Backed by our venture-partner network, with follow-on investor relationships from day one.
Tuskegee scientist and inventor behind a biodegradable-plastics technology; author of an ACS Accounts of Chemical Research editorial on HBCU innovation. Brings the lived experience of a faculty inventor navigating commercialization from the inside.
Leads the platform: university partnerships, studio operations, and the engine itself — from first conversation with a provost's office to a signed master affiliation agreement.
Leads commercialization-ecosystem strategy — turning research into products, patents, and businesses, and building the relationships that make referrals possible.
Leads Anthro Ventures: capital, company-building playbooks, and the investor network that backs the studio's portfolio companies from formation onward.
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