About
Yael Katz is the Founder and CEO of Simbryo Technologies, Inc., where she oversees the development and commercialization of medical technology products used by hundreds of thousands of patients. She serves as an independent board member and an advisor to venture capital firms and startups. Previously a scientist, she authored more than 20 articles that have received over 1,600 citations.
Founder at BrainCheck
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David EaglemanExecutive Officer, Director
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Andrew ChenFounder
Experience
- Simbryo Technologies, IncFounder & CEOcurrent2023 — present
- Frontier PsychiatryIndependent Board Membercurrent2023 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Tensility Venture PartnersVenture Advisorcurrent2023 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- Rice Business - Jones Graduate School of BusinessEntrepreneur in Residencecurrent2023 — present
- BrainCheckBoard of Directorscurrent2014 — present
- BrainCheckCEO2014 — 2022Houston and Austin Texas
- CountVisionFounder2013 — 2016Greater New York City Area
- JW PlayerVP of Ecommerce2012 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- Campbell AllianceAssociate Consultant2011 — 2012New York, NY
- Princeton UniversityNSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biological Informatics2008 — 2011Princeton, NJ
- Northwestern UniversityDissertation research, Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Program2004 — 2008Evanston, IL
- Northwestern UniversityTeaching Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology2004 — 2005Evanston, IL
- Camp H2O, Inc.Founder and Director2000 — 2002Spring Valley, NY
Skills & more
LeadershipManagement7Team LeadershipTeam BuildingFundraisingBusiness Strategy7Business DevelopmentStart-ups22Startups3EntrepreneurshipData Analysis20Product Management10
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Product MarketingDigital MarketingLife SciencesLifesciencesNeuroscienceBiotechnologyManagement ConsultingPhysicsSimulationsData ScienceCell BiologyC++Languages English · Hebrew · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yael Katz?
- Yael Katz is the Founder and CEO of Simbryo Technologies, Inc., where she oversees the development and commercialization of medical technology products used by hundreds of thousands of patients. She serves as an independent board member and an advisor to venture capital firms and startups. Previously a scientist, she authored more than 20 articles that have received over 1,600 citations.
- Where does Yael Katz work?
- Yael Katz is Founder of BrainCheck.
- What companies did Yael Katz found?
- Yael Katz founded BrainCheck.
- Where did Yael Katz go to school?
- Yael Katz studied at Princeton University (Postdoctoral Research, Collective Behavior in Biological Systems; Biological Informatics); Northwestern University (PhD, Biological Sciences with focus on Computational and Experimental Neuroscience); University of Pennsylvania (BA, Physics and Astronomy and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (dual major)).
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Also worked at Frontier Psychiatry1
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Aziz GilaniAssociate at Mercury FundKevin SimmonsGeneral Partner at LoftyInc CapitalNancy ZakhourVenture Partner at ASCENT ENERGY VENTURESSamantha LewisPartner at Mercury FundMark PoagCo-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate VenturesFarzad SoleimaniPartner at 1984 Ventures Management, Llc
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KevinPartner at Blue Hour VenturesCharlie PlaucheManaging Director at S3 VenturesNicole BentzVice President at S3 VenturesKerry RuppGeneral Partner at True Wealth VenturesJeffrey RodekInvestor at Tensility Venture PartnersVolker BerlManaging Partner at New Age Ventures
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