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Chris Abbott

Chief Executive Officer at Pivot Bio

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

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About

Previously co-head of Conti Ventures at Continental Grain Company, where he invested in and served on the boards of agriculture technology companies including Pattern Ag, Phospholutions, Bushel, Vestaron and Sentera. He joined the Pivot Bio board in 2018 and moved into the chief executive role in 2023.

Chief Executive Officer at Pivot Bio

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Pivot Bio's investors · 17

Breakthrough Energy VenturesBoston · $500K – $50M checks · since 2018Codon CapitalSan Francisco · since 2020Congruent VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksContinental Grain CompanyNew York · since 2020DCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checks · since 2016G2 Venture PartnersPortola Valley · $15M – $25M checks · since 2021Generation Investment ManagementLondon · since 2021K3 VenturesSingapore · $1.2M – $42M checksManta Ray VenturesLondonNational Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2015OS FundPark Ridge · $1M – $2M checksPrelude VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2020Raptor GroupMiami BeachSpruce Capital PartnersSouth San Francisco · since 2020Tekfen VenturesNew York · $1M – $3M checks · since 2018TemasekSingapore · since 2020Xeraya CapitalKuala Lumpur

Co-founders at Pivot Bio

ATAlvin Tamsir
Alvin TamsirExecutive Officer, Director
KTKarsten Temme
Karsten TemmeExecutive Officer, Director
ATAlvin Tamsir, Ph.D.
Alvin Tamsir, Ph.D.Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder
KTKarsten Temme, Ph.D.
Karsten Temme, Ph.D.Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder

Experience

  1. Pivot BioChief Executive Officercurrent2023 — presentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
  2. Pivot BioBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
  3. Pattern AgBoard Member2022 — 2023
  4. Phospholutions, Inc.Board Member2021 — 2023
  5. BushelBoard Member2019 — 2023Fargo, North Dakota
  6. Vestaron CorporationBoard Observer2019 — 2023Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
  7. SenteraBoard Member2018 — 2023Minneapolis, Minnesota
  8. Continental Grain CompanyCo-Head of Conti Ventures2018 — 2023New York, New York
  9. GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.Board Observer2018 — 2021Boston, Massachusetts
  10. Craig-Hallum Capital GroupVP - Investment Banking2015 — 2018Minneapolis, Minnesota
  11. EcoAlpha Asset ManagementPrincipal - Business Development2014 — 2015Minneapolis & San Francisco
  12. Piper JaffrayInstitutional Equity Sales & Trading2010 — 2014
  13. AWJ Capital PartnersAssociate2010

Skills & more

Growth CapitalEarly Stage VenturesCapital RaisingIPO
  • Farm Foundation Round Table Fellow — Farm Foundation

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Who is Chris Abbott?
Previously co-head of Conti Ventures at Continental Grain Company, where he invested in and served on the boards of agriculture technology companies including Pattern Ag, Phospholutions, Bushel, Vestaron and Sentera. He joined the Pivot Bio board in 2018 and moved into the chief executive role in 2023.
Where does Chris Abbott work?
Chris Abbott is Chief Executive Officer at Pivot Bio.
Where did Chris Abbott go to school?
Chris Abbott studied at University of Minnesota (Bachelor's degree).

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