Stephen Chambers is a Managing Director at IndieBio NY & General Partner at SOSV, with experience in lean startup, business modeling, and hands-on company formation. He has a research background in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and life-sciences, and has authored over 30 scientific articles published in top-tier scientific journals. Chambers has entrepreneurial experience as a founder, co-founder, and founding scientist, and has mentored multiple early-stage startups and proto-entrepreneurs. He has a demonstrated record of success and accomplishments in innovation leadership as CEO of the UK’s national innovation & knowledge centre for synthetic biology.