Meet Our Team

  • Ed Field

    General Partner

    Ed has 25+ years of senior leadership and operational experience in the biotechnology industry with 3 exits to date, raising over $200m in capital, advancing greater than 10 therapeutics programs into clinical development, and successfully spinning out several university innovations.

  • Jimmy Melton

    General Partner

    Jimmy has 30+ years experience founding and leading numerous life science enterprises across NC ecosystem & universities, including as managing director of Carolina Research Ventures, a university venture fund with 3 side funds and >15 investments in early-stage companies.

  • Dave Ousterout, PhD

    General Partner

    Dave has 15+ years experience as a founder, scientist, and executive creating and advising life sciences companies in the Research Triangle area, and is a co-founder and former CSO of Locus Bio, a venture-backed biotech spun out of NCSU & Duke with over $150m raised.