Greg Young
Fondatore presso Spruce Capital Partners LLC
Profilo
Greg Young is a Venture Partner at SVG Ventures, heading up SVG’s venture investing, currently deploying capital from the SVG Ventures Pioneer Fund to startups across the agrifood value chain.
Greg has a lengthy career backing innovative teams and technologies in life sciences & tech, with over twenty years of experience in the biotech industry.
His focus areas of investment cover agrifood as well as biological tools and processes that promote sustainability.
Greg serves on several company boards and continues as co-founder and Managing Partner of Spruce Capital Partners, manager of the fully allocated MLS Capital Fund II, with many notable investments in agrifood.
Before co-founding Spruce, Greg was an investor for a major life science firm after starting his career behind the bench as a molecular biologist at a San Diego biotech startup.
Greg received his BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California, San Diego, and an MS in Biotechnology from Northwestern University..
Posizioni attive di Greg Young
| Società | Posizione | Inizio |
|---|---|---|
Crop Enhancement LLC
 Crop Enhancement LLC Chemicals: AgriculturalProcess Industries Crop Enhancement LLC develops green formulation technologies for improving agricultural production. It offers three environmental products platform: CropCoat Produce Protection, Agrochemical Encapsulatio, and Particle Stabilization. The company was founded by David Soane and Zach Jonasson in 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Direttore/Membro del Consiglio | - |
Spruce Capital Partners LLC
 Spruce Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spruce Capital Partners LLC (Spruce Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Gerg Young. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Fondatore | 01/11/2013 |
SVG Ventures LLC
 SVG Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance SVG Ventures LLC (SVG Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Charles J. Hartnett. The firm is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. | Investitore di Private Equity | 01/06/2023 |
Precedenti posizioni note di Greg Young
| Società | Posizione | Fine |
|---|---|---|
Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund Management Co. Ltd.
 Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund Management Co. Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund Management Co Ltd (MLSCFM) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | Investitore di Private Equity | 01/12/2014 |
Cobalt Technologies, Inc.
 Cobalt Technologies, Inc. Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries Cobalt Technologies, Inc. develops, produces and commercializes bio-based chemicals. The firm engages in the creation of biobutanol using various cellulosic feedstocks, which include corn cobs, treetops and limbs and dead pine trees from pine beetles. It extracts fermentable sugars from biomass and converts them directly into bio n-butanol, which is an ingredient in coatings, paints, adhesives, sealants, inks and other solvent products. The company was founded by Pamela Reilly Contag in 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Direttore/Membro del Consiglio | - |
Virdia, Inc.
 Virdia, Inc. TextilesProcess Industries Virdia, Inc. developed extraction technologies for conversion of cellulosic biomass to highly refined fermentable sugars and high quality lignin. The company was founded in 2007 and was headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Direttore/Membro del Consiglio | - |
Burrill LLC
 Burrill LLC Investment ManagersFinance Burril LLC (Burrill) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1994 by G. Steven. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Investitore di Private Equity | - |
Formazione di Greg Young
| University of California San Diego | Undergraduate Degree |
| Northwestern University | Graduate Degree |
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Burrill LLC
Burrill LLC Investment ManagersFinance Burril LLC (Burrill) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1994 by G. Steven. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Cobalt Technologies, Inc.
Cobalt Technologies, Inc. Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries Cobalt Technologies, Inc. develops, produces and commercializes bio-based chemicals. The firm engages in the creation of biobutanol using various cellulosic feedstocks, which include corn cobs, treetops and limbs and dead pine trees from pine beetles. It extracts fermentable sugars from biomass and converts them directly into bio n-butanol, which is an ingredient in coatings, paints, adhesives, sealants, inks and other solvent products. The company was founded by Pamela Reilly Contag in 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Process Industries |
Virdia, Inc.
Virdia, Inc. TextilesProcess Industries Virdia, Inc. developed extraction technologies for conversion of cellulosic biomass to highly refined fermentable sugars and high quality lignin. The company was founded in 2007 and was headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Process Industries |
Crop Enhancement LLC
Crop Enhancement LLC Chemicals: AgriculturalProcess Industries Crop Enhancement LLC develops green formulation technologies for improving agricultural production. It offers three environmental products platform: CropCoat Produce Protection, Agrochemical Encapsulatio, and Particle Stabilization. The company was founded by David Soane and Zach Jonasson in 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Process Industries |
Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund Management Co. Ltd.
Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund Management Co. Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund Management Co Ltd (MLSCFM) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | Finance |
Spruce Capital Partners LLC
Spruce Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spruce Capital Partners LLC (Spruce Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Gerg Young. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
SVG Ventures LLC
SVG Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance SVG Ventures LLC (SVG Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Charles J. Hartnett. The firm is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. | Finance |
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