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After ten years building software, I joined a16z in 2013 and was originally tasked to search for the next big consumer or enterprise app. However, exceptional founders directed my attention to the intersection of life science and computer science.

I soon volunteered to lead our efforts and supported a16z’s initial bio and health investments. In 2015, a small group of us launched a16z’s first Bio Fund and thereafter, in 2016, left to start Refactor, where I'm now managing 4 funds and $225M in AUM.

Nearly every year since, I've added a new "hard but not impossible" category to Refactor's mission such as aerospace, earth systems, and energy. Founders who build in these categories are a unique, driven breed who believe successfully scaling and commercializing R&D is the ultimate moat. I created Refactor to be one of the first institutional investors backing these types of founders striving to manifest category-defining hard tech companies.

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