Camille Samuels

Partner @Venrock investing in health. Recovering NYer. Mom. Unabashedly curious about science, wellness, people, current affairs, and other cool stuff

[Mohana Ravindranath @ravindranize]

Excited to share the 1st of my profile series on health tech's "gatekeepers" – the people who decide what promising ideas actually get deployed in health. First is @ycombinator health care partner @SurbhiSarnaSF: https://t.co/UiISkFIBe9

[Camille Samuels @CamiSamuelsVC]

Lovely to see the Jon Norris’ (formerly of SVB) inaugural HSBC Venture Healthcare Report covering the first half of 2023. https://t.co/VBpwH001TC

[Camille Samuels @CamiSamuelsVC]

Goodbye Baci-girl!

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@eastdakota Je suis jaloux!

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@BiotechCH @daphnezohar 🙏🏻 - definitely not a tech bro 😜

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@JMaraganore Thanks John! That’s particularly flattering coming from the highly quotable John Maraganore!

[Camille Samuels @CamiSamuelsVC]

Also deeply disappointed in this piece. I spent the weekend making sure that 10-person companies could make payroll despite their SVB deposits evaporating, ensuring EAs and technicians could get paid. This rescue wasn't about rich ppl! SVB-backed companies employed 1.4 M folks

[Craig Birchall @_CraigBirchall]

I’ll admit I’m normally a fan of the NYT and The Daily. But good god their latest episode on SVB is such a joke it’s unbelievable, clearly have no idea what they’re even talking about

[Camille Samuels @CamiSamuelsVC]

@JMaraganore @cngarabedian @ldtimmerman I wish we could all lose the religious fervor about one or the other. Some face to face time is required, and that’ll be 3+ days a week in many cultures - while some companies can get away with 3 intense days per month - but we cannot eliminate F2F without costs

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@JMaraganore Any learnings or takeaways?

[dj patil @dpatil]

Nailed it

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@ethanjweiss My last dog (border-lab mix) actually fell off one of those cliffs at FF -- she was uninjured (remarkably!) - but linking back up to her was complex (I didn't follow her down the cliff)

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@AkilahObviously DocuSign?

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Driving on hwy 101 today, I saw a large white Tesla driving aggressively up the rear of a small car … basically being a car Karen. Large BMWs used to be “that person” … Tesla people, don’t do it!

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@ethanjweiss You can make HP references for me any day

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@Bobmorevc I had the same reaction to the Pod! Obesity in kids was only 5% in the 70s … have US genetics changes this much in <50 years? Not likely

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@nathaliejacoby1 Mayor Pete! Yes!

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@sheridan_kate We’ll miss you Kate!

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@rprasad5 @ObamaFoundation OMG, your kids are so stinking cute!!!!

[Camille Samuels @CamiSamuelsVC]

@viriditax Indeed … the trippledemic-meets-atmospheric rivers made attending JPM feel like a collective act of insanity … but everyone was craving human connection

[Camille Samuels @CamiSamuelsVC]

What if the JPM healthcare conference turns out to be a super spreader event? I have heard of 3 people who attended stuff and tested positive on Wed or Th last week