Frontier Medicines Corporation announced an $88.5 million Series B financing round, co-led by Woodline Partners LP and RA Capital Management, with participation from Deerfield Management Company.
Laura Smoliar became a Founding Partner of the Berkeley Catalyst Fund because it combines her passion for mentoring technical entrepreneurs with her interest in philanthropy. Laura founded a start-up in 2005 called Mobius Photonics (acquired by NASDAQ:IPGP), where she served as Chairman and CEO, and where she raised several rounds of funding from investors in the USA and Japan. She has worked in diverse hardware industries including data storage, displays, lasers, and biotech instrumentation. In
The Berkeley Catalyst Fund is managed by three founding partners: Dr. Ted Hou (UCB Ph.D., Chemistry, with Yuan T. Lee), Mr. Drew Lanza (retired from Morgenthaler Ventures). and Dr. Laura Smoliar (UCB Ph.D., Chemistry, with Yuan T. Lee),
