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Nina Kjellson

Humanist working in venture capital and philanthropy to champion health and equity

Sausalito, California

Work Experience

  • Board Member

    2023

  • General Partner

    2015

    Venture capital investing. New company formation. Partnering with entrepreneurs.

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

    Proxygen is focused on the discovery and development of molecular glue degraders against targets of unmet medical need across various indications. While advancing its internal programs towards clinical development, the company also maintains strategic partnerships to co-create synergies along the drug development pipeline. With its headquarters and laboratory operations in Vienna, Austria, Proxygen employs talent both locally and remotely all over Europe. Partnered with Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck KGaA.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Rondo Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company exploring new frontiers in cancer therapy. Rondo is committed to advancing the field of immuno-oncology, with a focus on treating solid tumors that fail to respond to current therapies. Our solution is to create a new class of bispecific antibodies that safely engage the immune system to initiate and sustain a robust anti-tumor response and overcome the suppressive tumor microenvironment.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Sardona Therapeutics is a preclinical biotechnology company building the leading platform to develop small molecule drugs that target RNA-binding proteins and provide patients with therapy-resistant cancers novel, and potentially best-in-class, treatment options.

  • Board Member

    2020

    A clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company developing TTX-030, a first-in-class anti-CD39 antibody

  • Co-Chair Board of Trustees - nonprofit

    2020

    Life Science Cares Bay Area is a platform for life science companies and staff to give back – time, talent or treasure. Life Science Cares is a collective effort of the life science industry to help address the impact of poverty on our neighbors in the greater Bay Area. Life Science Cares started in Boston in 2017 and expanded to Philadelphia in 2019, San Diego in 2020 and the Bay Area in 2021. Through uniting the human and financial resources of life science companies and industry leaders, we support nonprofit organizations that do the best work in fighting poverty and providing educational opportunity in our community. We work with organizations doing work in the areas of basic human survival (hunger, homelessness, domestic abuse, crime prevention, etc.), education (STEM education, college preparation and college success, educational enrichment and inspiration, etc.) and sustainability (job creation, job training, mentoring, and economic development.)

2021

  • Member

    2021

    We're on a mission to accelerate the success of female founders and funders to build a more prosperous, equitable future. All Raise is on a mission to accelerate the success of female and non-binary founders and funders to build a more prosperous, equitable future. Born out of a grassroots movement in 2017, our programs arm women with access, guidance, and support to advance their professional growth. When the architects of tomorrow better reflect the world, our world is better served.