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Will Patrick

Founder

Founder/CEO at Culture Biosciences

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedCulture Biosciences · YC

About

Will Patrick co-founded and served as CEO of Culture Biosciences for eight years, developing cloud-based bioprocessing technology. He has background in engineering and biology research.

Founder/CEO at Culture BiosciencesYC W18

Intro paths

YC

Will went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Will can intro founders to Culture Biosciences's investors below.

Culture Biosciences's investors · 11

CompoundNew York · $400K – $1.5M checksCraft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checksCultivian Sandbox VenturesChicago · $5M – $15M checksDCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checksGRIDS CapitalSão PauloHemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyNorthpond VenturesBethesda · $100K – $5M checksS32Palo AltoSynthesis CapitalLondonThe E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Culture Biosciences

MBMatt Ball
Matt BallFounder/CTO

Experience

  1. X, The Moonshot FactoryNew projectscurrent2025 — presentMountain View, California, United States
  2. Culture BiosciencesBoard Member2024 — 2026South San Francisco, CA
  3. Culture BiosciencesCo-Founder and CEO2016 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. MIT Media LabResearch Assistant, Mediated Matter2013 — 2015
  5. Google[x]Rapid Evaluator2012 — 2013
  6. Google[x]Associate Product Marketing Manager2010 — 2012Mountain View, CA
  7. EmbraceManufacturing2010Bangalore, India
  8. DURON ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITEDEngineering2009Ahmedabad Area, India
  9. Veer Labs, LLCCo-Founder and Engineering @ WaterPLUS2008 — 2009Carrboro, NC

Skills & more

Aeroelasticity3Water Purification4Machining2MIG welding2Rapid Prototyping15Mechanical Engineering6International Development6B2B Marketing4Hip-Hop9Product Design8Product Development4User Research1
+12 moreStrategic PartnershipsStart-upsEntrepreneurshipVenture CapitalSocial EntrepreneurshipUser ExperienceEngineeringAnalyticsStrategyLeadershipSolidworksPython

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Will Patrick?
Will Patrick co-founded and served as CEO of Culture Biosciences for eight years, developing cloud-based bioprocessing technology. He has background in engineering and biology research.
Where does Will Patrick work?
Will Patrick is Founder/CEO of Culture Biosciences.
What companies did Will Patrick found?
Will Patrick founded Culture Biosciences.
Where did Will Patrick go to school?
Will Patrick studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master's in Media Arts and Sciences); Duke University (Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia546

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Duke University mafia127

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Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,388

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Also attended Duke University522

Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersZach PerretCo-founder & CEO of Plaid; co-founder of MischiefJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture Group

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Shared employers

Also worked at X, The Moonshot Factory48

Jonathan RossFounder of Groq; inventor of Google's TPU — now at NvidiaJames WangGeneral Partner at Creative VenturesSteven WillingerGP at Blockchain BuildersMike McCauleyCo-founder & General Partner at Inovia CapitalVinay RajPrincipal at CVS Health VenturesMax LuoPrincipal at ACME Capital

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Also worked at Culture Biosciences5

Dan PhillipsInvestor at Sandbox IndustriesAmanda Donohue-HansenInvestment Director at dsm-firmenich VenturingAnnie DorisInvestor at E14 FundAmanda Donohue-HansenManaging Director at Cultivian Sandbox VenturesMatt BallFounder/CTO at Culture Biosciences

Also worked at MIT Media Lab106

Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Wesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesDr. Catherine HavasiAdvisor at AI CapitalWill JackInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersArjan SchütteFounder & Managing Partner at Core Venture CapitalKevin TuPartner at DFJ

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Also worked at Google[x]1,721

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory Ventures

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