Doug’s goal is to help entrepreneurial scientists create successful startups. His dream is that every entrepreneurial scientist with a dream be given a chance. To this end, he founded and manages MBC BioLabs network, which now has four sites in San Francisco and San Carlos that are home to 117 companies. These co-working labs allow startups to be fast, focused, and frugal. Rather than spending months getting a facility up and running, MBC BioLabs startups can do experiments in their first week.

Doug is also a Managing General Partner of Mission BioCapital and has overseen the investment in 45 companies, many of which have already enjoyed successful exits (for instance, Alector, Atreca, Cell Design Labs, iPierian, Mitokinin, Principia, and Redwood Biosciences). He is a board member of Alessa, Avexegen, Epiodyne, Graphwear, Invenio, Myka, Magnap, SiteOne (observer), and Tangible Sciences.