Brook Byers

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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC

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Brook H.
Byers is the founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (1972) and NewSchools Venture Fund (1998) with the title of Director since 2012.
Mr. Byers is also the founder of TechNet.
Current jobs include Director at Crescendo Bioscience LLC, Oculeve, Inc., UCSF Foundation, Life Technologies Clinical Services Lab, Inc., Newsela, Inc., Zephyr Health, Inc. (since 2014), Verana Health, Inc., Enjoy Technology LLC, Octave Bioscience, Inc., Cell Design Labs, Inc., Epiodyne, Inc., Arsenal Biosciences, Inc., Manager at KPCB X Associates LLC, Trustee at Stanford University, UCSF Medical Center, and The New School Foundation, Principal at Waycross Ventures LLC, Advisor at Medical Technology Venture Partners, and Partner at Byers Capital.
Former jobs include Chairman & President at InSite Vision, Inc., Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Hybritech, Inc., IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp., and OptiMedica Corp.; Chairman at Athena Neurosciences LLC and Vision Research Foundation; Director at BIOVIA, Inc., Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ngen, Inc., Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Argonaut Technologies, Inc., Gen-Probe, Inc., Pharmacopeia LLC, CardioDx, Inc. (2003-2013), Genomic Health, Inc. (2001-2011), Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., Tethys Bioscience, Inc., Veracyte, Inc. (2007-2015), Elcelyx Therapeutics, Inc., Arris Pharmaceuticals Corp., Foundation Medicine, Inc. (2011-2013), The Life Sciences Foundation, GRAIL, Inc., and Trustee at California Healthcare Institute.
Education includes an MBA from Stanford University, an undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology (2010), and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Brook Byers active positions

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 targets companies operating in consumer, enterprise, Fintech, hardtech and healthcare sectors. It provides financing for seed, early, and later stage capital requirements.	Founder	1971-12-31
NewSchools Venture Fund NewSchools Venture Fund Investment ManagersFinance Provides investment services	Founder	1997-12-31
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	2009-05-21
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	2010-01-27
UCSF Foundation UCSF Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Foundation/Endowment	Director/Board Member	2010-10-25
TechNet TechNet Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a bipartisan policy and political network technology	Founder	-
KPCB X Associates LLC	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
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	Director/Board Member	2014-01-12
UCSF Medical Center UCSF Medical Center Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services Owns and operates hospitals	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, which engages in developing innovative therapies that target the molecular mechanisms that cause 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 molecular diagnostic products and services	Health Technology
Pharmacopeia LLC Pharmacopeia LLC Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops small molecule therapeutics to address significant medical needs	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 targets companies operating in consumer, enterprise, Fintech, hardtech and healthcare sectors. It provides financing for seed, early, and later 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 participates in early stage capital transactions.	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 The Vision Research Foundation (VRF) is a private, not-for-profit corporation based in Novi, MI. It was chartered by the State of Michigan in 2006 and is engaged in the administration of tax deductible private gifts, industry-sponsored and government-sponsored programs. The VRF conducts ophthalmic research studies to support eye research and aims to preserve vision and restore sight. It is governed by its own Board of Directors and issues independently audited financial statements in accordance with IRS 501 (c)(3) regulations. The VRF was created to have the flexibility and capacity to respond quickly to a wide variety of conditions and changing sponsor requirements in the distinctive environment of sponsored programs.	Commercial Services
The New School Foundation The New School Foundation Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services The New School Foundation is a company that employs 5to9 people and has under500K of revenue. The company is based in Seattle, WA.	Consumer Services
Newsela, Inc. Newsela, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as an online educational platform	Technology Services
Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford Graduate School of Business Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer 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/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Provides healthcare services	Health Services
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. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cellular drug discovery tools to provide medicines for cancer treatment and operates cell manufacturing platform	Technology Services
Byers Capital Byers Capital Financial ConglomeratesFinance Invests in technology and biotechnology companies	Finance