Episode 35: INITIATE Ventures' Jessica Owens
23 February 2026

Episode 35: INITIATE Ventures' Jessica Owens

BioVenture VoiCes with Chris Garabedian

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Jessica Owens discusses the many experiences she has had in her career, including working on the venture side at Kleiner Perkins and Versant Ventures and on the operating side at Genomic Health and Grail. She highlights the value of VCs being able to understand how operators like CEOs think, and describes the type of investing INITIATE focuses on.