Two Bear Capital

Kevin Day leads capital formation at Two Bear Capital, working to bring long-term investors into the firm's base. He previously headed capital formation at SOSV and worked at Pluribus Labs, Systematica Investments, and BlackRock, holding MBAs from London Business School and Columbia Business School.

Partner and Head of Operations at Two Bear Capital, overseeing financial management and portfolio services. She began her career at Sequoia Capital and has over a decade of experience with early-stage companies; she holds a degree from Princeton and an MS from UC San Diego.

Neil White pairs Wall Street experience with oncology investing—deploying ~$100M across 12 cancer companies—and connects a Montana-rooted firm to Silicon Valley AI life‑sciences, focusing on cell and gene therapies.

Cris Neckar, a hacker and security researcher with nearly two decades' experience, applies exploit-development and vulnerability-discovery concepts to target disease pathways and partners with technical founders in precision medicine and AI-driven oncology.

Mike Goguen leverages Silicon Valley experience to build Montana's biotech cluster, led a Series A for Inimmune, gifted millions and land for the Whitefish Trail, and runs Two Bear Air.

Amalia Colangelo leads investments in next‑generation drug discovery platforms, applying a Harvard PhD in single‑cell genomics and high‑throughput imaging plus NGO experience tackling maternal health in Nigeria.

Rachel Tsunemoto Hislop pairs UC San Diego stem-cell and developmental neurobiology research and Acorda medical affairs experience with leading San Diego research team that produces formal, data-driven insights across research-to-commercialization

Avery Sonnenberg, based in Montana, pairs a PhD in bioengineering and Becton Dickinson experience with deep biology and devices expertise and hands-on support across therapeutics, diagnostics, tools and medical devices.

Tim Veil is a hands-on software engineer and CIO who writes code daily, builds custom data pipelines and AI tooling, bringing data-infrastructure experience from StarTree/Apache Pinot, Cockroach Labs and Hortonworks.

Ryan Castonia is Vice President of Solution Delivery at webAI, where he focuses on advancing sovereign AI adoption in the public sector. His background spans engineering, artificial intelligence, strategy, venture investing, and startup leadership. At webAI, he works to provide government agencies with AI systems they can fully control and operate with trust.

Boston-based John Sullivan leverages 25+ years in healthcare and life sciences research (former Leerink Director of Research) to advise biotech founders on Seed and Series A fundraising and positioning.

Mark Adams is a Partner at Two Bear Capital focused on artificial intelligence, life sciences, and cybersecurity investments. He brings more than 25 years of experience in bioinformatics and data analytics, including roles as Chief Information Officer at Good Start Genetics and Celmatix, where he led technology and informatics functions. Previously, he designed data warehouses incorporating natural language processing and machine learning at Bridgewater Associates and built a bioinformatics consulting practice to 80 employees at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Eric Fulton combines rare offensive-security credibility—former ethical hacker for Fortune 500s, Montana State cybersecurity instructor and DEF CON/Black Hat speaker—with ultra-low-latency trading infrastructure roles at Evenio Networks, Citadel Securities.

Executive Assistant to Two Bear Capital's Founder and Managing Partner Mike Goguen, supporting executive office operations. She has over a decade of experience supporting senior executives, including Chief of Staff and Executive Operations Manager roles at Sentral, plus seven years in financial marketing and analytics, and holds a BS in Finance from Regis University.

Bria Iuliano is the Executive Assistant to the Operating Partners at Two Bear Capital, with a career supporting C-suite executives at companies including Engine, Groupon, and Juniper Pharmaceuticals. She holds a BA in Communication and Culture from Indiana University Bloomington.

Bridget Martell is a physician-scientist and biotech executive who serves as founder and managing director of BAM Consultants, LLC, providing clinical and commercial advisory services to biopharmaceutical companies. She has held chief medical officer roles at Kura Oncology and Juniper Pharmaceuticals, and served as CEO of Artizan Biosciences, a Yale University precision medicine spin-out. Dr. Martell has contributed to the development and approval of seven marketed medicines and has advised on over $3 billion in M&A and licensing transactions; she also serves as an independent board director and venture investor providing clinical due diligence for early-stage life science investments.

Erika Bolden is an Operations Manager at Two Bear Capital, handling day-to-day operations, budgets, and internal processes while supporting leadership with planning and execution. She holds a BA in Philosophy from DePaul University.

Jennifer Howrigan is VP of Investor Relations at Two Bear Capital, focused on serving existing investors. She previously led investor relations and business development at Warana Capital, was a director at Oakpoint Advisors, and spent seven years in various roles at Raptor Group.

CEO of Evolve Biologics with nearly 30 years of experience across biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device industries, including former CEO roles at Dendreon Pharmaceuticals. He holds a degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.

Joe Pinto is Chief Customer Experience Officer at Pure Storage, focused on digital-first automation, advanced services, and customer success. He previously spent 28 years at Cisco, most recently as a Senior Vice President overseeing multiple service businesses, and is involved with several startups as an advisor and board member.

Lavinia Platerink is an Associate at Two Bear Capital, where she conducts technology research with a focus on artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and cybersecurity.

Executive Assistant supporting the Two Bear Capital team in Menlo Park, working on operational and portfolio initiatives. Previously an EA at HFI Advisors and worked at DTCP, Deutsche Telekom's venture arm, with earlier experience in the medical and architecture sectors.

Liz Marchi leads community engagement and partnerships at Two Bear Capital, focused on expanding access to equity capital for startups in nontraditional locations. She previously founded and ran Montana-based Frontier Angels for 12 years, seeding over $20 million in early-stage capital, and is a graduate and former Trustee of Hollins College.

Nikki Johns is Head of Talent Acquisition at Two Bear Capital, where she supports portfolio companies in building scalable teams across biotech, biopharma, cybersecurity, and machine learning/AI sectors.

Zander Mykytiuk is a Senior Analyst at Two Bear Capital focused on biotech and healthtech investments. He has prior experience in management consulting, biomedical research, and venture capital, with expertise in clinical and commercial strategy, competitive intelligence, and due diligence across multiple therapeutic areas and global pharmaceutical markets.

PhD neuroscientist-turned-investor who leverages hands-on neurodegeneration and brain/cancer platform research at MassGeneral/Harvard and MIT's McGovern Institute to advise early-stage therapeutics companies on experimental design, data quality, and MIT spinouts mentoring.

Ida Khodami is an electrical engineer with over two decades of leadership experience in genomics, biotech, and technology sectors. She founded a Canadian MedTech startup and spent 12 years at Illumina leading product development, global operations, and FDA submissions, including building the validation consortium for the first FDA-approved Next-Generation Sequencing platform, MiSeqDX. She subsequently worked at TBC on fund deployment across early-stage companies and currently serves on the Board of Advisors at Life Science Cares San Diego.