Rik Wehbring, Bioeconomy Capital

Rik Wehbring is a Managing Director at Bioeconomy Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2014 with Rob Carlson. See contact routes.

About Rik Wehbring

Rik Wehbring is a Managing Director at Bioeconomy Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2014 with Rob Carlson to accelerate the biotechnology revolution. He brings over 20 years of technical and operational experience from Silicon Valley, including being a co-founder of one of the first “garage biology” startups and running the strategic consulting firm Biodesic. The firm’s investment thesis targets seed and Series A companies in biotechnology, synthetic biology, and advanced bio-manufacturing infrastructure, with a primary focus on the U.S. and occasional investments in the U.K. and other regions. Bioeconomy Capital typically invests between $100,000 and $5 million per deal, with a sweet spot of $1.5 million, and often acts as a lead investor to help portfolio companies scale. Notable portfolio companies include Planetary Technologies (formerly a Bioeconomy Capital investment), The Nuclear Company (which received a $46 million Series A in May 2025), and Cyclic Materials, though specific attribution of Wehbring’s personal involvement in each is not detailed in available sources. Wehbring has publicly stated that Bioeconomy Capita

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Managing Director
Organization
Bioeconomy Capital
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
Investor type
Venture Capital

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