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Francisco Gimenez

Principal at 8VC

San Francisco, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2020 - Current

  • Principal

    2016

    Healthcare and Biotech investing in Seed and Series A stage companies

  • Resident Data Scientist

    2016 - 2016

    * Building community of data scientists within bay area * Academic outreach for data science recruitment * Help portfolio companies develop data science strategy * Prototype/debug/deploy data products for startups

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Director Board of Directors

    2021

  • Director Board Of Directors

    2021

  • Director Board Of Directors

    2020

  • Director Board Of Directors

    2019

  • Director Board Of Directors

    2019

    Mantra is developing engineered exosomes for delivery of gene therapy machinery and small molecules. The company is working to produce exosomes with combinations of surface-associated targeting moieties that lead to highly selective uptake in particular tissue and cell types of interest. Their efforts have yielded dramatic reductions in liver concentrations with corresponding increases in delivery levels to specific tissues. They are leveraging these results to generate new formulations of drugs otherwise demonstrating unacceptable toxicity levels when administered systemically.

  • Director Board of Directors

    2019

  • Director Board of Directors

    2019

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