Life sciences investor Lawrence Bock passes away at 56
Longtime venture capitalist and biotech entrepreneur Lawrence Bock, who co-founded Avalon Ventures in 1988, passed away at his home on July 6 after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 56. Bock, born Sept. 21, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York, founded joined Fairfield Venture Partners in 1985 after doing research at Genentech in infectious diseases and earning an MBA from UCLA. He then helped launched Avalon and then moved to CW Group in 1997. He most recently was serving as a special limited partner at Lux Capital.
11 July 2016•1 min read
