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Eric Bell

Eric Bell

Managing Director atSpringRock VenturesSeattle
SpringRock Ventures websiteFirm profile

Eric Bell is Managing Director of SpringRock Ventures, focusing on life sciences commercialization. He has held roles at Intellectual Ventures, Vulcan Capital, and other firms, and holds an MBA from Wharton.

What Eric can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

SpringRock Ventures writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: SpringRock Ventures.

Career

  1. Aksys, Ltd.
  2. Corixa Corporation · Director of Business Development
  3. Vulcan Capital · investment professional
  4. Tredegar Investments · investment professional
  5. Intellectual Ventures · headed the Small and Medium Enterprise Program for the Invention Development Fund
  6. SpringRock Ventures · Managing Director
    Now

Companies founded

SpringRock

Investments named in public bios

IlluminaRosetta InpharmaticsVascular SolutionsHemoSenseSignalSoftC-SATSArtemis Medical

Focus

life sciencesmedical devicesbiotechnologyventure capital

Education

Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, M.B.A.University of Pennsylvania, M.S.E. in Biomedical EngineeringWorcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Also at SpringRock Ventures

Kirsten Morbeck
Kirsten MorbeckManaging Director

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Colin Greenspon
Colin GreensponCo-Founder, Narya Capital
Anna FrenchManaging Partner, Qiming Venture Partners USA

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Questions

Who is Eric Bell?

Eric Bell is Managing Director of SpringRock Ventures, focusing on life sciences commercialization. He has held roles at Intellectual Ventures, Vulcan Capital, and other firms, and holds an MBA from Wharton.

How much does Eric Bell invest?

Eric Bell invests through SpringRock Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Eric Bell?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Eric in the subject. A warm intro from a founder SpringRock Ventures backed works better.

What did Eric Bell do before SpringRock Ventures?

Aksys, Ltd.; Director of Business Development at Corixa Corporation; investment professional at Vulcan Capital; investment professional at Tredegar Investments; headed the Small and Medium Enterprise Program for the Invention Development Fund at Intellectual Ventures.

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