Karen Adams

Karen is the CFO of Arrivo BioVentures LLC. She has over 35 years in a career as a finance professional working with companies across a broad range of industries with the last 20 years focused on life sciences and technology. After starting her career as an Internal Auditor with International Paper Company, Inc., Karen has held financial leadership positions with companies in the retail, software, professional services, manufacturing and biotechnology industries.

Prior to Arrivo BioVentures, Karen was the CFO for Aerial (asset acquired by Jazz Pharmaceuticals in 2014), Neuronex (acquired by Accorda Therapeutics in 2012), and Addrenex (acquired by Shionogi Pharma in 2009). While Karen’s life sciences experience has been primarily focused on early-stage, privately funded companies she was brought on as Assistant Controller at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. during its merger with COR Therapeutics – among the largest such mergers in the history of the biotech industry at that time. After Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Karen went on to work with several early stage biotechnology and medical device ventures including Micell Technologies, Bioptigen, Contego Medical, VeloBio, Midnight Pharm, Emergo Therapeutics and Target PharmaSolutions (now Target RWE) Karen’s contributions were concentrated on the creation of dynamic, integrated financial forecasting models used for fund raising efforts and operational budgets as well as the implementation of core business structure and oversight of risk management activities. Karen graduated from Boston College earning a BS in Management, majoring in Finance.