EFL

Role: Mentor

Tracks: Life Sciences

Peter Alff

Senior Venture Partner, Orange Grove Bio

Peter Alff is a Senior Venture Partner at Orange Grove Bio based in New York City and brings nearly two decades of experience in biomedical science, startup operations, and venture capital investments to the EFL mentor network. Prior to joining Orange Grove Bio, Peter was Vice President of Partnerships at Owkin where he led partnership efforts in the US. Previously, he was an Executive in Residence with Kairos Ventures where he focused on Seed and Series A therapeutics investments and worked closely with scientists from top research universities to launch and manage numerous biotechnology companies as start-up CEO. Peter is also a former Business Development Manager for NYU’s Office of Therapeutics Alliances, and he is a cofounder of Calder Biosciences, a protein-engineering and vaccine platform company, where he managed preclinical immunogen design and was Director of Strategic Initiatives. Peter completed his postdoctoral training at The Rockefeller University, received his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Stony Brook University, and completed his undergraduate studies at Muhlenberg College where he received a B.S. degree in Biology.