Mission BioCapital
Chaya D. Patel, PhD is an Associate based in the Cambridge office. She assesses new investment opportunities and supports portfolio companies. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, Chaya conducted diligence for a family office focused on early-stage biotech ventures and supported the growth of their portfolio company Alloy Therapeutics. Chaya’s graduate research yielded new discoveries for how vaccine and antibody therapeutics can be repurposed for neonatal viral infections. Chaya holds a PhD from Dartmouth College and B.S. in Microbiology and Immunology from UCLA.
Mission BioCapital
Mission BioCapital is dedicated to helping entrepreneurial scientists create successful companies. They do this because they believe that startups are the most efficient engine for positive change. The passion and purpose that entrepreneurs bring turn ideas into solutions. These small companies take on oversized problems like chronic diseases and global environmental challenges, and with seemingly inadequate resources they succeed.