Interview with Dr. Bernat Olle, Senior Associate at PureTech Ventures


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1. How did you decide to transfer from Academia into Venture Capital? The decision was made before I started my PhD since I joined a PhD program at MIT (Chemical Engineering) designed to prepare students for a launch into industry and which also provided a foundation for completing an M.B.A. degree. My original plan was to join the chemical industry after the PhD, but my thesis took me progressively in a different direction towards the life sciences. One of the advantages of an Engineering education, in my view, is that it prepares you particularly well for changes in career direction.