Tim Harkness

Building great teams and great life sciences companies is just in Tim’s DNA. He brings 25+ years of life science leadership experience to the Unchained Labs table and has 3 successful exits under his belt. He founded Unchained Labs to solve problems for biologics and gene therapy researchers and partnered with Carlyle in a $435M deal to take the company to the next level. At ProteinSimple, Tim and team built a unique protein analysis pure-play from scratch and sold it for $300M. Prior to that he helped build Molecular Devices into a diversified life science tools provider and sold it for over $600M. He has raised nearly $200M of venture capital, helped raise over $1B in the public equity markets and has been a part of 4 successful exits as an independent board member. He is an enthusiastic supporter of other entrepreneurial teams and he is currently on the Board at LabVoice and Chairperson of the Board at Fluent Biosciences. He has an M.B.A. from Stanford and a B.B.A from the University of Wisconsin. Tim is married with 3 children and you can find him out hacking around on the links or riding his bike whenever he can.