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Cecilia Manduca
Chief of Staff at Seqera
London, England
Overview
Cecilia Manduca is a VC investor turned operator based in London, England, currently serving as the Chief of Staff and Board Member at Seqera. With a background in venture capital at Talis Capital and experience as a Co-Founder at Sinapsi Coop, Cecilia has expertise in supporting startups in sectors such as Chemicals, Material Science, and BioTech.
Work Experience
Chief of Staff
2024 - Current
All 'Stuff' that needs doing
Board Member
2022
Led Seed
Board
2023
Led Seed
Rubi Laboratories develops biocatalyst solutions that turn carbon emissions into carbon-negative textiles.
Raised $19,325,902.00 from National Science Foundation.
Board
2023
Led Seed
Monomer Bio provides lab automation, cell culture management software, and hardware for biology companies.
Raised $5,600,000.00 from LifeX Labs, Notley Ventures, Kevin Mahaffey, Talis Capital and Amit Gupta.
Principal
2023 - 2024
Associate
2020 - 2023
Helping founders build category defining companies - Darktrace, Onfido, Ynsect, Seqera Labs, PortalOne
Board
2021 - 2024
Co-led Series C
Business Development Manager
2018 - 2020
Restructured outbound & inbound sales playbook, 3x yearly target.
Business Development Manager
2017 - 2018
Launched GTM strategy across Enterprise (Utilities and Insurances), opened new geographical markets and secured £2.5M Series A
Co-Founder
2010 - 2013
Co-founded and bootstrapped a travel & events business while in high-school