Jim Glasheen, General Partner

Jim joined Technology Partners from CIT Venture Capital, where he served as Managing Director, leading the Group's efforts in Life Science investing.

Previously, Jim was a leader within McKinsey & Company's Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Practice. Over the course of several years, Jim worked extensively with a broad range Life Science Companies on M&A, business development and strategic issues.

Jim earned a B.S. from Duke University in Biology / Mechanical Engineering and a M.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Biology. He also was a Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) fellow at Universitaet des Saarlandes, Germany and a post-doctoral fellow at University of California, Berkeley. Jim has published several papers and had his research highlighted in several major media outlets, including: Nature, The New York Times, Scientific American, CNN, Die Zeit, and Le Monde.

Jim is an advisor to the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of California, Berkeley.  Also, Jim serves as an advisor to the National Science Foundation's (NSF) SBIR program in Washington D.C. This successful and innovative program provides federal grants to start-up companies to fund research programs in areas that will have a significant commercial impact.

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