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Chris Gibson

Investor

Portfolio Director, Private Equity at Bridges Fund Management Ltd.

Salt Lake City, Utah

Writes $5K – $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

  1. BOXBOXCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2026 β€” presentNew York, United States
  2. DIMENSIONOperating Partnercurrent2026 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area and New York
  3. PacBioMember Board of Directorscurrent2026 β€” present
  4. Divergence LabsBoard Membercurrent2026 β€” present
  5. CellinoBoard Membercurrent2024 β€” present
  6. The Salt Lake TribuneBoard Membercurrent2024 β€” present
  7. Project GammaCo-Founder and Managing Directorcurrent2024 β€” present
  8. RecursionCo-Founder and Chairman2026
  9. RecursionCo-Founder and CEO2013 β€” 2026Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area
  10. Cure HHTMember Board of Directors2016 β€” 2020
  11. University of UtahMD/PhD Student2009 β€” 2013
  12. UTHSCSAMD/PhD Student2005 β€” 2009

Education

  1. University of UtahPh.D., Bioengineering2009 β€” 2013
  2. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessIGNITE Certificate, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies2013
  3. Rice UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering2001 β€” 2005
  4. Rice UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Managerial Studies2001 β€” 2005
  5. University of UtahDoctor of Medicine (MD)2009 β€” 2016

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship14Molecular Biology29Drug Discovery34Cell Culture19Microscopy13Confocal Microscopy11Bioinformatics11Tissue Culture8Medicine7Genetics7Cell Biology12Cell5
+12 moreAssay DevelopmentBiomedical EngineeringLife SciencesBiotechnologyTissue EngineeringBiomaterialsBioengineeringImmunofluorescenceBiomedical DevicesStem CellsCardiovascular BiologyHigh-Throughput Screening

Languages French

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Shared employers

Colleagues at Bridges Fund Management Ltd.

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