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Rachel Lane

Chief Business Officer at Belharra Therapeutics

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Rachel Lane is currently serving as the Chief Business Officer at Belharra Tx in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a strong background in cell biology and Alzheimer's disease. With a Ph.D. from The University of Sheffield, she has held key roles at various biotech companies and venture capital firms, including Inception Therapeutics and Versant Ventures, showcasing her expertise in drug discovery and clinical development.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Business Officer

    2023 - Current

  • Interim Chief Business Officer

    2021 - 2023

Belharra Therapeutics disrupts the drug discovery paradigm with its novel photoaffinity-based chemoproteomics platform.

Raised $50,000,000.00 from Versant Ventures.

  • Interim Chief Business Officer

    2021 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2023 - 2023

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2023

Kate Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing next-generation gene therapies for muscle and heart diseases.

Raised $72,775,022.00 from Versant Ventures, UF Innovate Ventures, Westlake Village BioPartners and OUP (Osage University Partners).

  • Chief Business Officer

    2021 - 2023

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2023

Santa Ana Bio is a biotechnology company focusing on precision immunology for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Raised $176,024,658.00 from Andreessen Horowitz, RTW Investments, Access Biotechnology and Google Ventures.

  • Principal

    2020 - 2023

Versant Ventures caters to the healthcare sector with early and later stage venture, private equity, and debt financing investments.

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2022

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2022

iECURE is a mutation-agnostic in vivo gene editing company striving to cure devastating diseases with high unmet needs.

Raised $115,000,000.00 from Novo Holdings, Versant Ventures, OrbiMed, LYFE Capital, Versant Ventures and OrbiMed.

  • Director, Business Development

    2019 - 2020

Calico is an Alphabet-founded research and development company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies.

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