Bioscience
Gail Goodman
Founding Pillar

Gail Goodman

Co-Founder & Board Member at Constant Contact
Jamie Goldstein

Jamie Goldstein

Founder & Partner
Jason Robins
Founding Pillar

Jason Robins

CEO at DraftKings
Jeff Binder
Founding Pillar

Jeff Binder

CEO at Layer3TV
Jennifer Holmgren
Founding Pillar

Jennifer Holmgren

CEO at LanzaTech
Jeremy Allaire
Founding Pillar

Jeremy Allaire

Co-Founder & CEO at Circle
Jeremy Hitchcock
Founding Pillar

Jeremy Hitchcock

CEO at Dyn / Minim
Jit Saxena
Founding Pillar

Jit Saxena

Board Member at Netezza / Cazena
JP Mangeolle

JP Mangeolle

Danaher, Sciex, Phenomenex
Katie Mulligan

Katie Mulligan

Director of Platform
Katie Okolita

Katie Okolita

Designer + Developer
Kendall Cook

Kendall Cook

Senior Community Associate
Lauren Farrell

Lauren Farrell

CFO
Lisa Dyson
Founding Pillar

Lisa Dyson

Founder & CEO at Air Protein
Madelyn Heart

Madelyn Heart

Head of Bio Platform
Matt Kalish
Founding Pillar

Matt Kalish

Co-Founder at DraftKings
Niraj Shah
Founding Pillar

Niraj Shah

Co-Founder & CEO at Wayfair
Pam Silver
Founding Pillar

Pam Silver

Professor at Harvard Medical School
Parker McKee

Parker McKee

Principal
Paul Bleicher

Paul Bleicher

Executive Partner at Optum, Humedica, Phase Forward
Paul Liberman
Founding Pillar

Paul Liberman

Co-Founder & President at DraftKings
Reshma Shetty
Founding Pillar

Reshma Shetty

Co-Founder at Ginkgo Bioworks
Rich Napolitano
Founding Pillar

Rich Napolitano

CEO at Plexxi / Advisor360
Rushika Fernandopulle
Founding Pillar

Rushika Fernandopulle

CEO at Iora Health
Russ Wilcox

Russ Wilcox

Partner
Sarah Hodges

Sarah Hodges

Partner
Stan Lapidus
Founding Pillar

Stan Lapidus

Cytyc, Exact Sciences
Steve Conine
Founding Pillar

Steve Conine

Co-Founder at Wayfair
Steve Kaufer
Founding Pillar

Steve Kaufer

CEO at Tripadvisor
Steve Kokinos
Founding Pillar

Steve Kokinos

CEO at Fuze / Algorand
Thomas de Vlaam

Thomas de Vlaam

Principal
Tim Shieh

Tim Shieh

Senior Platform Associate
Tom Ebling
Founding Pillar

Tom Ebling

Former CEO at Demandware
Tom Erickson
Founding Pillar

Tom Erickson

CEO at Acquia
Tony Kulesa

Tony Kulesa

Principal & Co-Founder, Petri
Xavier Acevedo

Xavier Acevedo

Fund Controller
Yvonne Hao
Founding Pillar

Yvonne Hao

Former COO & CFO at PillPack
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