Thursday, March 12, 2009

OVP Names Technical Advisor

Seattle-based OVP Venture Partners announced Thursday afternoon that it has added stem cell expert and scientist Irving L. Weissman, M.D. to its technical advisory group. Weissman said that Weissman is the founder of SyStemix, Inc., StemCells, Inc., and Cellerant, Inc., and also is a Professor of Cancer Biology, Pathology, and Developmental Biology at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Institute for Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Medicine. Weissman will help OVP with insight on strategic market and technology directions relevant to OVP’s investment spaces and portfolio companies.