Camille Samuels - Partner @ Venrock - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Primary Job Title Partner
Primary Organization
Venrock

Location Palo Alto, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Female

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Camille Samuels is the Partner at Venrock. She has served as a member of our Board since our inception in August 2005.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

Camille Samuels

invested in

Carmenta Bioscience

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Seed Round - Carmenta Bioscience

- was valued at

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Carmenta Bioscience	—	Seed Round - Carmenta Bioscience	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Ocelot Bio	Venrock	Yes	Series A - Ocelot Bio	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	UNITY Biotechnology	Venrock	—	Series C - UNITY Biotechnology	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	UNITY Biotechnology	Venrock	Yes	Series B - UNITY Biotechnology	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	UNITY Biotechnology	Venrock	No	Series B - UNITY Biotechnology	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Spirox	Venrock	No	Series C - Spirox	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	REGENXBIO	Venrock	—	Series D - REGENXBIO	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Spirox	Venrock	Yes	Series B - Spirox	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	REGENXBIO	Venrock	Yes	Series C - REGENXBIO	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	UNITY Biotechnology	Venrock	—	Series A - UNITY Biotechnology	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Achaogen	Versant Ventures	—	Series D - Achaogen	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Camille Samuels

is the

Partner

Venrock

. Additionally,

Camille Samuels

has had

past jobs including

Managing Director

Versant Ventures

Venrock PartnerMay 2014

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Versant Ventures	Managing Director	Feb 1, 2000	Dec 1, 2012
Tularik	Business Development and Strategic Marketing	1998	2000
LEK Consulting	Management Consultant	1993	1996
Genzyme	Business Development and Strategic Marketing	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Camille Samuels

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

UNITY Biotechnology

Member of the Board of Directors

Carmenta Bioscience

, and

Member of the Board of Directors

Kythera Biopharmaceuticals

UNITY Biotechnology Board Member2014
Carmenta Bioscience Member of the Board of DirectorsAug 7, 2013
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Member of the Board of DirectorsAug 2005
Achaogen Member of the Board of Directors
Semprae Laboratories Member of the Board of Directors
REGENXBIO Member of the Board of Directors
Spirox Member of the Board of Directors

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
NovaCardia	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
Transcept Pharmaceuticals	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
ParAllele Bioscience	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Private Equity Stage Investors with Investments in Silicon Valley	10,219
West Coast Investors with Funds Raised in 2014	57,740
Silicon Valley Investors	12,604
Palo Alto Venture Stage Investors	80,208
California Investors with Funds Raised in 2007	92,164
Investors Active in Palo Alto, California	4,411
Venture Stage Investors with Investments in Silicon Valley	9,144
California Investors with Funds Raised in 2018	71,387
Western US Investors with Funds Raised in 2024	54,574
San Francisco Bay Area Private Equity Stage Investors	24,383

Education

Camille Samuels

studied at

Harvard Business School

and

Duke University

Harvard Business School MBABusiness1998
Duke University BABiology1993

Events

Number of Events

Camille Samuels

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

Global Capital Summit Spring 2017

Apr 6, 2017

Global Capital Summit Spring 2017 Speaker Palo Alto, California, United States, North AmericaApr 6, 2017
Rock Health Women's Summit Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaMay 3, 2016
Women's Private Equity Summit Speaker Half Moon Bay, California, United States, North AmericaMar 9, 2016