Tony Kulesa
Partner at Pillar Investor
Greater Boston
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Pillar VC invests in seed-stage companies, supporting unstoppable founders with capital, connections, coaching, and peer support.
Co-Founder
2019
Co-founded with iconic bio entrepreneurs to fund formation-stage bioengineering companies.
Instructor, BioMakerspace Director
2018 - 2019
Creation of new BL2 laboratory space for student-driven projects in the life sciences at MIT, including both research and entrepreneurship. Creator and instructor for multiple workshops and courses in invention and entrepreneurship with biotechnology.
Cofounder and Director
2016 - 2019
A biotech entrepreneurship short-course that coaches teams of PhDs and MBAs on the development of commercial plans for cutting edge research at MIT and Harvard. More information at biomedstartup.com.
Ambassador
2016 - 2018
Identified promising startups commercializing scientific breakthroughs in the Boston area, and facilitated their application to Breakout labs, non-profit venture philanthropy from the Thiel Foundation.
Breakout Labs support a portfolio of early-stage companies in areas ranging from food science and biomedicine to clean energy.
PhD Research
2012 - 2018