Organizations

Research Bridge Partners works with a variety of partners – charitable foundations, family offices and research institutions – to identify, fund and commercialize biomedical innovations capable of saving and enhancing human life. We invest both not-for-profit and for-profit capital to enable them to achieve their investment objectives – financial, societal, or a combination thereof.

Aphorism Foundation

Aphorism Foundation

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Karen Toffler Charitable Trust

Karen Toffler Charitable Trust

Lyda Hill Philanthropies

Lyda Hill Philanthropies

Termeer Foundation

Termeer Foundation

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Our Fellows

A Research Bridge Partners Fellow is among the preeminent innovators working at an American research university today. According to our proprietary data analytics, each possesses both the scientific acumen and commercial mindset to become scientific co-founders of scaling startup companies. Therefore, we invest the financial and human capital required to transform their scientific breakthroughs into investable companies for the benefit of people everywhere.

Our Mentees

Former and Current

A Research Bridge Partners Mentee is a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher specializing in biomedicine at an American research university. Each works closely with a principal of our organization to discern the best approach for developing and commercializing an innovation. In addition to helping them distinguish between academic data, regulatory data and the data most valued by venture capitalists, we help a Mentee perform venture capital due diligence and craft business development strategies ranging from pitch deck design to talent acquisition.

Dogan Can Kirman, PhD

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Advisor: Rafael Ufret, PhD

Eric David, PhD

University of Texas at Dallas

Advisor: Theodore Price, PhD

Jennifer Smith, PhD

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Advisor: Brad Pfeiffer, PhD

Lauren Cozzens

University of Colorado Anschutz
Medical Campus

Advisor: Traci Lyons, PhD

Maggie Wang

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Advisor: Jinming Gao, PhD

Sina Khorsandi, PhD

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Advisor: Jacques Lux, PhD

Sumana Venkat, PhD

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Advisor: Steven Gray, PhD

Yehui Sun

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Advisor: Daniel Siegwart, PhD

Yessica Santana Agreda

Oregan Health and Science University

Advisor: Kevin Wright, PhD

Portfolio
Companies

Equity investments in startups with faculty as scientific co-founders