# Geoffrey W. Smith

Founder and Managing Partner, Ascent Biomedical Ventures

founder and managing partner at Digitalis Ventures

**Location:** New York, New York
**Gender:** Male

## About

Mr. Geoffrey Smith is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Digitalis Ventures. He is also a co-founder and General Partner of Ascent Biomedical Ventures, a New York City-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage life sciences investments. Geoff currently represents Ascent on the Board of Directors for Azevan Pharmaceuticals, BlinkBio, and Orchestra BioMed, and is a Board Observer of Vivasure Medical. Geoff serves as a Trustee of The Jackson Laboratory. He is a Visiting Scholar at Rockefeller University and an adjunct faculty member at the RU Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Geoff also serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. Previously, he was the founding Director of the Mount Sinai Institute of Technology and a Professor in the Department of Population Health Science and Policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Geoff received a B.A. (with honors) from Williams College and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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