The Circle of Advisors

Join the Circle of Advisors

The Circle of Advisors is the expert network behind Operant Venture Studio (the Studio). It is how a participating company gets access to senior operators, scientists, and investors it could never assemble on its own, and how experienced leaders stay close to the most promising bio-convergence companies without a heavy time commitment. This page is for both: Founder/CEOs who want to know who stands behind the program, and prospective advisors deciding whether to join.

What the Circle Brings Founder/CEOs

Every company in the Studio draws on the Circle, not as distant names on a page, but as people in the room.

Subject-matter experts: advisors are connected to you based on your specific gaps, whether that is regulatory strategy, clinical operations, capital markets, or commercialization.
Speaker sessions: advisors lead sessions for participating companies in what they know best, turning decades of experience into something you can use now.
Hotseat guests: advisors join the group-session hotseats to pressure-test a real company challenge live.
One-on-one advising: where there is a genuine fit, an advisor works directly with a Founder/CEO on a specific problem.

Becoming an Advisor: a Low-Lift Role With Real Impact

We designed the advisor role for busy, senior people. Engagement is fractional and matched to your availability. You choose how you show up:

Speak: lead an occasional session for participating companies in your area of expertise.
Advise: take a one-on-one conversation with a Founder/CEO when there is a real fit.
Join a hotseat: drop into a group session to work through a live company challenge.
Stay in the loop: the full Circle comes together once a quarter in an advisor meeting, where we share where the Studio is headed and answer your questions.

That is the whole commitment. No fixed hours, no standing obligations. You give what your schedule allows, and it compounds across the network.

Who Is in the Circle

The Circle is 60+ members deep, and its collective track record speaks to the caliber.

60+members, deployed fractionally against each company's needs

$500M+raised collectively across the network

$1B+in exits across the advisor network

Who they are

Fortune 100 corporate executives
Multi-time Founder/CEOs with multiple exits
Science, medicine, legal, and technology experts (MD, PhD, JD)
Bio-convergence and hard-tech operators
Nearly every angel and VC network across the US Southwest and Pacific Coast
International capital allocators and industry acquirers

A Growing Network

The Circle is growing. As the Studio scales and each group of participants reaches Completion, more operators, scientists, and investors join. That widens the expertise available to every company and deepens the network every advisor is part of.

Join the Circle

Advisors, operators, and industry partners: this is an open invitation to become part of a thriving, growing ecosystem. Tell us a little about yourself and where you can help, and we will be in touch.

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