Apple Tree Partners has appointed Sam Hall as Associate. Sam Hall has over a decade of experience in the life sciences across roles as a private equity investor, investment banker and basic scientist. Prior to joining Apple Tree in 2013, he was a researcher at the University of Cambridge in the UK, where his work focused on novel therapeutic strategies for autoimmune diseases. From May 2005 to October 2008, Sam was a member of the investment team at Symphony Capital, a private equity firm dedicated to investments in biopharmaceutical development. Prior to Symphony, he served as a member of the healthcare investment banking team at Citigroup, where he advised leading biotechnology, medical device and healthcare services businesses on numerous completed strategic and debt and equity financing engagements.

Sam holds an A.B. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and completed his M.Phil. and Ph.D. research at the University of Cambridge, where he was a Taylor Research Scholar and was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for his work.

About Apple Tree Partners 

Apple Tree Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in pharmaceuticals, biotech, medtech, and healthcare services. Founded in 1999, with a history of well-known successes, we closed our current capital pool of $1.5 billion in 2012 and are actively funding healthcare innovation.