Rob Hopfner

Rob is a managing partner at Pivotal bioVenture Partners, where he focuses on drug discovery and development investments. He has a long track record of working successfully with entrepreneurs to progress novel, important medicines through development and onto the market. Rob was previously a managing director at Bay City Capital and prior to that worked in business development and investment roles at DuPont Pharmaceuticals and at Ag-West Biotech. He holds a PhD in pharmacology from the University of Saskatchewan and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Dr. Hopfner completed his postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School. He started his career as a pharmacist.