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FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Rafal PielakSOTERI SKINFounderWinter 2022ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2—
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Rafal Pielak
Founder·SOTERI SKIN
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchWinter 2022
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
My background is in product and business development. I received Ph.D. in Biomedical Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology from Harvard Medical School and went on to complete my postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley. Later I worked for biopharma identifying business opportunities in the rare disease space. Before launching Soteri Skin, I spent 7 years leading a product innovation team at L'Oreal where I helped to launch and grow L'Oreal Tech Incubator in San Francisco.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
SOTERI SKIND2C Skincare for Eczema
IndustryConsumer
Websitesoteriskin.com/
Team size2
LocationSan Francisco, United States
BatchWinter 2022
