Team - Biomatics Capital

BORIS NIKOLIC, M.D.
Managing Director
Dr. Nikolic is a physician and investor who previously served as chief advisor for science and technology to Bill Gates, leading select for-profit and not-for-profit investment activities. biomaticscapital.com/team/
His investments spanned the life science, information technology and health care sectors, including companies such as Foundation Medicine, ResearchGate, Schrodinger and Nimbus Therapeutics.
Dr. Nikolic completed postdoctoral training in transplantation immunology at Harvard
Medical School and served as an assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He has authored more than 70 articles, patents and patent applications, and has co-founded several biotechnology companies that have since been acquired. Dr.
Nikolic earned his M.D. from University of Zagreb School of Medicine in Croatia, and clinical training at University Hospital Centre in Zagreb.
Dr. Nikolic sits on the Board of Directors for several of Biomatics’ portfolio companies including Encodia and Omniome. He is also a
board observer for Cytrellis and Verve.

Ms. Lisa Swan was Principal Deputy Director of the Biometrics Identity
Management Agency (formerly the Biometrics Task Force), overseeing the integration, coordination,
and synchronization of biometric technologies and capabilities
across the Department of Defense.

Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Swan was the Director of Material
Solutions for DTRA’s Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization
(JIDO), where she was responsible for anticipatory, rapid acquisition of material solutions and
operations
research systems analysis supporting combatant commanders’ efforts to prepare for, and
adapt to, battlefield surprise.

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