Helen McBride
InvestorPartner at Bold Capital Partners · Operating Partner, BOLD Capital at BOLD Longevity
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
About
Brings 20+ years in healthcare and life sciences, including 13+ years at Amgen and a role at TORL Biotherapeutics. She previously led healthcare investing at Fund@Caltech and holds a PhD in Oncological Sciences.
Experience
- BOLD Capital PartnersPartnercurrent2024 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- BOLD Capital PartnersOperating Partner2023 — 2024Santa Monica, California, United States
- DNATWOAdvisorcurrent2020 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- Karma BiotechnologiesIndependent Board Member2021 — 2024Los Angeles County, California, United States
- TORL BioTherapeutics, LLCSVP Translational Sciences2022 — 2023Los Angeles County, California, United States
- CaltechManaging Director- Life Sciences for the Fund@Caltech2020 — 2022
- CaltechEntrepreneur In Residence2019 — 2022Pasadena, CA
- AmgenIACUC Vice-Chair and Chair2018 — 2019
- AmgenDirector Research2015 — 2019Thousand Oaks, CA
- AmgenPrincipal Scientist2012 — 2015Thousand Oaks, CA
- AmgenSenior and Principal Scientist2006 — 2012
- California Institute of TechnologySenior Research Fellow2004 — 2006
Skills & more
Team LeadershipStrategic Planning1Relationship BuildingStrategyManagementTeamwork1LeadershipIn Vivo36Drug Discovery58Molecular Biology39Confocal Microscopy15Cell Biology19
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PharmacologyTissue CultureCell CultureBiomarker DiscoveryOptical ImagingDevelopmental BiologyNeurobiologyPositron Emission TomographyToxicologyGeneticsCellBiomarkers- HBA Legacy Award Winner — Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
- HBA L.E.A.D. Award Winner — Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
- HBA Circle of Advisors Participant — Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
- HBA L.E.A.D. Award Winner — Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
- HBA L.E.A.D. Award Winner — Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
From Helen's professional profile.
Colleagues at Bold Capital Partners
Avik Arakelian
Partner & Head of Investments at BOLD Longevity
Daglar Cizmeci
Venture Partner at Bold Capital Partners
Emilio Diez Barroso
General Partner at Bold Capital Partners
Felicia Hsu
Principal at Bold Capital Partners
Gunner Hardy
Associate at BOLD Longevity
Henry Shi
Venture Partner at Bold Capital Partners
Kris Verburgh
Partner & Head of Science at BOLD Longevity
Matt Grob
Venture Partner at Bold Capital Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Helen McBride?
- Brings 20+ years in healthcare and life sciences, including 13+ years at Amgen and a role at TORL Biotherapeutics. She previously led healthcare investing at Fund@Caltech and holds a PhD in Oncological Sciences.
- Where does Helen McBride work?
- Helen McBride is Partner at Bold Capital Partners.
- Where did Helen McBride go to school?
- Helen McBride studied at Caltech (Post-doctoral, Developmental Neurobiology and Biology; Biophysics; Multiphoton and Confocal Timelapse Imaging); University of Utah (Ph.D., Oncological Sciences); Texas A&M University (B.S. cum laude, Microbiology).
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Shared employers
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