Board of Directors

Mr. Walter Winshall
Walter Winshall is a principal in Collaborative Seed and Growth Partners, LLC, a company investing in the commercialization of early stage technology. He was a co-founder and, until recently, chairman of SilverPlatter International, NV, a provider of reference information to academic and research institutions, which has been acquired by Wolters Kluwer BV. Previously, Mr. Winshall was a principal in CLSI, a supplier of library automation systems and services. He serves as a director of several early stage businesses. Mr. Winshall graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in Electrical Engineering, and from the Harvard Law School.

Mr. Marc Goldberg
Marc Goldberg co-founded BioVentures Investors.  He has over twenty years of experience in the biotechnology industry as both senior executive and deal maker.

From 1991 to 1997 Mr. Goldberg was President and CEO of Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts).  He was responsible for the financing, strategic direction, and operation of this private sector economic development organization which specialized in technology transfer and company formation.  During his tenure, MBRI raised $20 million in funding and was responsible for the launch of 24 new biotechnology companies. MBRI’s success served as a model for the development of similar systems throughout the U.S. as well as internationally.

From 1987 to 1991, Mr. Goldberg held senior positions at Safer, Inc. (Newton, Massachusetts), including Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development.  He negotiated four rounds of venture capital investment, numerous bank lines of credits, and multiple manufacturing contracts.  He implemented all outside scientific collaborations with both public and private entities, handled the sale of Safer’s consumer division, managed the company between CEOs, positioned the company for sale, and negotiated the final merger agreement. Prior to Safer, Mr. Goldberg was Manager of Business Development at Genetics Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) from 1983 to 1987.  He was responsible for the company’s agricultural business development, strategic planning, and marketing functions

Mr. Goldberg co-founded the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council in 1985, and has served four terms as President and was a Director from its inception in 1985 until 1997.  He has also served as a board member of numerous privately held companies.  He was a member and principal author of the Governor’s Task Force, Subcommittee on Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Development.  He was a Governor of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston and was Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Worcester State College.

Mr. Goldberg earned his AB from Harvard College (Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude), his JD from Harvard Law School (cum laude), and his MBA from Harvard Business School.