Andrew Bognanni joined F-Prime in April 2022 to assist the finance and operations teams at the firm. Prior to joining F-Prime, he was employed by Standish Management where he held the position of Manager. He also worked at RSM in their audit practice. Andrew holds a M.S. in Accounting from Northeastern University.
Joshua Gray
Joshua Gray is Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Fidelity Investments and supports the F-Prime team on legal aspects of the firm’s operations, including portfolio company investments and exits, fund formation, ongoing fund administration, and day-to-day management company operations.
Josh joined Fidelity in 2022 from Nutter McClennen & Fish, where he was a Partner and a member of the Corporate and Transactions department. Josh also previously worked as an associate in the Technology and Life Sciences groups of the international law firm Goodwin Procter. He has over a decade of legal experience counseling venture capital and private equity firms, public and private companies, and entrepreneurs on a variety of matters, including company formation, equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, public offerings, securities law matters, corporate governance, intellectual property transactions, employment and equity compensation matters, and other general business matters. Over the course of his career, Josh has worked across a broad spectrum of industries, including life sciences, health care, medical devices, software, information technology, consumer goods and financial services.
Josh received his B.A., cum laude, from Syracuse University and his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he was an Editor of the New York University Environmental Law Journal.
Josh is admitted to the Massachusetts bar.
Rocio Wu
Rocio Wu is a Partner at F-Prime leading investments in FinTech and Enterprise software. Previously, she was an investor at Liquid 2 Ventures (founded by NFL hall of fame quarterback Joe Montana) where she invested in companies like Chipper Cash (an African cross-border payments company) and Overjet (artificial intelligence for oral healthcare). She was also a Sequoia Scout and an angel investor in Inworld.ai (developer platform for creating AI-powered virtual characters) and others still in stealth. Before investing career, she worked at Google and Amazon in a variety of operating roles such as CorpDev, GTM Strategy, Marketing across the U.S., Japan, Spain and China.
Rocio is a community builder and is involved in multiple groups that support the involvement of women and minorities in technology, including Xooglers, HBS Circles, and LatAm entrepreneurs. She’s physically based in the Bay Area, but you can often find her traveling to LatAm and other parts of the world learning about different cultures and ideas. Rocio holds a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Shanghai International Studies University (joint program with Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Spain).
M. Jackson Wilkinson
Jackson Wilkinson is a Venture and Operating Partner with F-Prime, based in the Cambridge office. Jackson supports and advises early-stage healthcare and technology portfolio companies, getting hands-on to help accelerate early product, design, and engineering efforts.
Jackson has led product development at a variety of software companies. Most recently, he was Chief Technology Officer of Project Beacon COVID-19, rapidly expanding access to testing during the pandemic. Previously, he was Senior Vice President at PathAI and led product, design, and engineering, helping grow the company and its technology platform from seed stage through its Series B. Jackson was co-founder and CTO of Kinsights, and following its acquisition, led product and design as part of the management team at Care.com. Prior to his work in digital health and health tech, Jackson led design and UX efforts at consumer technology companies including Posterous (acquired by Twitter) and LinkedIn.
Jackson is a graduate of Bowdoin College, where he holds a degree cum laude in Music and Philosophy.
Grace Byrne
Grace Byrne is Director of Finance for F-Prime. Prior to re-joining F-Prime in February 2022, she worked on the management company accounting team at Monroe Capital. Grace also worked as a senior tax accountant at Ernst & Young, where she specialized in providing tax compliance services to clients in the private equity and technology industries.
Grace received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Science in Accounting from Boston College. She is a certified public accountant in the state of Massachusetts.
Anastasiya Sybirna, PhD
Anastasiya is a Senior Associate with F-Prime’s London team, focusing on healthcare investments. Prior to joining F-Prime in 2022, Ana was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey in London specializing in Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products. She had also worked as a Strategy Consultant at Advancy.
Ana holds a PhD in Stem Cell Biology and Medicine from the University of Cambridge (UK), a MSc in Molecular and Cell Biology from École normale supérieure (Paris, France) and a BSc in Biology from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine).
Rachel Woolbert
Rachel Woolbert joined F-Prime in January of 2022. She is the Executive Assistant to President and Senior Managing Partner Stephen C. Knight, MD. Prior to F-Prime, Rachel supported the Founder and Chairman of Cambridge Family Enterprise Group (CFEG), a consulting firm advising wealthy family businesses. Prior to CFEG, Rachel supported the CIO of HighVista Strategies, an investment management firm co-founded by a Harvard Business School finance professor. Rachel started her administrative career at Harvard Business School, where she served as a Faculty Assistant and Unit Coordinator for 17 years.
Rachel received her BA from Harvard University Extension School, graduating cum laude.
Sarah Lamont
Sarah Lamont is a Senior Associate at F-Prime, where she focuses on early-stage investments in fintech. Prior to joining F-Prime, she was a senior consultant at Oliver Wyman in the Private Capital & Financial Services practices, working with some of the world’s largest banks, private equity firms, and other financial institutions across the US and Europe.
In addition to her role at F-Prime, Sarah also co-leads the Boston chapter of the Emerging Venture Capitalists Association (EVCA) and is a Data Advocate for Fintech Sandbox, a non-profit serving fintech entrepreneurs by aggregating data and infrastructure for free during a startup’s development phase.
Sarah is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where she majored in Mechanical Engineering and learned how to fly a Cessna.
Tierney Caputo
Tierney Caputo joined F-Prime in September 2021. She is the Executive Assistant to David Jegen. Prior to F-Prime, she worked as an Executive Assistant and Event Planner. Tierney received her BA in Communications and Public Relations from Virginia Tech.
Erica Lee
Erica Lee is a Senior Associate at F-Prime, focusing on investments in healthcare technology and services companies. Prior to joining F-Prime, she was an investment banking associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she advised on IPO and M&A transactions across the healthcare IT space.
Erica holds a B.A. from Georgetown University, where she majored in Finance and International Business.