George Whitesides - Co-Founder @ MC10 - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Primary Job Title Co-Founder
Primary Organization
MC10

Location Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England
Gender Male

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George Whitesides is the Co-Founder of Genzyme. He previously worked at Validere as a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board. George Whitesides attended Harvard University.

Personal Investments

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George Whitesides

invested in

Validere

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. This investment -

Seed Round - Validere

- was valued at

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

Jobs

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George Whitesides

has

current jobs including

Co-Founder

Genzyme

Co-Founder

Theravance Biopharma

, and

Co-Founder & CEO

480 Biomedical

. Additionally,

George Whitesides

has had

past job as the

Faculty Member

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Genzyme Co-Founder
Theravance Biopharma Co-Founder
480 Biomedical Co-Founder & CEO
Lyra Therapeutics Co-Founder
MC10 Co-Founder
GelTex Pharmaceuticals Co-Founder
Harvard University Professor
Datacule Technical Founder

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Faculty Member	Jan 1, 1963	Jan 1, 1982

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

George Whitesides

holds

board and advisor roles including

Member of the Board of Directors

480 Biomedical

Co-Founder and Member of the Board of Directors

Arsenal Medical

, and

Member of the Board of Directors

National Academy of Engineering

480 Biomedical Member of the Board of Directors
Arsenal Medical Co-Founder and Member of the Board of Directors
National Academy of Engineering Member of the Board of Directors
National Science Foundation Member of the Advisory Board
MC10 Member of the Board of Directors
American Philosophical Society Member of the Board of Directors
DARPA Member of the Advisory Board
Oxipital AI Member of the Board of Directors
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences Member of the Board of Directors
National Academy of Sciences Member of the Board of Directors

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Validere	Member of the Scientific Advisory Board	Jan 2016	2022
Harvard University	Chairman of the Board of Directors	1986	1989
Predicant Biosciences	Board Member	—	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Acquired United States Companies (Top 10K)	19
Acquired Greater Boston Area Companies	2,818
GelTex Pharmaceuticals Alumni Founded Companies	96,269
Closed Consumer Electronics Companies	28,518
Greater Boston Area Companies that Exited	2,442
Closed United States Consumer Electronics Companies	21,534
Closed East Coast Companies (Top 10K)	1,022
North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity Portfolio Companies	49,105
Massachusetts Companies that Exited	1,986
Braemar Energy Ventures Portfolio Companies	90,811

Education

George Whitesides

studied at

Harvard University

and

Caltech

Harvard University BAunknown1960
Caltech Ph.Dunknown1964