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Richard Yu

Founder

Founder at Abalone Bio

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedAbalone Bio · YC

About

Richard Yu holds a PhD in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale and a BA in Biophysics and Computer Science from UC Berkeley. He co-founded GPB, an algae biofuel company, served as Scientific and Operations Director at MBC Biolabs biotech incubator in San Francisco, was a Principal at Mission Bay Capital life science venture fund, and previously conducted research at The Molecular Sciences Institute on cellular information processing.

Founder at Abalone BioYC W20

Intro paths

YC

Richard went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Richard can intro founders to Abalone Bio's investors below.

Abalone Bio's investors · 6

BoxOne VenturesMontréal · $500K checksHorizons VenturesHong Kong · $1M – $110M checksMetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checksNational Institutes of Health (NIH)since 2019National Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2018Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Abalone Bio

GPGustavo Pesce
Gustavo PesceFounder

Experience

  1. Abalone BioCo-founder and CEOcurrent2018 — presentEmeryville, California, United States
  2. Mission Bay CapitalAdvisor2017 — 2018
  3. Mission Bay CapitalPrincipal2013 — 2016
  4. Next InteractionsCOO and co-founder2017 — 2018
  5. Next InteractionsCo-founder2015 — 2016
  6. MBC Biolabs (formerly qb3@953)Scientific and Operations Director, QB3@953 incubator2013 — 2016San Francisco
  7. Startx-QB3Co-Manager and Operations Director2014 — 2016Palo Alto, CA
  8. Radiant GenomicsScientist2013Emeryville, CA
  9. Molecular Sciences InstituteInvestigator2008 — 2013
  10. Molecular Sciences InstituteSenior Research Fellow2004 — 2008
  11. Molecular Sciences InstituteResearch Fellow2000 — 2004
  12. Green Pacific Biologicals, IncCSO and Co-founder2009 — 2013
  13. Yale UniversityGraduate Student1995 — 2000
  14. Lawrence Berkeley National LabsResearch Associate1993 — 1995

Skills & more

Biochemistry57Molecular Biology42Biotechnology35Protein Chemistry26Life Sciences42Systems Biology19Lifesciences17Computational Biology17Genomics16Biophysics12Laboratory14Cell Biology12
+8 moreGeneticsProtein ExpressionMolecular CloningBiologyProtein PurificationSignal TransductionincubatorsEarly-stage Startups

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Richard Yu?
Richard Yu holds a PhD in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale and a BA in Biophysics and Computer Science from UC Berkeley. He co-founded GPB, an algae biofuel company, served as Scientific and Operations Director at MBC Biolabs biotech incubator in San Francisco, was a Principal at Mission Bay Capital life science venture fund, and previously conducted research at The Molecular Sciences Institute on cellular information processing.
Where does Richard Yu work?
Richard Yu is Founder of Abalone Bio.
What companies did Richard Yu found?
Richard Yu founded Abalone Bio.
Where did Richard Yu go to school?
Richard Yu studied at Yale University (Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry); University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Molecular Cell Biology (emph. Biophysics); Computer Science).

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