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
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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