Chris Gibson
InvestorPortfolio Director, Private Equity at Bridges Fund Management Ltd.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Writes $5K β $50K checks Β· typically $25K
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About
Chris Gibson is a Portfolio Director in Bridges' Private Equity team, working with purpose-driven management teams to scale early-growth-stage businesses. Before Bridges he spent nine years as a Director at the Flowerdale Group overseeing its private equity portfolio in Hong Kong and London, and served as CFO of a US paper-crafting brand he helped relaunch, scale and exit. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in South Africa after studying Finance & Accounting at the University of Cape Town.
Invests in
Advanced ManufacturingConsumerE-commerceImpact & Social Good
Experience
- BOXBOXCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2026 β presentNew York, United States
- DIMENSIONOperating Partnercurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area and New York
- PacBioMember Board of Directorscurrent2026 β present
- Divergence LabsBoard Membercurrent2026 β present
- CellinoBoard Membercurrent2024 β present
- The Salt Lake TribuneBoard Membercurrent2024 β present
- Project GammaCo-Founder and Managing Directorcurrent2024 β present
- RecursionCo-Founder and Chairman2026
- RecursionCo-Founder and CEO2013 β 2026Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area
- Cure HHTMember Board of Directors2016 β 2020
- University of UtahMD/PhD Student2009 β 2013
- UTHSCSAMD/PhD Student2005 β 2009
Education
- University of UtahPh.D., Bioengineering2009 β 2013
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessIGNITE Certificate, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies2013
- Rice UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering2001 β 2005
- Rice UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Managerial Studies2001 β 2005
- University of UtahDoctor of Medicine (MD)2009 β 2016
Skills & more
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Assay DevelopmentBiomedical EngineeringLife SciencesBiotechnologyTissue EngineeringBiomaterialsBioengineeringImmunofluorescenceBiomedical DevicesStem CellsCardiovascular BiologyHigh-Throughput ScreeningLanguages French
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Also attended University of Utah68
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Also attended Rice University101
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Shared employers
Also worked at PacBio3
Also worked at Divergence Labs1
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