Venture Capital in Life Sciences – Dr Jason Mellad – Start Codon

As part of Life Science Careers Week 2024, we interviewed Dr Jason Mellad from Start Codon about his work in venture capital.

00:00 Introductions
02:29 How do you define Venture Capital?
08:53 How important is it to be comfortable with taking risks?
10:44 To what extent do you draw on your academic background?
12:53 What sort of skills do you use to do that research?
15:00 What are the routes into Venture Capital work? What would an entry role look like?
17:30 What day-to-day tasks does an analyst complete?
20:44 What’s most rewarding about your role?
21:40 What’s most challenging about your role?
23:08 What could current students and postdocs be doing at Cambridge?
26:38 Open Q+A from the audience, including what makes a good VC company, how does Life Science VC compare with VC work in other sectors, generalist vs specialist and more.
44:00 Close and thanks

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Created by Vicki Tipton, Careers Consultant, at the University of Cambridge Careers Service.