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OS Fund — Building A Global Biological Immune System

OS Fund — Building A Global Biological Immune System

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Increasing the probability that the human race will thrive. tl:dr After selling my company Braintree (Venmo) to eBay in 2013, I started a venture fund, OS Fund, personally investing $100M. My...

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Q1 2021 Portfolio Company Updates: $9B increase in NIH funding, Group COVID Testing, Major Partnership Announcements, Fundraising News

Q1 2021 Portfolio Company Updates: $9B increase in NIH funding, Group COVID Testing, Major Partnership Announcements, Fundraising News

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While the vaccine roll-out has helped us start our social normalization process, one thing that has remained is the increased attention paid to scientific innovation and acceleration of progress in...

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Q4 2020 Portfolio Company Updates: The Biotech Revolution, COVID-19 Vaccines and At-Home Testing, Partnerships and Funding News

Q4 2020 Portfolio Company Updates: The Biotech Revolution, COVID-19 Vaccines and At-Home Testing, Partnerships and Funding News

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The seismic shifts of 2020 have sparked an acceleration of innovations which have armed humanity with awareness and ability to create powerful, longstanding positive impact via next generation...

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Q3 2020 Portfolio Company Updates: Adaptability and Future Literacy, COVID-19 Testing, Partnership and Funding News

Q3 2020 Portfolio Company Updates: Adaptability and Future Literacy, COVID-19 Testing, Partnership and Funding News

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There is no doubt that the complex impact of the coronavirus pandemic has challenged us all to reflect on previous strategies, both personally and professionally, and adapt to the rapidly evolving...

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Q2 2020 Portfolio Company Updates: The Fight Against COVID-19, Sustainability Successes, AI for Drug Discovery Victories

Q2 2020 Portfolio Company Updates: The Fight Against COVID-19, Sustainability Successes, AI for Drug Discovery Victories

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The second quarter was an unprecedented time in our history; and while much of the world remains in various states of shutdown, our areas of focus at OS Fund have taken center stage. Companies, not...

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A Lesson From SARS-CoV-2: We Need to Build A Real-Time Global Biological Immune System

A Lesson From SARS-CoV-2: We Need to Build A Real-Time Global Biological Immune System

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A coronavirus has ravaged our planet. Humanity brought to its knees by 29,829 nucleotides of “bad news wrapped in a protein.” In 2014, Jeff Klunzinger and I designed OS Fund to build...

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Scaling AI-Driven Drug Discovery: twoXAR Signs Four Partnerships in a Year and Celebrates Five-year Anniversary

Scaling AI-Driven Drug Discovery: twoXAR Signs Four Partnerships in a Year and Celebrates Five-year Anniversary

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Last year we announced our investment in twoXAR, a company building a next generation drug discovery platform. As twoXAR’s five-year anniversary comes to pass, they have managed to vastly exceed...

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