- 1 hour 12 minutesEpisode 44: BainCapital's Adam Koppel
Adam Koppel describes his career path, which included a stop at McKinsey, Biogen, and twice at Bain (where he is now). He descrbies the private equity model they have been on the leading edge of, and his take on where we are in the biotech cycle. Plus, the critical importance of mentors.
27 July 2026, 11:30 am - 1 hour 7 minutesEpisode 43: Lightstone Venture's Mike Carusi
Mike Carusi describes his early life and career, how gaining an appreciation for sales made an impression on him early on, and his philosophy of investing in medical devices - and the similarities and differences between that and investing in therapeutics.
13 July 2026, 11:30 am - 1 hour 5 minutesEpisode 42: Nextech's Thilo Schroeder
Having been an early investor in many recent successes such as Revolution Medicines, Peloton, and Parabilis Medicines, he describes his investment philosophy and focus on precision oncology companies. Plus, his early life, getting hands on experience in biotech at Micromet, and learning from some of the top investors and scientific advisors in the industry.
15 June 2026, 12:00 pm - 1 hour 2 minutesEpisode 41: Forbion's Nanna Lüneborg
Nanna Luneborg discusses hear career and joining Forbion. She describes the firm's investment approach, and her experience with everything from seed, to private, and to public investing in life sciences. Plus, thoughts on China and AI in biotech.
1 June 2026, 12:07 pm - 1 hour 19 minutesEpisode 40: GV's Krishna Yeshwant
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.
18 May 2026, 12:00 pm - 1 hour 12 minutesEpisode 39: SV Health Investors' Kate Bingham
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.
4 May 2026, 12:00 pm - 1 hour 5 minutesEpisode 38: Deerfield Management's Jason Fuller
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.
20 April 2026, 12:30 pm - 1 hour 6 minutesEpisode 37: SR One's Simeon George
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.
23 March 2026, 11:30 am - 1 hour 1 minuteEpisode 36: Sofinnova Invetments' Jim Healy
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.
9 March 2026, 12:00 pm - 1 hour 9 minutesEpisode 35: INITIATE Ventures' Jessica Owens
Jessica Owens discusses the many experiences she has had in her career, including working on the venture side at Kleiner Perkins and Versant Ventures and on the operating side at Genomic Health and Grail. She highlights the value of VCs being able to understand how operators like CEOs think, and describes the type of investing INITIATE focuses on.
23 February 2026, 12:30 pm - 1 hour 7 minutesEpisode 34: General Atlantic's Brett Zbar
Brett Zbar describes his early career, including working at Aisling Capital and Foresight Capital, and now managing the healthcare strategy at General Atlantic. He describes how he sees the difference between private equity and venture capital, and discusses which themes in biotech and healthcare appeal to him today.
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