SynBioBeta Speaker
Douglas Crawford
General Manager, Managing Partner
MBC BioLABS, Mission BioCapital
May 2026, SynBioBeta
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Doug’s goal is to help entrepreneurial scientists create successful startups. His dream is that every entrepreneurial scientist with a dream be given a chance. To this end, he founded and manages MBC BioLabs network, which now has five sites in San Francisco and San Carlos that are home to 161 companies. These co-working labs allow startups to be fast, focused, and frugal. Rather than spending months getting a facility up and running, MBC BioLabs startups can do experiments in their first week.
Doug is also a Managing General Partner of Mission BioCapital and has overseen the investment in 45 companies, many of which have already enjoyed successful exits (for instance, Alector, Atreca, Cell Design Labs, iPierian, Mitokinin, Principia, Redwood Biosciences, and SiteOne). He is a board member of Alessa, Corsomed, Epiodyne, Invenio, Myka, and Tangible Sciences.
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