Mandolin
Backed by645 Ventures
About Mandolin
Mandolin is building the last-mile delivery infrastructure to accelerate the development and delivery of cutting-edge drugs, including cell/gene therapies and biologics. Its mission is to substantially extend healthy human lifespans by minimizing the time to bring life-changing drugs to patients. The company describes itself as a lean, aggressive team of former founders aiming to build a new generational incumbent in healthcare. Mandolin has raised substantial institutional funding from healthcare AI investors SignalFire, Maverick, and Thrive, with early checks into rocketship startups like Hims&Hers, Ro, Grow Therapy, Cityblock, and Devoted Health made by those investors. It was founded by Will Yin and Rohit Rustagi—Stanford dropouts and second-time exited founders—alongside teammates from Google, Stanford, Genentech, and others, and it reports market pull, already working with some of the largest healthcare providers in the country. The company operates with in-person work in San Francisco and hires from anywhere, and plans to partner with health insurers and pharmaceutical companies to bring drug breakthroughs to market at scale.
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Culture & values
The company describes its culture as lean and aggressive.
The mission is to substantially extend healthy human lifespans by accelerating access to life-changing drugs.
There is an emphasis on owning the future of the company from the ground floor and working with a world-class team.
They work in-person in San Francisco, but hire from anywhere.
They are focused on solving a difficult technical problem with a large market opportunity and enormous impact.
Funding History
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