Bridget Martell MA, MD and Jeff Miller Join As
Operating Partners Supporting the Biotechnology and Enterprise
Portfolio Companies, Respectively
Tim Veil Joins As Principal Focused on New
Technology; Kevin Day and Jennifer
Howrigan Round Out Two Bear's Fundraising and Investor Relations
Team As Firm Launches Fund II
WHITEFISH, Mont., Aug. 6, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Two Bear Capital, the venture capital firm
investing in disruptors in life sciences and technology, today
announced the appointment of five key executives expanding its team
of experts during a period of rapid growth for the venture capital
firm. The appointments strengthen Two Bear Capital's ability to
help build the operations of its impressive portfolio companies by
delivering deep domain experts who partner with founders as they
bring their breakthroughs to market and scale operations. The
appointments also deepen Two Bear's own capacity to fundraise as it
pursues new opportunities and continues to build the next 50-year,
top-tier venture capital firm.
Bridget Martell MA, MD was named Operating Partner,
Biotechnology at Two Bear Capital. Dr. Martell will focus on Two
Bear's biopharma and health tech portfolio companies and provide
support in the development of products and services through
regulatory approval and commercialization. Jeff
Miller was named Operating Partner, Enterprise at Two Bear
Capital. Miller will work with Two Bear's enterprise portfolio
companies, helping them create efficient infrastructures and
implement world-class sales strategies from Day 1. Tim Veil was named Principal at Two Bear
Capital. Veil will work to identify new technology focused
investments, advising existing portfolio go-to-market teams, and
supporting Two Bear's data, analytics, and enablement efforts.
Broadening the fundraising and investor relations team,
Kevin Day was named Partner,
Head of Capital Formation and Jennifer
Howrigan was named Vice President of Investor Relations.
Day's primary focus will be on capital formation for new Two Bear
Capital funds. He will be leading efforts to find sophisticated,
long-term LPs to join the Two Bear investor base. Howrigan will
work closely with investors and provide day-to-day management of
their needs including oversight of investor communications and
reporting.
"Two Bear Capital is proud to welcome Dr. Bridget Martell, Jeff
Miller, Tim Veil,
Kevin Day, and Jennifer Howrigan to the firm," said Two Bear
Capital Founder and Managing Partner Mike Goguen. "We are in the
midst of an exciting expansion period and continue to believe that
the best value add we can create for our investors and our founders
is to provide deep domain expertise in everything from the science
and technology to the operations, sales, and service. These
executives bring the right combination of experience, skill, and
strategic thinking we need as Two Bear Capital continues to support
the most innovative founders and build a multi-decade, top-tier,
high-impact venture capital firm."
Dr. Bridget Martell was
Chief Medical Officer of the public companies Juniper
Pharmaceuticals, Kura Oncology, and RRD International, and was CEO
of the privately held Artizan Biosciences. Throughout her career in
pharma and biotech, Dr. Martell has continued to teach at
Yale University School of Medicine and
was an Associate Clinical Professor for over 20 years. She is
currently a Yale Ventures Entrepreneur-in-Residence. She began her
clinical investigation career at Yale
with a career development award and in the Robert Wood Johnson
Clinical Scholars Program. Prior to this, she served in the
National Health Service Corps where she shaped a primary care
clinic from a methadone maintenance treatment program in the
South Bronx. Additionally, Dr.
Martell was a Resident and Chief Resident at Yale New Haven
Hospital in Internal Medicine. She holds a B.Sc. in Microbiology
from Cornell University, an M.A. in
Molecular Immunology from Boston
University, and an M.D. from The Chicago Medical School.
Prior to joining Two Bear Capital, Jeff Miller served as the Chief Revenue
Officer at companies including StarTree, and Cockroach Labs. At
Cockroach Labs, Jeff led sales from zero to over $80 million in ARR, driving the company valuation
to $5 billion in less than four years
for their Series E. During the course of his career, Jeff has also
held Senior VP of Sales positions at Hortonworks, Virtustream,
VMware, Novell, and JBoss. As Senior Vice President of Sales
at Hortonworks, he drove sales from zero to over $250 million in ARR in record time, powering a
successful IPO and a subsequent $1.45
billion acquisition from Cloudera. As Vice President of
Sales at SpringSource, he helped drive sales from $5 million ARR to $30
million in ARR. This led to a $450 million+ acquisition by
VMware, where he stayed to lead the revenue to over $100 million in ARR post-acquisition within
a year.
Prior to joining Two Bear Capital, Tim Veil was the Vice President of Solutions
Engineering and Enablement at StarTree, a real-time analytics
platform. Before this, he was Head of Sales Engineering at
Cockroach Labs, creator of CockroachDB – a cloud-native,
distributed SQL database. During the course of his career, he has
served as the Principal Solutions Engineer of OverOps, an
Enterprise Account Executive and Global Account Manager with
Hortonworks, Solutions Architect with GridGain Systems, and
Director of Software Development of Cognia. He began his career
with Ernst & Young and earned his degree in Finance and
Management Information Systems (MIS) from the University of Georgia.
Kevin Day joined Two Bear
Capital from SOSV, the global venture capital and equity firm
focused on software, deep tech, human health, and sustainability.
He served as the Global Head of Capital Formation of SOSV since
August 2022 and led the fundraise for
its fifth core fund. Prior to this, he served as the Global Head of
Business Development for Exos Capital from March 2020 to August
2022. He worked in the North American Capital Development
and Investor Relations department of Systematica and was Head of
Marketing and Investor Relations for Basswood Capital Management.
Earlier in his career, he held positions at BlackRock and
AllianceBernstein Investments. Day earned his M.B.A. from
Columbia Business School and
London Business School and his B.A.
from the College of Charleston.
Jennifer Howrigan joined
Two Bear Capital from Warana Capital, an alternative asset manager
and specialized buyer of illiquid fund investments. At Warana,
Howrigan served as the Head of Investor Relations and Business
Development for four years. Prior to this appointment, Howrigan was
a Director at Oakpoint Advisors and a Director at ShareNett LLC,
The Raptor Group Affiliate. Howrigan began her career at Sentinel
Benefits & Financial Group. She received her B.S. in business
management from Providence College. She
also studied small business and entrepreneurship at Northeastern University.
About Two Bear Capital
Founded in 2019 by Mike Goguen, Two Bear Capital is a venture
capital firm that invests in brilliant entrepreneurs who have
breakthrough solutions to difficult and critical problems. With its
unique approach to venture capital, Two Bear Capital's vision is to
build enduring high-impact businesses that benefit society as a
whole, while delivering for investors. The firm primarily focuses
on early founder-led companies with disruptive innovations in life
sciences and technology. Two Bear Capital has offices in
Menlo Park, San Diego, Boston, and New
York, with its home base in Whitefish, Montana. For more information
visit: www.twobearcapital.com.
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Photo Caption
Bridget Martell MA,
MD, Operating Partner, Biotechnology, Two Bear Capital.
Courtesy of Two Bear Capital.
Jeff Miller, Operating
Partner, Enterprise, Two Bear Capital. Courtesy of Two Bear
Capital.
Tim Veil, Principal, Two Bear
Capital. Courtesy of Two Bear Capital.
Kevin Day, Partner, Head of
Capital Formation, Two Bear Capital. Courtesy of Two Bear
Capital.
Jennifer Howrigan, Vice
President of Investor Relations, Two Bear Capital. Courtesy of Two
Bear Capital.
Contact:
Susan
Ainsworth
Susan@twobearcapital.com
Press@twobearcapital.com
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