Nisha Marathe, PhD, joined the Roche Venture Fund in 2016. Prior to RVF, she was an associate with Mission Bay Capital and Business Manager at QB3@953, a life-sciences incubator based in San Francisco. Dr. Marathe completed her post-doctoral training at UCSF where she also worked as a Technology Analyst with the Office of Technology Management. She holds a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from UCSD and received her bachelorās degree from UCLA, graduating cum laude and with College Honors. Dr. Marathe currently holds board positions at Freenome, Kumquat Biosciences, Maculogix, Jasper Therapeutics, and Second Genome. She formerly held board positions at Care Innovations, Ideaya, Syapse, and Vaxcyte.