Mike Ross
InvestorPartner at SV Health Investors
San Mateo, California
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Mike Ross joined SV Health Investors as a Venture Partner in 2001 and became Managing Partner in 2002, where he leads biotech investments and activities in the US and co-leads the firm's biotech franchise. Before SV, he spent 13 years at Genentech as its tenth employee, holding roles including Vice President of Development and Vice President of Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry, and was Founding CEO of Arris Pharmaceutical. He holds an AB from Dartmouth College, a PhD in Chemistry from Caltech, and completed an NIH Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Molecular Biology at Harvard.
Invests in
Biotech
Experience
- SV Health InvestorsSenior Partnercurrent2001 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- MetaXenCEO1993 — 1996
- Arris PharmaceuticalCEO1990 — 1993
- GenentechVP Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry1987 — 1990
- GenentechVP Development1981 — 1987
- GenentechDirector Protein Chemistry1979 — 1981San Francisco Bay Area
- GenentechSr Scientist1978 — 1979San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Dartmouth CollegeAB, Chemistry1967 — 1971
- Harvard Universitypostdoc, Molecular Biology1976 — 1978
- CaltechDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biophysics1971 — 1976
- CaltechPh.D., Chemistry1971 — 1976
- CaltechDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biophysics1971 — 1976
- Dartmouth College1967 — 1971
- Dartmouth CollegeBachelor's degree, Chemistry
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Same school
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Also attended Harvard University1,173
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Also attended Caltech84
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Shared employers
Also worked at Genentech89
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