John F. Foskett
Chief Executive Officer at Watchmaker Genomics, Inc.
Profile
John is a co–founder of Kapa Biosystems and currently serves as the company’s Technical Director.
He has held a variety of academic research positions.
As a graduate student in the departments of Environmental, Population, and Organismal Biology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado, John studied evolutionary developmental biology at both the molecular and cellular levels.
He is an active investor and has been involved in several biology and technology–based business ventures including scientific software and telecommunications.
John is an investment committee member of Table Mountain Capital, LLC.
John holds a BS in Biology and Anthropology from Emory University and serves as a Director for Diffinity Genemoics a life science company focusing on RapidTip for PCR Purification.
John F. Foskett active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
DG Tech Investors, Inc.
 DG Tech Investors, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services DG Tech Investors, Inc. develops DNA testing products. It offers RapidTip, a single-use functional pipette tip for purifying polymerase chain reaction amplicons. The firm also develops products for nucleic acid isolation and analysis. The company was founded by Rothberg J. Lewis, Riedlinger D. Michael, Li Hiuxiang and Richmond Rick in 2005 and is headquartered in West Henrietta, NY. | Director/Board Member | 2011-04-21 |
Table Mountain Capital LLC
 Table Mountain Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Table Mountain Capital LLC (Table Mountain Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | Private Equity Investor | 2005-12-31 |
Watchmaker Genomics, Inc.
 Watchmaker Genomics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Watchmaker Genomics, Inc. applies advanced enzymology to enable breakthrough applications for the reading, writing, and editing of DNA and RNA. Based in Boulder, CO, the Watchmaker team brings decades of collective experience building successful life science companies, commercializing novel technologies, and advancing clinical genomics applications. The company's product portfolio includes enzymes and kits for next-generation sequencing library preparation, synthetic biology, and molecular diagnostics. Watchmaker partners directly with innovative life science companies, commercial sequencing providers, and pioneering research labs. The CEO of the company is John F. Foskett. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Former positions of John F. Foskett
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
 Kapa Biosystems, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Kapa Biosystems, Inc. provides genomic tools. It develops solutions that accelerate genomics research to diagnose, monitor, and treat cancer and complex inherited and infectious diseases. The company was founded by John Foskett, Paul McEwan, Ron McEwan, and Christopher McGuinness in 2006 and is headquartered in Wilmington, MA. | Founder | 2016-01-31 |
Training of John F. Foskett
| Emory University | Undergraduate Degree |
| The University of Colorado | Graduate Degree |
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DG Tech Investors, Inc.
DG Tech Investors, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services DG Tech Investors, Inc. develops DNA testing products. It offers RapidTip, a single-use functional pipette tip for purifying polymerase chain reaction amplicons. The firm also develops products for nucleic acid isolation and analysis. The company was founded by Rothberg J. Lewis, Riedlinger D. Michael, Li Hiuxiang and Richmond Rick in 2005 and is headquartered in West Henrietta, NY. | Commercial Services |
Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
Kapa Biosystems, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Kapa Biosystems, Inc. provides genomic tools. It develops solutions that accelerate genomics research to diagnose, monitor, and treat cancer and complex inherited and infectious diseases. The company was founded by John Foskett, Paul McEwan, Ron McEwan, and Christopher McGuinness in 2006 and is headquartered in Wilmington, MA. | Health Technology |
Table Mountain Capital LLC
Table Mountain Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Table Mountain Capital LLC (Table Mountain Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | Finance |
Watchmaker Genomics, Inc.
Watchmaker Genomics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Watchmaker Genomics, Inc. applies advanced enzymology to enable breakthrough applications for the reading, writing, and editing of DNA and RNA. Based in Boulder, CO, the Watchmaker team brings decades of collective experience building successful life science companies, commercializing novel technologies, and advancing clinical genomics applications. The company's product portfolio includes enzymes and kits for next-generation sequencing library preparation, synthetic biology, and molecular diagnostics. Watchmaker partners directly with innovative life science companies, commercial sequencing providers, and pioneering research labs. The CEO of the company is John F. Foskett. | Health Technology |
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