Jeff Knox
Investor at Innospark Ventures
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2022 - Current
Innospark is an early-stage venture capital firm supporting founders who put data science and AI to work solving hard problems in life sciences, healthcare, and vertical enterprise.
Innospark Ventures is a new breed of early-stage venture capital firm, investing in impact-driven AI startups in Boston/New England.
Co-Managing Director, Boston
2021 - 2022
Lead, Operations
2020 - 2021
Nucleate Bio is an entrepreneurship organization enabling the formation of life science ventures. The Boston-born initiative counts more than 100 alumni teams that have gone on to raise more than $300M in outside funding, and operates in cities across the US and around the world.
a collaborative venture program enabling the formation of biotechnology companies addressing climate & sustainability challenges
Business Development
2021 - 2022
Carmine is a biotechnology company developing novel non-viral gene therapies leveraging the properties of red blood cell extracellular vesicles.
Carmine Therapeutics develops a novel type of gene therapy that utilizes extracellular vesicles produced in the laboratory.
Raised $3,400,000.00 from Huagai Capital, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Simcere Pharma and EVX Ventures.
Business Development Intern, Center for External Innovation
2021 - 2021
The Center for External Innovation sources, transacts and supports external ideas for creating new therapeutic options in Takeda’s areas of focus. The CEI oversees all R&D business development, venture investments, academic alliances, and externalizations, and supports M&A efforts as well.
MBA Intern, Binney Street Capital, Venture Capital
2021 - 2021
Binney Street Capital is Dana-Farber’s first-ever venture fund, capitalizing on investment opportunities created by Dana-Farber innovations and investigators.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a center dedicated to carrying out adult and pediatric cancer treatment activities and advanced research.
Raised $67,079,019.00 from Llama, Hyundai Hope On Wheels, Hyundai Hope On Wheels, Break Through Cancer, Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.
MBA Intern
2021 - 2021
Lifespan Equity Partners is a private equity firm that invests in healthcare service and technology businesses that improve quality of care.
Associate Principal
2020 - 2020
Engagement Manager
2018 - 2020
Senior Consultant
2016 - 2018
Consultant
2015 - 2016
Associate Consultant
2014 - 2015
Trinity is a life sciences consultancy integrating research, analytics, and technology to better advise the commercialization of new interventions improving human health.
Trinity provides strategic and tactical insights to address the complex business questions that confront pharmaceutical, biotech.