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MarsBio Fund I is a venture capital fund that invests in synthetic biology, biotechnology, and deep tech areas.

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Managed by MarsBio Management in Los Angeles, California, MarsBio Fund I supports early-stage bioscience entrepreneurs who are pushing the boundaries of biology. The fund was founded by Robert Rhinehar, who previously started Soylent.
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Llewellyn Cox
Llewellyn Cox

Llewellyn Cox

Llewellyn cox is the General Partner at MarsBio. He attended University of Wales.

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Llewellyn Cox

Arye Lipman
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Arye Lipman

Mr. Lipman is a Strategic Alliances Manager at Imec, a Belgian nanoelectronics R&D institute. Prior to joining Imec, he worked as a consultant, most recently for inVentiv Health, covering technology development and commercialization, with a focus on medical devices and imaging. He previously worked for several biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. He currently serves as a business advisor for technology start-ups and accelerator programs in Southern California. Mr. Lipman holds degrees in Molecular Biology and Immunology from UCLA, and is based in Los Angeles.

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Rob Rhinehart
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Rob Rhinehart

Robert Rhinehart is an engineer and entrepreneur from Atlanta, Georgia and is in charge of Soylent product development, research, and press. In 2012, he founded Y Combinator-backed wireless communications company, Level RF with Soylent COO, Matthew Cauble, working to develop low-cost wireless network base stations that could operate over unlicensed frequencies and provide internet access to more areas at a very low cost. While seeking to live a healthier lifestyle and lacking the means to well, Rhinehart invented Soylent by concentrating food down to its most basic elements, thereby creating a more nutritious, more efficient food alternative. He believes that by using technology to make food that is inexpensive to produce, possesses a longer shelf life, and is easier to transport and store, we can take greater strides towards combating world hunger and malnutrition. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Arye Lipman

Arye Lipman

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Llewellyn Cox

Llewellyn Cox

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Rob Rhinehart

Rob Rhinehart

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