Brook Byers

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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC

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Mr. Brook H.
Byers is a Founder at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, an Advisor at Medical Technology Venture Partners, an Advisor at Mission Bay Capital Management, Inc., a Manager at KPCB X Associates LLC, a Partner at Byers Capital Investment Advisory LLC and a Principal at Waycross Ventures LLC.
He is on the Board of Directors at Zephyr Health, Inc., NewSchools Venture Fund, Arsenal Biosciences, Inc., Cell Design Labs, Inc., Crescendo Bioscience LLC, Enjoy Technology LLC, Epiodyne, Inc., Life Technologies Clinical Services Lab, Inc., Newsela, Inc., Octave Bioscience, Inc., Oculeve, Inc., TechNet, UCSF Foundation, Verana Health, Inc., Stanford University, The New School Foundation and UCSF Medical Center.
Mr. Byers was previously employed as an Independent Director by Foundation Medicine, Inc., an Independent Director by Veracyte, Inc., an Independent Director by Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., an Independent Director by CardioDx, Inc., an Independent Director by CareDx, Inc., a Chairman by Athena Neurosciences LLC, a Trustee by California Healthcare Institute, a Chairman & President by Hybritech, Inc., a Chairman & President by IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp., a Chairman & President by InSite Vision, Inc., a Chairman & President by Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Chairman by OptiMedica Corp., a Chairman by Vision Research Foundation, and a President & Director by Western Association of Venture Capitalists.
He also served on the board at GRAIL, Inc., The Life Sciences Foundation, Genomic Health, Inc., Argonaut Technologies, Inc., Arris Pharmaceuticals Corp., Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., BIOVIA, Inc., Elcelyx Therapeutics, Inc., Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., Gen-Probe, Inc., Ngen, Inc., Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pharmacopeia LLC, Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Tethys Bioscience, Inc.

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Companies	Position	Start
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC Investment ManagersFinance Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on consumer, enterprise, healthcare, financial services and hardtech sectors. It provides financing for seed, early, later and growth stage capital requirements.	Founder	31/12/1971
NewSchools Venture Fund NewSchools Venture Fund Investment ManagersFinance Provides investment services	Founder	31/12/1997
UCSF Foundation UCSF Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Foundation/Endowment	Director/Board Member	25/10/2010
Life Technologies Clinical Services Lab, Inc. Life Technologies Clinical Services Lab, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Provides personalized, preventive health and wellness services	Director/Board Member	21/05/2009
Crescendo Bioscience LLC Crescendo Bioscience LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Develops and commercializes quantitative blood tests for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases	Director/Board Member	27/01/2010
TechNet TechNet Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a bipartisan policy and political network technology	Founder	-
The New School Foundation The New School Foundation Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services The New School Foundation is a non-profit company based in Seattle, WA.	Director/Board Member	-
Stanford University Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Director/Board Member	-
Newsela, Inc. Newsela, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as an online educational platform	Director/Board Member	-
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InSite Vision, Inc. InSite Vision, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops and markets ophthalmic pharmaceutical products	Health Technology
BIOVIA, Inc. BIOVIA, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cloud-based and enterprise R&D, modeling and informatics platform	Technology Services
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops and sells drug development technologies	Health Technology
Athena Neurosciences LLC Athena Neurosciences LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Develops therapeutic and diagnostic products	Commercial Services
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Operates as a biopharmaceutical company that provide therapeutics for cancer	Health Technology
Ngen, Inc. Ngen, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Produces and distributes diagnostic products	Health Technology
Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops and discovers integrated drugs	Health Technology
Hybritech, Inc. Hybritech, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides prostate diagnostic testing services	Commercial Services
Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides biopharmaceutical research focused on the discover of new drugs	Commercial Services
Argonaut Technologies, Inc. Argonaut Technologies, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Develops, manufactures, and markets products that enable chemists to use high speed parallel synthesis in the development of new drugs	Commercial Services
Gen-Probe, Inc. Gen-Probe, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops, manufactures and markets nucleic acid probe-based products for clinical diagnosis	Health Technology
Pharmacopeia LLC Pharmacopeia LLC Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Manufactures pharmaceuticals	Health Technology
CareDx, Inc. CareDx, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Manufactures diagnostic test kits and provides related testing services	Health Technology
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Designs, develops and manufactures sequencing system products to help scientists to resolve genetically complex problems	Health Technology
CardioDx, Inc. CardioDx, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Operates as a cardiovascular genomic diagnostics company	Health Services
Genomic Health, Inc. Genomic Health, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Engages in genomic-based diagnostic tests for overtreatment and optimal treatment of early stage cancer	Health Services
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Discovers and develops protein therapeutics for cancer and inflammatory diseases	Health Technology
OptiMedica Corp. OptiMedica Corp. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Manufactures medical devices	Health Technology
Crescendo Bioscience LLC Crescendo Bioscience LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Develops and commercializes quantitative blood tests for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases	Commercial Services
Tethys Bioscience, Inc. Tethys Bioscience, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Discovers and develops biological markers for the clinical diagnostics marketplace	Health Technology
KPCB X Associates LLC
Veracyte, Inc. Veracyte, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Discovers, develops and commercializes diagnostic products & biopharmaceutical services	Health Technology
Elcelyx Therapeutics, Inc. Elcelyx Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops novel therapeutics based on gut sensory modulation	Health Technology
Oculeve, Inc. Oculeve, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops devices for dry eye disease treatment	Health Technology
Stanford University Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC Investment ManagersFinance Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on consumer, enterprise, healthcare, financial services and hardtech sectors. It provides financing for seed, early, later and growth stage capital requirements.	Finance
UCSF Medical Center UCSF Medical Center Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services Owns and operates hospitals	Health Services
Arris Pharmaceuticals Corp.
IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp. IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Discovers, develops and commercializes targeted immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases	Health Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
UCSF Foundation UCSF Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Foundation/Endowment	Miscellaneous
California Healthcare Institute California Healthcare Institute BiotechnologyHealth Technology Provides biomedical community services	Health Technology
NewSchools Venture Fund NewSchools Venture Fund Investment ManagersFinance Provides investment services	Finance
TechNet TechNet Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a bipartisan policy and political network technology	Commercial Services
Western Association of Venture Capitalists
Life Technologies Clinical Services Lab, Inc. Life Technologies Clinical Services Lab, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Provides personalized, preventive health and wellness services	Health Services
Mission Bay Capital Management, Inc. Mission Bay Capital Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Mission Bay Capital invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on the biotechnology and life sciences sector. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.	Finance
Foundation Medicine, Inc. Foundation Medicine, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Provides diagnostic solutions for cancer care	Health Services
Vision Research Foundation Vision Research Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Vision Research Foundation is a non-profit company based in Novi, MI.	Commercial Services
The New School Foundation The New School Foundation Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services The New School Foundation is a non-profit company based in Seattle, WA.	Consumer Services
Newsela, Inc. Newsela, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as an online educational platform	Technology Services
Zephyr Health, Inc. Zephyr Health, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops an insights-as-a-service based enterprise software for organizing and visualizing health data for the life sciences industry	Technology Services
Verana Health, Inc. Verana Health, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Operates as a digital health company that revolutionizing patient care and clinical research by utilizing physician expertise & artificial intelligence	Technology Services
Enjoy Technology LLC Enjoy Technology LLC Internet RetailRetail Trade Operates a personal e-Commerce platform	Retail Trade
The Life Sciences Foundation The Life Sciences Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Engages in education and biotechnology information dissemination	Commercial Services
Waycross Ventures LLC Waycross Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Waycross Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focus on companies operating in broad range of sectors. It participates in early stage transactions.	Finance
Octave Bioscience, Inc. Octave Bioscience, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops quantitative measurement tools	Health Technology
GRAIL, Inc. GRAIL, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Manufactures cancer detection test kits and provides related services	Health Technology
Cell Design Labs, Inc. Cell Design Labs, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops disruptive cell-based therapies for cancer and other devastating diseases	Health Technology
Epiodyne, Inc. Epiodyne, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops novel medicines for a range of brain disorders	Health Technology
Medical Technology Venture Partners Medical Technology Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance MedTech Venture Partners invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of medical sectors. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements with an investment size of USD 0.5 - 3 million. It also makes follow on rounds.	Finance
Arsenal Biosciences, Inc. Arsenal Biosciences, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Operates as a clinical stage and programmable cell therapy company focused on solid tumor cell therapies to defeat cancer	Health Technology
Byers Capital Byers Capital Investment ManagersFinance Byers Capital invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of technology and biotechnology sectors. It provides financing from seed, early and growth stage capital requirements. The firm also invests in venture capital funds.	Finance