Kristina M. Burow founded Receptos LLC and Sapphire Energy, Inc. Presently, Ms. Burow is Managing Director at ARCH Venture Partners LLC and Managing Director at ARCH Venture Partners LP (a subsidiary of ARCH Venture Partners LLC).

She is also Managing Director at ARCH Venture Partners LP and on the board of 15 other companies.

Kristina M. Burow previously occupied the position of Associate for Novartis Bioventure Fund, Principal at Novartis Institute for Functional Genomics, Inc., Associate for Novartis Venture Fund, Director at Sapphire Energy, Inc. and Independent Director at Receptos LLC.

Ms. Burow received an MBA from The University of Chicago, a graduate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York, an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a graduate degree from Columbia University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.