Anna French on Building Qiming in the States and the Global Future of Biotech

<p>Dr. Anna French, Managing Partner at Qiming Venture Partners USA, joins the NextGen VC Podcast to trace her nonlinear path from an Oxford DPhil and BCG boardrooms to becoming employee #1 at one of biotech&#39;s most globally connected venture firms. <br>Anna shares what it&#39;s really like to build a fund from the ground up, why she championed Umoja Biopharma&#39;s bold bet on in vivo CAR-T and in-house manufacturing, and how a global perspective — forged in UK labs, Korean hospitals, and Parisian roundtables — shapes the way she looks for innovation. She shares candidly about LP fundraising, the US-China biotech opportunity, and what work-life balance actually looks like when both you and your spouse are running full speed. </p>