CSV Advisor

Rebecca B. Robertson BS ENGR '82

Managing Director
Versant Ventures
Menlo Park

Beckie Robertson's career encompasses 20 years of venture capital and operating experience in medical products as an engineer, entrepreneur, corporate executive, and investor. Before co-founding Versant, Beckie was a General Partner at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). Her emphasis at both IVP and Versant is in early stage investments in medical devices and diagnostics. She has served as a director of the following private life science companies. Pro-Duct Health (sold), Appriva Medical (sold), and Coalescent (sold), and currently serves on the Board of Directors of a number of life science companies, including, Neoguide, Myocor, Rosedale Medical, Quantum Dot, Liposonix, and Spiration. In addition, Beckie serves as an advisor to The Innovation factory, a medical devices incubator. From 1994-1996, Beckie served as Senior Vice President at Chiron Diagnostics, a division of Chiron Corporation, where she had responsibility for the $200 million Critical Care business unit. In addition, Beckie was Vice President of Business Development where she led numerous deals in support of Chiron Diagnostics business and technology objectives. Prior to that, she was a co-founder and Vice President at Egis, an IVP portfolio company, and held senior management positions in operations and finance at Lifescan, a Johnson & Johnson Company. During her seven-year term at Lifescan, the company grew from an early stage venture-funded company to a worldwide market leader in diabetes diagnostics. Beckie holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.