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Carla Newell

Former Member of company incubation team at Third Rock Ventures

United States

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About

Carla Newell is Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at GSR Ventures. She has experience in venture capital transactions, fund management, and fundraising, along with C-level operational management across multiple sectors including regulated industries. Newell has built and managed teams in legal, business development, strategic partnering, human resources, and investor relations, and has advised CEOs and boards of private and public companies in consumer internet, software, digital health, life sciences, cybersecurity, and financial technology.

Experience

  1. GSR VenturesManaging Director and COOcurrent2025 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. Third Rock VenturesMember of company incubation team2023 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  3. Fluent, IncBoard Member2020 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  4. Sword HealthConsultant and Advisor2022 — 2023
  5. Sword HealthChief Legal and Risk Officer2021 — 2022
  6. Sword HealthInterim Chief People Officer2022
  7. Sword HealthInterim Head of Finance2021 — 2022
  8. AncestryInterim General Manager of AncestryDNA2021United States
  9. AncestryHead of Health Business Development2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  10. AncestryChief Legal Officer and Chief Risk Officer; Member of DNA and Health Leadership Teams2016 — 2021San Francisco
  11. Skydeck | BerkeleySkyAdvisor2015 — 2020Berkeley, California
  12. Ondine Biomedical Inc.Strategic Advisor2015 — 2016Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
  13. Technology Crossover VenturesOperating General Partner2000 — 2014Palo Alto, California
  14. Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLPPartner1996 — 2000Menlo Park, California

Skills & more

Financial StructuringStrategic NegotiationsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness InitiativesMergers & Acquisitions13Venture Capital32Private Equity17Growth Capital11Corporate Development11Start-ups9Investor Relations6Board Governance2
+12 moreBoard of DirectorsFundraisingIPOInformation TechnologyCorporate LawM&A experienceDue DiligenceLBOManagementStrategyInvestmentsStrategic Partnerships

Languages English · Italian

  • Certificate of Completion: AI and the Law — Harvard Law School Executive Education and Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
  • Certificate of Completion, Stanford Directors' College

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Who is Carla Newell?
Carla Newell is Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at GSR Ventures. She has experience in venture capital transactions, fund management, and fundraising, along with C-level operational management across multiple sectors including regulated industries. Newell has built and managed teams in legal, business development, strategic partnering, human resources, and investor relations, and has advised CEOs and boards of private and public companies in consumer internet, software, digital health, life sciences, cybersecurity, and financial technology.
Where did Carla Newell go to school?
Carla Newell studied at University of Chicago (AB); University of Michigan (JD, Law).

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