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Life sciences investor BEVC is raising a $ 25 million fund shoot for at clime - related inauguration , according to anSEC filing .
BEVCis new on the shot , having been founded just last year in Berkeley , Calif. Its three co - founders all have backgrounds in the liveliness sciences , and its first two investments , Radar Therapeutics and Insamo , were also in the living sciences . But the new filing suggests its first courtly store will be targeting climate tech inauguration .
The treble focusing would make BEVC the in vogue life sciences investor to broaden its remit to admit erratic health , not just human wellness . Last yr , veteran life history sciences investor RA Capitalhired a world-wide health team , and last month , Flagship Pioneering , one of the largest biotech VCs , bring up $ 3.6 billionto invest in health , sustainability , and AI startups .
Why the threefold focal point ? “ In an unhealthy environment , you just do n’t have goodly citizenry , ” RA Capital Planetary Health managing married person Kyle Teameytold mein December .
BEVC ’s Colorado - founders all have PhDs in life science and scope as both operators and investors . Rowan Chapman has a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology , and she was previously forefront of innovation at Johnson & Johnson and led health care investing for GE Ventures . Widya Mulyasasmita has a PhD in bioengineering , co - base OliLux Biosciences , and was most lately a senior principal at B Capital Group . Risa Stack has a PhD in immunology , co - found electronics startup Menlo Micro , and antecedently worked at RA Capital , GE Ventures , and Kleiner Perkins .
The firm ’s advisers also stand for a deep bench of experiences in the life science , including Jennifer Doudna and Carolyn Bertozzi , both Nobel Prize winner ; David Schaffer , executive managing director of UC Berkeley ’s biosciences institute QB3 ; and Robert Tjian , former president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute .
The firm did not immediately answer to a request for remark .
