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Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet Liz Pearce joins climate startup; Absci names AI chief; and more

by Nate Bek on October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 at 3:31 pm

— Longtime tech executive Liz Pearce announced Monday that she is joining Seattle-based climate marketplace startup Ever.green as chief revenue officer. Pearce said she was motivated to make the career… Read More

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Biotech company Absci lays off 30 employees, about 15% of staff

by Taylor Soper on September 5, 2023September 5, 2023 at 7:46 am

Publicly traded biotech company Absci is laying off 30 employees, or approximately 15% of its workforce.

Tech Moves: Absci chief legal officer to depart; Cajal Neuroscience hires exec

by Nate Bek on August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 at 1:58 pm

— Sarah Korman, chief legal officer at Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company Absci, will depart Sept. 15, according to a regulatory filing. The company, which is developing technologies to accelerate the… Read More

Tech Moves: Hootsuite adds CMO; Flexe appoints COO; Absci names CFO

by Nate Bek on August 14, 2023August 14, 2023 at 10:13 am

— Hootsuite appointed Elina Vilk as chief marketing officer. Vilk previously worked as CMO at Woocommerce, an open-source e-commerce plugin for WordPress sites. She also held marketing leadership roles at… Read More

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How AI is changing the way scientists engineer drugs, biosensors, enzymes and more

by Charlotte Schubert on July 10, 2023July 12, 2023 at 7:06 am

We’re inside the headquarters of Outpace Bio in Seattle. Senior scientist Bobby Langan shows a video of one of his favorite deep-learning tools, used to create experimental cancer therapeutics. A… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Philips CEO joins Absci board; AWS exec departs; and more

by Nate Bek on June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 at 12:00 pm

— Vancouver, Wash.-based AI drug design and development company Absci named Frans van Houten to its board of directors. A longtime business exec, van Houten is known for spearheading Philips’… Read More

Publicly traded biotech company Absci lays off employees, citing ‘macro-economic conditions’

by Charlotte Schubert on August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 at 10:35 am

Vancouver, Wash.-based drug design and development company Absci laid off employees Tuesday, a little more than a year after going public. “The macro-economic conditions of the last few months prompted… Read More

Tech Moves: Vimeo hires Seattle execs; Microsoft corporate VP retires; and more

by Charlotte Schubert on July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 at 4:32 pm

— Vimeo appointed Lynn Girotto as chief marketing officer and Ashraf Alkarmi as chief product officer for the New York City video software company. Both will be based in the… Read More

Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech Absci opens new AI Research Lab in New York City

by Kurt Schlosser on April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 at 2:02 pm

Absci, the Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech that provides drug and drug target discovery services to other companies, has opened a lab in New York City. The company announced the opening of… Read More

Tech Moves: Athira Pharma adds Wave Life Sciences CMO Michael Panzara to board

by Julie Emory on March 21, 2022March 22, 2022 at 7:38 am

—Michael Panzara, chief medical officer and head of therapeutics discovery and development for Wave Life Sciences, was appointed to Athira Pharma’s board of directors. Panzara has more than 20 years… Read More

Tech Moves: Adaptive CFO to resign; Meta comms exec departs; AI vet joins Absci board; new Zymeworks CEO

by Charlotte Schubert on January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 at 12:11 pm

— Chad Cohen will step down as CFO of Adaptive Biotechnologies on Feb. 15. Prior to joining Adaptive in 2015, Cohen was CFO of Zillow Group. Principal accounting officer Kyle… Read More

Biotech company Absci, which recently went public, cuts ribbon on new HQ in Vancouver, Wash.

by Charlotte Schubert on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 at 9:42 am

Absci cut the ribbon on its new headquarters in Vancouver, Wash., on Tuesday, barely three months after going public in an IPO that valued the biotech company at nearly $2… Read More

Tech Moves: Siblings at Seattle startup swap roles; Microsoft CVP departs to focus on DEI; and more

by Cara Kuhlman on August 25, 2021August 24, 2021 at 10:08 pm

— IoT startup Mason announced that founder and current CEO Jim Xiao will be swapping roles with his sister and current Mason President Nancy Xiao. “I’m confident that Nancy is… Read More

How Sean McClain founded Absci at just 22 — and now leads a newly public biotech worth nearly $2B

by Charlotte Schubert on July 22, 2021July 23, 2021 at 1:31 pm

Biotech CEOs tend to have advanced degrees and multiple academic credentials under their belt. But Sean McClain started Absci as a freshly minted grad from the University of Arizona at… Read More

Absci shares spike 30% in IPO debut, valuing Washington state biotech company at nearly $2B

by Charlotte Schubert on July 22, 2021July 23, 2021 at 9:45 am

Shares of Absci surged more than 30% on Thursday as the Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company made its debut as a public company. Absci priced its stock at $16 per share… Read More

Absci’s IPO reflects booming biotech market and growing PNW life sciences industry

by Charlotte Schubert on July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 at 10:57 am

The upcoming public offering for Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company Absci reflects a soaring IPO market and adds to the growing prosperity of Pacific Northwest biotech companies. The company’s success also… Read More

Tech Moves: Edifecs names new CEO; Absci adds execs ahead of IPO; and more

by Cara Kuhlman on July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 at 11:52 am

— Biotech company Absci, which filed to go public last week, added Nikhil Goel as chief business officer and Sarah Korman as general counsel. Goel was previously an investment banker… Read More

Vancouver, Wash. biotech company Absci files to go public

by Charlotte Schubert on June 30, 2021July 1, 2021 at 8:36 am

Absci, a Vancouver, Wash.-based company developing technologies to accelerate the process of drug discovery, announced today that it plans to go public via an IPO. The company’s platform is built… Read More

Biotech startup AbSci raises $125M for ‘Protein Printing’ tech; total funding up to $230M

by Taylor Soper on March 23, 2021March 22, 2021 at 9:09 pm

New funding: Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company AbSci raised $125 million in a round led by Casdin Capital and Redmile Group. The tech: Founded in 2011, AbSci’s “Protein Printing” technology is used… Read More

AbSci acquires AI startup Denovium to boost synthetic biology platform

by Taylor Soper on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 at 7:35 am

AbSci has acquired Denovium, a 6-person bootstrapped startup out of San Diego that uses deep learning to analyze the function and behavior of proteins. The deal will help bolster AbSci’s… Read More

Synthetic biology startup AbSci raises $65M to expand ‘Protein Printing’ tech

by Taylor Soper on October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 at 8:32 am

Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company AbSci raised an additional $65 million to help grow its synthetic biology platform. The company’s “Protein Printing” technology is used to discover and manufacture complex biological… Read More

Biomanufacturing company AbSci raises $12M to scale synthetic biology platform

by Clare McGrane on May 30, 2018May 30, 2018 at 8:59 am

Vancouver, Wash.,-based biotechnology company AbSci has raised a chunk of new money. The company announced Wednesday that it has just completed an oversubscribed $12 million Series C round of funding.… Read More

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