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IndieBio

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$1.5B

Portfolio

12+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2023Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focus on early-stage biotech and deeptech companies transforming human and planetary health.

Meet the Team

DZ

Deborah Zajac

General Partner, SOSV and IndieBio NY

SC

Stephen Chambers

General Partner, SOSV & Managing Director, IndieBio NY

PS

Parikshit Sharma

Partner, IndieBio

PW

Pae Wu

General Partner, SOSV & CTO, IndieBio

MS

Mohan S. Iyer

General Partner, SOSV & IndieBio

AK

Alex Kopelyan

Senior Director & Partner, IndieBio

WD

Westley Dang

CSO & Partner, IndieBio

SS

Sabriya Stukes

CSO & Partner, IndieBio NY

PB

Po Bronson

General Partner, SOSV & Managing Director, IndieBio

AG

Arvind Gupta

GP

Life Sciences
Deeptech
BL

Bill Liao

Venture Partner, SOSV

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech
Climate / Energy
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (12)

2023

AF

Afynia

Human Health·Pre-Seed

Trusted source for information & easy-to-use products for women’s health conditions

CA

Calder Biosciences

Human Health·Pre-Seed

Creating Next-Generation Vaccines to Protect Against Infection

2022

GO

Gozen Bioworks

Materials·Seed

Animal free leather with unprecedented strength, look, and feel.

HO

Hoofprint Biome

Climate Tech·Seed

Hoofprint Biome represents a new paradigm in solving methane emissions from cattle.

2021

CA

Canaery

Human Health·Series A(+)

Identifying the chemical world through scent

PU

Puna Bio

Climate Tech·Seed

Growing crops in impossible conditions

PR

Protonintel

Human Health·Seed

Know yourself

RI

RizLab Health

Human Health·Pre-Seed

Bringing blood analysis to patients’ fingertips

2020

CA

Cayuga Biotech

Deep Tech·Seed

Biomimetic solutions for hemorrhage control

2015

ZY

Zymochem

Climate Tech·Series A(+)

Sustainable Materials using patented Carbon-Conserving (C2) microbes

How to pitch IndieBio
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Deborah Zajac, General Partner, SOSV and IndieBio NY.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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