Inventing the Future 💥 w/ Alaa Halawa - Partner @ Mubadala Ventures | BIOS

Alaa Halawa is the Co-Head of Mubadala Capital Ventures SF, where he focuses on investing in venture and early growth-stage companies at the intersection of life sciences and technology. Among other themes within life sciences investing, Alaa has concentrated on the following: how technology is enhancing the pharmaceutical industry, from drug discovery through clinical trials; and how technology - and in particular bio-informatics, artificial intelligence and machine learning - is enhancing disease diagnosis. Alaa joined Mubadala in 2009 where he worked on designing and implementing the strategy to develop a technology cluster in Abu Dhabi focusing on semiconductor research through partnerships with Silicon Valley companies and academic institutions. Alaa then moved to the Bay Area to support the transition of Executive Leadership in one of Mubadala's key assets in Silicon Valley, GlobalFoundries, where he worked on a series of strategic, corporate development and transformation initiatives. Alaa holds an MBA from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Jordan. Alaa sits on the boards of Recursion, Alloy Therapeutics, Outpace, Xilis, Innovaccer, among others. Listen to the full episode @ https://open.spotify.com/episode/2FKN... _______________________ Join BIOS Community 🎉 Become a member, continue the conversation, connect with like-minded Life Science innovators, access exclusive resources, & invite-only events… Apply to Join —https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA... For More Interesting Content 💭 🦾 Website: https://www.bios.community/ 🧬 Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HmcPq9... 🧪 Medium:   / bios   🩺 Twitter:   / bios_community   🦠 LinkedIn:   / bios-community   🧠 Substack: https://bioscommunity.substack.com _______________________ BIOS: Nucleus of Life Science Innovation 🚀 Alix Ventures: Driving Patient Impact - Supporting Early Stage Startups Engineering Biology to Create Radical Advances in Human Health🌟 _______________________ Alix Ventures, by way of BIOS Community, is providing this content for general information purposes only. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Alix Ventures, BIOS Community, or its affiliates. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by Alix Ventures employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the view of Alix Ventures, BIOS Community, affiliates, and content sponsors.