Will Patrick

Will Patrick is a biotechnology entrepreneur, researcher, and hardware engineer currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He previously co-founded Culture Biosciences, a cloud-based bioprocessing technology company, where he served as Chief Executive Officer from 2015 until stepping down in 2023. During his eight-year executive tenure, Patrick led the organization to scale its automated fermentation services and successfully raise over $100 million in total venture funding. This capital expansion included a $65 million Series B financing round in June 2022, which was supported by prominent institutional investors such as Y Combinator, DCVC, and Third Sphere. His multidisciplinary technical expertise spans biology, robotics, and fabrication, allowing him to design hardware solutions that modernize traditional laboratory infrastructure. Patrick's professional background centers on integrating complex engineering systems with biological research to advance commercial biomanufacturing capabilities.