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It's incredible to reflect on how just a few years ago, attending Harvard Business School was merely a dream. Fast forward five years, and not only did I have the chance to study there, but I also had the privilege of participating in Mike Toffel podcast! Thank you for the wonderful invitation and for allowing me to share more about our work at GALY. Together, let's save the planet, one cell at a time. Hard work pays off, always.

Congrats to the Pyte team on securing an additional $5M! Pyte is building a full stack of technologies that allow enterprises to fully benefit from their data and collaborate seamlessly with their partners without disclosing their data to any other entity. The team has raised $12M so far and is focused on expanding in highly regulated sectors, such as financial services and healthcare. https://lnkd.in/dJnUPA3u 

Very exciting to see JobGet expand its footprint in connecting hourly workers with jobs through the acquisition of Wirkin. Go, Tony Liu & team!

Join Pillar VC and Eli Lilly and Company on June 18th for our first Speaker Series on Diligence Readiness and Best Practices. Learn how to prepare for due diligence and navigate the process. Featuring Mike Myers, Associate VP - Lilly Research Labs, Due Diligence at Eli Lilly. RSVP at the link here: https://lnkd.in/eB2nebKn

Last week we hosted our Founders & Pharma summit alongside Amazon Web Services (AWS), welcoming 75+ biotech founders and pharma leaders to Pillar VC HQ. Thanks to all who attended and hosted discussion sessions! 🌟

Welcoming 46 founders to our Build @ Pillar VC summer program this morning across our AI, Bio, Robotics and Moonshot pods 🚀

1 week until our DeepTech Happy Hour at TECH WEEK by a16z NYC! Come meet a co-founder, build your founder network, or just share ideas. Sign-up here to join us on June 5th. #techweek https://lnkd.in/gUYng_Tt 

We had an incredible time celebrating the 10th anniversary of the VPE Forum at our Community Event last week! It was fantastic to have 35 of Boston’s top VPEs and CTOs come together for valuable discussions and networking. A special thanks to our discussion leaders Mike Henrichs, Bill Buckley, Tacita Morway, and Joshua Dion for their valuable insights. We’re also grateful to our investor panelists Sarah Hodges, Graham Brooks, and Neil Roseman for their contributions. A huge shoutout to Pillar VC for graciously hosting us in their wonderful space. Here's to many more years of growth and collaboration!

We're thrilled by the incredible success of our Boston Demo Day event last Tuesday. It was a day filled with exciting tech, top notch pitches, and networking to wrap up this years Nucleate Boston Activator Program. We extend our heartfelt thanks to all who attended and made it unforgettable – we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! After thorough deliberation, our esteemed judges, Ann DeWitt, Peter Barrett, and Mariela Jaskelioff, determined this year's awardees🌟: ✨ 🏆 Boston Activator 1st Place 🏆 ✨: KiraGen Bio 🏆 MilliporeSigma Regional High Impact Culture Award: AbscoTx 🏆 Genentech Regional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Prize: Four-Fourty 🏆 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Regional Scientific Excellence Award: Neoclease 🏆 UMassM2D2 Lab Space Prize: MabLab The pitches were fantastic and every team should be exceptionally proud of their hard work throughout this Nucleate Activator cycle! We are incredibly thankful to our Semi-Finalist Judges: Iva Toudjarska, Jeff Knox, Jeff Stevens, Jennifer Griffin, Julius Knowles, Michael Fenn, Ph.D., Seo Lee, Andrew Hedin, Stacy Swider, Taewon Yoon, and Vinit Nijhawan (he/him). Thank you to our mentors, experts, and sponsors whose support made this event possible. This includes Novo Nordisk, New England Biolabs, Banc of California, Sanofi, Wyss Institute at Harvard University, and Breakout Ventures, who sponsored our Activator cycle this year. Demo Day was hosted by The Engine and supported by Excedr, EOS Bioinnovation, Biological Design Center, UMass Chan Medical School, and UMassM2D2. We also want to highlight the invaluable contributions of our HQ platinum sponsors: Eli Lilly and Company, Genentech, Pillar VC, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, BlueYard Capital, and MilliporeSigma. Stay tuned for more updates, photos, and details about our upcoming Phase 6 Summit in August! Ticket link here: https://lnkd.in/esBbe8-5 📸 Caroline Steingard, PhD