Victor Rusu
InvestorPrincipal at MPM BioImpact
Boston, Massachusetts
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Principal focusing on private investments and new company formation. Previously Principal at Apple Tree Partners where he contributed to starting eight biotech companies. Founding scientist at Jnana Therapeutics and member of biotech equity research team at Citigroup.
Experience
- Stealth StartupVice President of Discovery Strategycurrent2025 — present
- MPM BioImpactPrincipalcurrent2025 — present
- Apple Tree PartnersPrincipal2019 — 2025Greater Boston Area
- CitiSenior Biotechnology Associate at Citi2018 — 2019New York City
- Jnana TherapeuticsSenior Scientist2017 — 2018Greater Boston Area
- Broad InstitutePhD Graduate Student2012 — 2017
Skills & more
Due DiligenceCompany BuildingCorporate StrategyOperating PlansPartnering PotentialExit StrategiesFinancingModelingCompetitive AnalysisBenchmarkingFunctional Genomics1Cell Biology2
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Molecular BiologyBiochemistryGenome editingQuantitative analysis of large biological datasetsBioinformaticsRPythonMicrosoft ExcelStatisticsNGS sequencingNGS data analysisLanguages English · Romanian
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Colleagues at MPM BioImpact
Andrew Scharenberg
Entrepreneur Partner at MPM BioImpact
Ansbert Gadicke, M.D.
Chairman at MPM BioImpact
Ansbert K. Gadicke
Managing Partner at MPM BioImpact
Aparna Parikh
Entrepreneur Partner at MPM BioImpact
Bard Geesaman
Managing Partner at MPM Capital
Binsen Li
Principal at MPM BioImpact
Brendan Furey
Chief Compliance Officer at MPM BioImpact
Brian Shuster
Entrepreneur Partner at MPM BioImpact
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Victor Rusu?
- Principal focusing on private investments and new company formation. Previously Principal at Apple Tree Partners where he contributed to starting eight biotech companies. Founding scientist at Jnana Therapeutics and member of biotech equity research team at Citigroup.
- Where does Victor Rusu work?
- Victor Rusu is Principal at MPM BioImpact.
- What check size does Victor Rusu write?
- Victor Rusu typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Victor Rusu go to school?
- Victor Rusu studied at Harvard University (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological and Biomedical Sciences); Indiana University Bloomington (Bachelor of Science - BS, Majors: Mathematics (with Honors) & Biology; Minors: Physics & Chemistry).
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Also attended Indiana University Bloomington218
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Apple Tree Partners8
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Also worked at Citi1,146
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