Brook Byers

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $25M checks · typically $8M

About

Brook Byers has worked as a venture capital investor since 1972, spending his career at Kleiner Perkins, where he is a founder. In 1984 he created the first life sciences practice group in the venture capital profession, steering the firm into healthcare and biotechnology. He has helped build more than 60 technology-based companies and served as founding president or chairman of four biotech companies incubated in Kleiner Perkins' offices that went public with an aggregate market value exceeding $8 billion. His current board work spans companies including Arsenal Bio, Octave Bio, Newsela and Verana Health, and he was a founder of TechNet.

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Beyond investing

Founded: Was a founder of TechNet. Was founding president and then chairman of four biotechnology companies incubated in Kleiner Perkins' offices that became public companies with an aggregate market value of more than US$8 billion.
Education: Earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech. Received an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Boards: Serves on the board of the Stanford Center for BioDesign. Is a Lifetime Board Member of the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. Served on the Board of Trustees of Stanford University. Served on the board of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Served on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board.
Awards: Received an Honorary PhD from Georgia Tech.
More: Was raised in Atlanta, Georgia.

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