The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast

The VC Playbook | Venrock's Bryan Roberts


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In this episode, Bryan Roberts, a partner at Venrock and one of the healthcare industry's most illustrious investors, shares insights from his long and successful career in healthcare investing.

We cover:

💼 The key traits and principles that have contributed to his exceptional success in healthcare investing

🔄 How to navigate investment cycles and make non-consensus decisions

🧬 The story behind Bryan's early, transformative investments in companies like Illumina and Athena Health

📱 His perspective on the current state of digital health and value-based care innovations

🤖 The potential impact of AI on healthcare efficiency and clinical practice

📈 Strategies for exits and IPOs in the current market environment

📉 Valuable lessons from Bryan's biggest investment misses and what they taught him

About our guest:

Bryan Roberts is a Partner at Venrock where he focuses on healthcare investments. With over 25 years of experience, Bryan has helped build companies that have transformed multiple areas of healthcare, including genomics, healthcare IT, and care delivery. He has been named to the Forbes Midas List of top technology investors multiple times and serves as a director on the boards of several innovative healthcare companies. Immediately prior to joining Venrock, Bryan received his Ph.D. in Chemistry & Chemical Biology from Harvard University. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College.

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