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Tony Kulesa

Investor

Partner at Pillar VC

Boston, Massachusetts

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M

About

Tony Kulesa, MIT Biological Engineering PhD and former founding director of MIT BioMakerspace, co-founded biotech incubator Petri then became an investor known for building biotech ecosystems and backing technical founders.

Invests in

BiotechCrypto & Web3Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareHealthtech

Experience

  1. Edison ScientificFounding teamcurrent2025 — present
  2. Pillar VCPartnercurrent2021 — present
  3. PetriCo-Foundercurrent2019 — presentBoston, Massachusetts
  4. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInstructor, BioMakerspace Director2018 — 2019
  5. BiomedStartupCofounder and Director2016 — 2019
  6. Breakout LabsAmbassador2016 — 2018Greater Boston Area
  7. Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardPhD Research2012 — 2018Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological Engineering
  2. Rutgers UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Biomedical Engineering

Skills & more

Biomedical Engineering9Data Analysis10Matlab2Life Sciences7Science12Cell Biology4Molecular Cloning2

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Shared employers

Deals · 1

Latent Labs Technologies, Inc.Board seat

via Pillar VC · filed Jan 2025 · $40.5M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

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