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Beth Seidenberg

Beth Seidenberg

General Partner·Kleiner Perkins

Bio

Professional summary

Beth Seidenberg is the founding managing director of Westlake Village BioPartners and was a general partner at Kleiner Perkins, where she focused on life sciences. She has incubated and invested in more than 40 biotech companies since 2005 and serves on public company boards including Acelyrin, Kyverna, Progyny, Sagimet and Vera. Before investing, she held leadership roles in drug development at Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb and Merck.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

AcelyrinKyvernaProgynySagimetVera Therapeutics

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Westlake Village BioPartnersFounding Managing Director2018 – Present
  • Kleiner PerkinsGeneral Partner2005
  • AmgenChief Medical Officer
  • Bristol Myers SquibbExecutive
  • Merck Research LaboratoriesExecutive

Education

  • University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineM.D.
  • Barnard CollegeB.S.

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