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Nafise Masoumi

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Principal at RiverVest Venture Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Nafise Masoumi is a Principal at RiverVest Venture Partners, a life science venture fund investing in biotech and medtech companies across private and public markets from early to late stage, where she leads diligence activities. She previously worked as a senior associate at Novo Ventures and as a consultant in the healthcare practice at Boston Consulting Group, and earlier held research roles at the Cardiac Surgery Department of Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and in Prof. Langer's lab at the Koch Institute at MIT. Masoumi holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering.

Experience

  1. RiverVest Venture PartnersPrincipalcurrent2024 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Novo HoldingsSenior Associate2023 β€” 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Novo HoldingsAssociate2020 β€” 2022Greater Boston
  4. TakedaDirector, Portfolio Strategy and Alliance Management (Neuroscience)2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  5. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Consultant2018 β€” 2020Greater Boston
  6. Harvard-MIT Health Science Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Postdoctoral Associate2015 β€” 2018
  7. Boston Children's Hospital- Harvard Medical SchoolResearch Fellow/Project Manager2014 β€” 2018
  8. Flagship PioneeringVentureLabs Fellow2017Greater Boston
  9. Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired EngineeringBusiness Development Intern2016Boston, Massachusetts
  10. Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired EngineeringAffiliate Scientist2015 β€” 2016
  11. Brigham and Women's HospitalSponsored research staff2011 β€” 2013Greater Boston
  12. University of OxfordVisiting Scholar/ Data Scientist2008 β€” 2009
  13. Neurosurgery Department, Shohada HospitalStaff Engineer2007 β€” 2008Iran

Skills & more

Tissue Engineering62Cell Culture56Biomaterials42Microscopy26Fluorescence Microscopy27Biomedical Engineering23Biotechnology23Stem Cells21Research21Polymers20Tissue Culture14Confocal Microscopy11
+10 moreMolecular BiologyAssay DevelopmentElectrospinningMicrofabricationBioMEMSDrug DeliverySEMModelingMatlabLeadership

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Nafise Masoumi?
Nafise Masoumi is a Principal at RiverVest Venture Partners, a life science venture fund investing in biotech and medtech companies across private and public markets from early to late stage, where she leads diligence activities. She previously worked as a senior associate at Novo Ventures and as a consultant in the healthcare practice at Boston Consulting Group, and earlier held research roles at the Cardiac Surgery Department of Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and in Prof. Langer's lab at the Koch Institute at MIT. Masoumi holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering.
Where does Nafise Masoumi work?
Nafise Masoumi is Principal at RiverVest Venture Partners.
Where did Nafise Masoumi go to school?
Nafise Masoumi studied at Harvard Medical School (Harvard-MIT Health Science Technology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)); Penn State University (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering); Sharif University of Technology (Master of Science (MSc),, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering).

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