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Becky Pferdehirt

Becky Pferdehirt

Becky Pferdehirt is a partner on the bio investing team. She focuses on early stage companies building technology platforms for therapeutic discovery and development.

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, Becky worked at Amgen where she most recently led business development efforts for therapeutic platform partnerships. Before moving to BD Becky was a research scientist in Amgen R&D, focused on cell and gene therapy technology innovation.

Becky completed her postdoctoral education at Genentech studying cancer cell biology and proteomics. She holds a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from UC Berkeley and a BS in Biology from MIT.

Latest Posts

Anatomy of a Biotech Business Development Deal

by Jorge Conde and Becky Pferdehirt

New Year, New Fund, New Opportunities in Bio + Health

by Vineeta Agarwala, Jorge Conde, Justin Larkin, Vijay Pande, Becky Pferdehirt, Jay Rughani, Judy Savitskaya, Daisy Wolf, and Julie Yoo
  • bio + health
  • announcements
  • gene editing including CRISPR
  • healthcare
  • therapeutics
  • when science becomes engineering

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Becky Pferdehirt@beckypferdehirt

Join me at the @TerasakiInst Innovation Summit! On March 8th, I’ll share the @a16zBioHealth perspective on bringing biotech innovation from bench to bedside as part of a panel discussion in conversation with fellow investment leaders @eddie_eltoukhy, @VCAmir and @phil_j_grayeski https://t.co/kihdP9TPPn

Becky Pferdehirt@beckypferdehirt

Epic week of skiing with my crew ❄️ https://t.co/Jo9ArJG7Xi

Becky Pferdehirt@beckypferdehirt

Anyone who has worked in biotech knows all too well how antiquated the software stack is. Powerpoint and Excel still reign as documentation and communication kings. It's time for a tech upgrade 💾🧬. @JorgeCondeBio and @JayRughani lay out the massive whitespace we see. https://t.co/AFIp28oYic

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