Leen Kawas - The Microbiome of Babies

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Angel Scale Biotech: <a href= "https://syndicate.angelinvestboston.com/en-us/the-surge-of-opportunities-in-angel-scale-biotech"> Learn More</a></span></p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Leen Kawas PhD, managing general partner at Propel Bio Partners, invests in life science companies such as Persephone Biosciences and Inherent Bio that promise immediate benefits for humanity. An uplifting chat with a dynamic VC and founder.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p2">Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Highlights:</span></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Sal Daher Introduces Leen Kawas</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">What Propel Bio Partners Does</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Persephone Biosciences</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... It's a pipeline for probiotics. They're starting with infant probiotics..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... is anybody else working in the space of microbiome for babies? I haven't seen this..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Inherent Bio</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... That's what Inherent is working on. They have identified an epigenetic signature that has the ability to better predict pregnancy outcome with men..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"...What is the profile of the kind of company that you find attractive in public markets now...?"</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Advice to the Audience</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">Leen Kawas' Immigrant Story</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... I want to tell entrepreneurs that are out there, no is typically not no. Just keep that in mind..."</span></li> <li class="li3"><span class="s1">"... I just want to tell the entrepreneurs out there, you tell your own story, you work on your mission, you defin