Michael Retchin
Founder of NewCo
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2024 - Current
Building scientific intelligence.
Co-President
2023 - 2024
World's largest biotech accelerator.
Founding EVP
2020 - 2023
a collaborative venture program enabling the formation of biotechnology companies addressing climate & sustainability challenges
Researcher, Chodera Lab
2020 - 2024
ML for drug discovery.
Senior Associate
2020 - 2023
Biotech investing.
Pillar VC invests in seed-stage companies, supporting unstoppable founders with capital, connections, coaching, and peer support.
Machine Learning
2020 - 2020
ML for proteins.
Machine Learning
2017 - 2020
A venture studio best known for founding Moderna. ProFound Therapeutics (2020) Cellarity (2017-2019)
Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.
Researcher, Shalek Lab
2019 - 2020
ML for organoids.
Founding Team
2017 - 2019
Led ML from inception through Series A.
Cellarity is a therapeutics company that uses genomic technologies, data science, and AI to develop a new generation of therapies.
Raised $294,000,000.00 from Kyowa Kirin, Flagship Pioneering and Hanwha Impact Partners.
Researcher, Sarkar Lab
2014 - 2015
ML for RNA.
Education
PhD
2020 - 2024
Visiting Student
2019 - 2020
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2016 - 2020
High School Diploma
2015 - 2016