Abigail (Lauterbach) Schmitz
Senior Associate
RA Capital Management
TechAtlas senior associate evaluating biotech opportunities and competitive landscapes.
Bio
Professional summary
Josh Resnick is a Partner at RA Capital Management, where his official profile says he leads early-stage private investments and oversees the creation of new companies developing drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, and research tools. He has more than 15 years of experience across investing, company formation, company leadership, and drug development stages from discovery through commercialization. Before RA Capital, he was co-lead of SV Health Investors’ US Biotech practice, President and Managing Partner at MRL Ventures Fund, a Venture Partner at Atlas Venture, and a Partner at Prism Venture Partners. He is also listed as a Harvard Medical School faculty member and an attending physician in Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He holds a BA in Chemistry from Williams College, an MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and an MBA from Wharton.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
company formationseedSeries Aearly-stage private healthcare
Sector
biotechnologylife sciencestherapeuticsmedical devicesdiagnosticsresearch tools
Thesis
Early-stage private healthcare investmentsNew company creation in drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, and research toolsTherapeutics-focused venture creation
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Brahma DiscoveryMRL Ventures Fund
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Strong fit for founder outreach around early-stage healthcare company creation, especially therapeutics or platform ideas needing venture-building support.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference his hands-on company formation background across SV Health Investors, MRL Ventures, Atlas Venture, and Prism.
- 2For clinically relevant products, mention his continued emergency medicine and Harvard Medical School connection.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- RA Capital ManagementPartner2018–present
- Raven (RA Capital Incubator)Co-Founder & Presidentongoing
- Massachusetts General HospitalAttending Physician, Emergency Medicine2015–present
- Synolo TherapeuticsCo-Founder
- Stylus MedicineCo-Founder
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of MedicineMD2002
- The Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaMBA2002
Skills
biopharmaceutical investmentcompany incubationemergency medicinedrug discoveryclinical development
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