Richard Waines is a Senior Associate at DCVC Bio, focusing on life sciences and deep tech. He previously worked at Fika Bio and Credit Suisse, and served in the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
What Richard can write
DCVC writes $10M to $30M+ checks, larger than 97% of firms in the atlas.
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- Queen's Own Rifles of Canada · Corporal2019-2022
- Credit Suisse · investment banking analyst
- Fika Bio · consultant
- DCVC · Senior AssociateNow
- DCVC Bio · Associate
- DCVC Bio · Senior Associate
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Who is Richard Waines?
Richard Waines is a Senior Associate at DCVC Bio, focusing on life sciences and deep tech. He previously worked at Fika Bio and Credit Suisse, and served in the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
How much does Richard Waines invest?
Richard Waines invests through DCVC, which writes checks of $10M to $30M+ at seed, series a.
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What did Richard Waines do before DCVC?
Corporal at Queen's Own Rifles of Canada; investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse; consultant at Fika Bio; Associate at DCVC Bio; Senior Associate at DCVC Bio.
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