Ep. 10 Tissue Engineering Career Conversations featuring Chris Ghadban, Chief of Staff, Alix Ventures
Description
Our latest episode features Chris Ghadban, Chief of Staff at Alix Ventures. He joined the company as a Venture Follow in the summer of 2021 and has been working as Chief of Staff since February 2022. Mr. Ghadban is focused on techbio platforms and on supporting early-stage life science startups. Prior to Alix Ventures, Chris was a Senior Strategy & Innovation Associate with AstraZeneca’s Emerging Innovations Unit, where he scouted early-stage technologies to catalyze through collaborative partnerships and built a global startup mentoring program. Mr. Ghadban has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Engineering and a Master of Science in Bioengineering, both from Tufts University. He is currently earning his MBA from University of Pennsylvania.
In this episode we discuss with Mr. Ghadban his career journey, highlighting the several entrepreneurial-related roles he has had, from a life science consultant to his role at AstraZeneca, and his transition to venture capital. We also talk about BIOS, an online community started by Mr. Chadban, Alix Ventures and life science professionals, founders, VC, professors, and others, all with the same goal of accelerating life science startup innovation.
Alix Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco. They support early-stage life science startups, with a special focus on techbio companies.
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