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40 Ailis Tweed Kent: A Doctor Turned Biotech Entrepreneur with a Big Moonshot to Leverage Technology to Change Healthcare

Author
Melinda WIttstock
Published
Fri 15 Dec 2017
Episode Link
https://wingspodcast.com/ailis-tweed-kent-doctor-biotech-entrepreneur-cocoon/

Ailis Tweed Kent was inspired by her patients to take different course – and now her moonshot is to change healthcare itself. A graduate of Harvard Medical School with a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, Ailis turned to entrepreneurship to found Cocoon. There she is innovating silk therapeutics to cure osteoarthritis.  We talk about opportunities for women entrepreneurs in life sciences and how to raise capital.

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