## Biography

Dr. El Assal is a scientist-clinician turned venture capitalist investing in healthcare and life sciences. He is the Managing General Partner & Co-founder of Boutique Venture Partners, a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in Biotech, Medtech, Digital Health, Health Economics, and Health Edtech startups. At Boutique, Rami has led over a dozen investments and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Filtricine.  In 2022, he was recognized among the Top 25 Healthcare Investors by Growth Cap Advisory.

Prior to founding Boutique, Rami was a Research Scientist (Academic Staff) at the Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection at Stanford University School of Medicine and is currently affiliated with the Precision Health and Integrated Diagnostic Center at Stanford University. Previously, he completed two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at Stanford and Harvard Medical Schools. He has been recognized by several entities, such as the Center of Nanoscale Systems (CNS) at Harvard University, and published in the field of Early Detection & Early Treatment, including a two-volume book published in Springer Nature.

## Our Team

###### Dr. Grace Xiaolu Yang

COO, VP of Research & Co-founder

###### Mike Partsuf

Senior Food Scientist

###### Emily Sinovic

Public Relations Consultant

###### Todd Lorenz

Clinical Development Consultant

## Our Advisors

###### Dr. Mike P Snyder

Stanford University School of Medicine

###### Peter B Hutt

Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP

###### Brad Barnes

Culinary Institute of America

###### Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian

Tufts University

###### Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng

Yale University School of Medicine

###### Dr. Danhua Xiao

Atlantic Health Metabolic Center

###### Dr. Joseph V Rodricks

Ramboll (formerly ENVIRON)

###### Alister Thomson

Bristol Myers Squibb (Former)

###### Jeff Depew

Sand Hill Angels

###### Dr. Wei Jiang

Medical Affairs at MorphoSys

## Our Board of Directors

###### Dr. Xiyan Li

Co-founder

###### Dr. Rami El Assal

Founding Partner at Boutique Venture Partners

###### Drew Lanza

Founding Partner at Berkeley Catalyst Fund

We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to developing novel food products for disease control.