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Kristina Burow

Managing Director atArch Venture PartnersFirm active Sep 28Illinois
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Kristina Burow has been a Managing Director at ARCH Venture Partners since 2002, focusing on life sciences strategy and founding biotech companies.

What Kristina can write

Writes checks of$25K to $30M+
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Arch Venture Partners writes $25K to $30M+ checks, larger than 1% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Arch Venture Partners.

Companies founded

Neumora TherapeuticsMetseraOrbital TherapeuticsVividion TherapeuticsMetseraBeam TherapeuticsGossamer BioVir Biotechnology

Investments named in public bios

Amplitude TherapeuticsAspen NeuroscienceCREATe MedicinesAledadeErascaKura OncologyKythera BiopharmaceuticalsIkaria

Focus

life sciencesbiotechnologytherapeuticsventure capitaldrug development

Education

University of Chicago, MBAColumbia University, M.A. in ChemistryUniversity of California, Berkeley, B.S. in Chemistry

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Brian Cuneo
Brian CuneoSenior Partner
Carol Suh
Carol SuhPartner
Corey Ritter
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Who is Kristina Burow?

Kristina Burow has been a Managing Director at ARCH Venture Partners since 2002, focusing on life sciences strategy and founding biotech companies.

How much does Kristina Burow invest?

Kristina Burow invests through Arch Venture Partners, which writes checks of $25K to $30M+ at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

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