Primary Job Title Managing Director Primary Organization Emergent Medical Partners
Location Mountain View, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast Gender Male Also Known As Robert Brownell
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Bob has a broad range of business development, legal and management experience. With 20 years of counseling life sciences companies from formation to maturity, Bob has a wealth of experience that benefits portfolio companies. Before joining Emergent he was a partner at MedVenture Associates, a medtech venture capital firm. Prior to becoming a
venture capitalist, Bob was Vice President and General Counsel of TheraSense, Inc., where he was a key member of the company’s management team. He joined TheraSense while it was still a private company after serving as its outside counsel since its initial incorporation. Bob left TheraSense following its acquisition and integration with Abbott Laboratories. Prior to TheraSense Bob was a corporate and securities partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he worked for twelve years following law school. His practice focused on the representation of technology companies from their earliest stages with an emphasis on life sciences companies. Bob received his J.D. from UCLA Law School and has a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley.
