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Christine Aylward

Managing Partner at Magnetic Ventures

United States

Overview 

Christine Aylward is the Founder & Managing Partner at Magnetic Ventures, specializing in start-ups, marketing communications, and strategic partnerships. She has successfully invested in and advised companies like Weave, Relation Therapeutics, and SameSky Health, focusing on sectors such as digital health and biotech.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2018 - Current

    Investing in early stage companies at the intersection of life science and deep technology.

  • Board Member & Investor

    2024

Weave provides an artificial intelligence collaboration platform for biomedicine.

Raised $22,999,993.00 from Magnetic Ventures and Innovation Endeavors.

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2023

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2020

Amydis is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing innovative chemistry to detect diseases.

Raised $19,585,723.00 from National Institutes of Health, Michael J. Fox Foundation, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Michael J. Fox Foundation, National Institutes of Health and Michael J. Fox Foundation.

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2024

Multicultural engagement and health equity solutions

Raised $24,200,000.00 from DaVita Venture Group, 7wire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Victor Oladipo, Magnetic Ventures, Tufts Health Plan, Impact Engine, American Heart Association and Wanxiang America.

  • Managing Director

    2011 - 2017

Foresite Capital is a healthcare and life sciences investment firm.

  • Co-founder & CEO

    2008 - 2011

MakingOf features in-depth filmmaker interviews and movie features.

  • Strategic Advisor

    2000 - 2009

    Strategic consultant, business development and growth, financing, product commercialization & marketing, communications, policy. Sectors: genomics, diagnostics, biotech, healthcare technology, and technology.

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