Member Bio - Beckie Robertson

Beckie Robertson is a managing director specializing in early-stage investing
in medical devices at Versant Ventures. Before co-founding Versant,
Robertson was a general partner at Institutional Venture Partners.
In addition, through Longridge Business Advisors, she provides business
advisory and board services for companies outside of her role at
Versant. From 1994-1996, Robertson served as senior vice president at
Chiron Diagnostic where she had responsibility for the $200 million
critical care business unit. Prior to joining Chiron, she was a co-founder
and vice president at Egis and held senior management positions in
operations and finance at Lifescan, a Johnson & Johnson Company. Robertson
also serves as chairman of the Children’s Health Council and is
a member of Cornell’s Biomedical Engineering Advisory Board and Engineering
College Council and was recently elected to Cornell’s Board of
Trustees. She also serves as a senior executive-in-residence for Cornell’s
McGovern Center. Robertson holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from
Cornell University.

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