In our latest blog, Eileen Tanghal reflects on her time at IQT (In-Q-Tel) and lessons from the intelligence sector that can be applied to healthcare. At Black Opal, we believe that by leveraging cutting-edge technology, companies can tackle some of the biggest challenges in healthcare, security, and safety and improve outcomes for all. "As we move into a future where edge compute and 6G connectivity can cause another 10-100x increase in data sources for healthcare, I believe healthcare practitioners can garner a few lessons from the defense and intelligence agencies. Having supported members of several agencies, ranging from homeland security to the CIA, I can tell you that their work is highly complex, relying often on perceptions and experience alongside data. These dynamics are not unlike the doctor-patient relationship in healthcare."
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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Building Brilliant Tomorrows
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At Black Opal Ventures, we’re bringing rare, everlasting value to future technologies. Our deep background of expertise, unique perspectives, and radiant positivity will enable a diverse spectrum of tomorrow’s doers, thinkers, and changers.
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- 2021
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Employees at Black Opal Ventures
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Gargi Keeling
Ranch Co-Owner, Product Manager, Real-Estate Investor, Angel Investor
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Aarti Chandna
Impact/Angel Investor & Advisor
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Jodi Hubler
Board Chair | Independent Corporate and Non-Profit Director | 10x CEO Coach | Former Venture Capital Investor
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Tara Bishop MD, MPH
Founder of Black Opal Ventures | Former CCO Bind & McKinsey Medical Director | Cornell Medicine Professor
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Congrats to our collaborator and mentor David Baker for winning The Nobel Prize for computational #proteindesign! For decades, scientists have dreamed of creating #medicines through protein engineering but were limited by the molecules found in nature. Just as custom parts revolutionized personal #computing, custom proteins have the potential to revolutionize #precisionmedicine. At David Baker’s Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington, the founders of Outpace Bio pioneered the ability to create new biological functions from scratch by designing #proteins with moving parts and precise interactions. For the first time, custom proteins could be made to specifically address the biological mechanisms that stand in the way of #curing #disease. At Outpace Bio we are laser-focused on harnessing the power of #proteindesign to revolutionize #celltherapy for #solidtumors and are proud of our ongoing collaboration with David Baker at UW to access new #machinelearning algorithms for our #proteindesign capabilities to advance our mission. #NobelPrize #AI #proteindesign #celltherapy
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.” The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 is about proteins, life’s ingenious chemical tools. David Baker has succeeded with the almost impossible feat of building entirely new kinds of proteins. Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have developed an AI model to solve a 50-year-old problem: predicting proteins’ complex structures. These discoveries hold enormous potential. The diversity of life testifies to proteins’ amazing capacity as chemical tools. They control and drive all the chemical reactions that together are the basis of life. Proteins also function as hormones, signal substances, antibodies and the building blocks of different tissues. Proteins generally consist of 20 different amino acids, which can be described as life’s building blocks. In 2003, David Baker succeeded in using these blocks to design a new protein that was unlike any other protein. Since then, his research group has produced one imaginative protein creation after another, including proteins that can be used as pharmaceuticals, vaccines, nanomaterials and tiny sensors. The second discovery concerns the prediction of protein structures. In proteins, amino acids are linked together in long strings that fold up to make a three-dimensional structure, which is decisive for the protein’s function. Since the 1970s, researchers had tried to predict protein structures from amino acid sequences, but this was notoriously difficult. However, four years ago, there was a stunning breakthrough. In 2020, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper presented an AI model called AlphaFold2. With its help, they have been able to predict the structure of virtually all the 200 million proteins that researchers have identified. Since their breakthrough, AlphaFold2 has been used by more than two million people from 190 countries. Among a myriad of scientific applications, researchers can now better understand antibiotic resistance and create images of enzymes that can decompose plastic. Life could not exist without proteins. That we can now predict protein structures and design our own proteins confers the greatest benefit to humankind. Learn more Press release: https://bit.ly/3TM8oVs Popular information: https://bit.ly/3XYHZGp Advanced information: https://bit.ly/4ewMBta
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Founder of Black Opal Ventures | Former CCO Bind & McKinsey Medical Director | Cornell Medicine Professor
It was an honor to share my perspectives on innovation and entrepreneurship at the Weill Cornell Medicine reunion last week and to hear the perspectives of Manisha Juthani Joseph Amprey, III Joseph Habboushe, MD MBA and Katherine Saunders, MD For physicians, innovation can take many forms and many paths. I commend all who are innovating to improve health and healthcare. We need you in the innovation ecosystem!
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🌟Portfolio Spotlight🌟 In our latest interview, Gaurang Choksi, Founder and CEO of Violet, shares more about his journey building a platform that improves quality of care while empowering providers. His passion for bridging gaps in healthcare by centering inclusive care reinforces the value of diversity in driving impactful innovation and technology. Read the full interview below to learn how Violet is creating the infrastructure to support health equity ⬇
The Platform Behind Delivering Inclusive Care: An Interview with Gaurang Choksi, Founder and CEO of Violet
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We are excited to welcome Vanessa Stephens to the Black Opal Ventures Fellowship! 🎉 Vanessa is a seasoned private equity attorney and advisor, with a legal career that began at Kirkland & Ellis. She has represented prominent private equity firms like Vista Equity, Thoma Bravo, and Madison Dearborn. Additionally, she has partnered with corporate venture arms to drive strategic investments in tech innovations. Vanessa later served as in-house counsel at BlackRock and BAM Elevate, the growth-equity arm of Balyasny Asset Management, leading growth investments in early-stage tech companies. Her work focuses on mid to late-stage businesses, structuring deals that maximize returns for clients. Vanessa is also an investor at CapitalizeVC, an early-stage fund investing at the intersection of commerce and technology. Inspired by her grandmothers, who were pioneering businesswomen in Haiti, Vanessa is passionate about using private capital to build generational wealth for her investors and founders. Beyond her professional endeavors, she is involved in mentoring aspiring impact investors as part of the Emory Impact Investing Group Advisory Board, serves on the boards of Girls on the Run Georgia and Savvy Ladies NYC, and the steering committee of the Unlocked Foundation.
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Is it really September 24th? Wait... That means... It's tomorrow!!! Our Avengers-like cast of healthcare superheroes will converge for a single, virtual, 8-hour-long summit dedicated to rethinking, reshaping, and rebuilding the digital front door. This event has been months in the making, and tomorrow, at 10:00 AM EST, the door finally unlocks. Grab your key 🔑 You do not want to miss this: https://lnkd.in/ghU_Yvss Israel Krush I Amir Dan Rubin I Edward Marx I Cris Ross I Patrick McGill, MD MBA I Khalid Turk I Lacy A Knight, MD, MS I Aaron Butler I Brandon Stauber, MPP I Dipul Patadia MD, MBA I Kevin Gorsline I Kyle Mey I Uri Pintov I Elbridge Locklear, MBA, CHCIO, CDH-E I David M. Wright, CDH-E I Daniel Royer I Barbara Casey I Julian Ammons I Lee Jones I Taylor Hamilton I Michael B. I Pamela Landis I Sarah Richardson I Sonia Singh I Michelle Vassallo, MHA, RN, NE-BC, CEN I Marcus Garcia I Sara Meinke, MSHI, CHCIO, CDH-E I Gretchen Britt I Pete D'Addio, CHCIO, CDH-E, CHISL I J.D. Whitlock I Patrick Jordan I Omkar Kulkarni, MPH I Reid Stephan I Charles Podesta I Heather Monackey I George T ‘Buddy’ Hickman, CDH-E, CHCIO, LCHiME, FCHiME, LFHiMSS I John Kravitz, MHA, CHCIO I Martin Stanley, CISSP I Laura Marquez I Joel Vengco I
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Founder of Black Opal Ventures | Former CCO Bind & McKinsey Medical Director | Cornell Medicine Professor
What a day! The Digital Health New York Summit was amazing! Thank you for convening leaders across the industry and building this ecosystem Bunny Ellerin and team. It was an honor to discuss Women’s Health with jen radin Stacey E. Rosen, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA Kate Condliffe
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We are excited to share a new milestone from our CEO Alan Murray and the Conceivable Life Sciences team: Freezing a human egg in just 5 milliseconds: #IVF #IVFAutomation #innovation #biotechnology
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 This summer, Conceivable Racing achieved a groundbreaking milestone—successfully freezing a human egg in just .005 seconds, completing the process 100 times faster than the world’s top lab teams! The egg started at 68°F and was plunged to -321°F in a mere five milliseconds (the blink of an eye takes around 200 milliseconds). Velocity was determined using computational modeling and data from advanced thermocouples, which, when visualized, produce quite stunning images (see photo). Conceivable Life Sciences team members Wayne Bennett, Nuno Costa Borges of Embryotools S.L., Charles Kingsland, and Alison Campbell, Chief Scientific Officer at Care Fertility, all gathered in the lab for a post-vitrification celebration. Special shoutout to our MiTeGen collaborators: Robert Thorne, Benjamin Apker and Lawrence Klecha. This breakthrough not only promises to improve the health of frozen eggs and embryos used in IVF, but also envisions a future where toxic chemical antifreeze is no longer required. Thanks to everyone involved in making this remarkable advancement in embryology possible. #IVF #IVFAutomation #Automation #fastfrozen #biotechnology #team
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You won’t want to miss Hyro’s Digital Front Door Day! Register below⬇️
Less than 24 hours. That’s how much time remains until we kick off Digital Front Door Day 2024. 42 speakers from 32 leading healthcare organizations will take the virtual stage to deliver 16 exclusive, value-packed sessions. Few full agenda here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ghU_Yvss These industry experts will dive into topics such as responsible AI implementation in healthcare, reimagining and improving patient access, developing innovative digital front door strategies, and sharing real-world case studies from some of the nation's most successful healthcare enterprises. Join innovators like: 💫 Amir Dan Rubin, CEO and Founding Managing Partner of Healthier Capital, and former CEO of One Medical 💫 Cris Ross, CIO, Mayo Clinic 💫 Pamela Landis, SVP Digital Engagement, Hackensack Meridian Health 💫 Joel Vengco, SVP & Chief Information Officer, Hartford HealthCare ...and many other leading voices in health IT. This event is free, but seats are filling up fast—so be sure to save your spot!
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We are looking forward to the Digital Health New York Summit next week! Our Managing Director, Tara Bishop MD, MPH, will join Stacey E. Rosen, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA from Northwell Health, Kate Condliffe from Diana Health (We're Hiring!), and jen radin from Deloitte to discuss women's health.