Merged into ProKidney, ticker now PROK
DNAC

Completed

ProKidney

PROK
First $10.05
Merger $10.32
3%
Merger +6mo $9.86
2%
Merger +1yr $4.85
52%
Recent $1.78
82%

Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III

Sponsors: SCS Sponsor III
Raised
$200M
CIK
1850270
SPAC Ticker
DNAC
Merger
ProKidney
Merged Ticker
PROK
Focus
Biotech
External link: SEC Filings

SPAC Team

Leadership

Chamath Palihapitiya has been our Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of our board of directors since February 2021. Mr. Palihapitiya founded Social Capital in 2011 and has been its Managing Partner since its inception. Mr. Palihapitiya also serves as the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the board of directors of DNAA, DNAB and DNAD. In addition, Mr. Palihapitiya currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the board of directors of each of the Hedosophia SPACs . Mr. Palihapitiya previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the board of directors of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. from May 2017 until the consummation of its business combination with Virgin Galactic in October 2019, and continues to serve as the Chairman of the board of directors of Virgin Galactic. Mr. Palihapitiya also previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the board of directors of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. II until the consummation of its business combination with Opendoor Labs Inc. in December 2020 and as the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the board of directors of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III until the consummation of its business combination with Clover Health Investments, Corp. in January 2021. Mr. Palihapitiya also served as a director of Slack Technologies Inc. from April 2014 until October 2019. Prior to founding Social Capital in 2011, Mr. Palihapitiya served as Vice President of User Growth at Facebook, and is recognized as having been a major force in its launch and growth. Mr. Palihapitiya was responsible for overseeing Monetization Products and Facebook Platform, both of which were key factors driving the increase in Facebook’s user base to more than 750 million individuals worldwide. Prior to working for Facebook, Mr. Palihapitiya was a principal at the Mayfield Fund, one of the United States’ oldest venture firms, before which he headed the instant messaging division at AOL. Mr. Palihapitiya graduated from the University of Waterloo, Canada with a degree in electrical engineering. Mr. Palihapitiya is well qualified to serve as the Chairman of our board of directors because of his extensive management history and experience in identifying, investing in and building next-generation technologies and companies.

Kishen Mehta has been our President and a member of our board of directors since February 2021. Mr. Mehta also serves as the President and a member of the board of directors of DNAA, DNAB and DNAD. Prior to joining Suvretta as Portfolio Manager for the Averill strategy, Mr. Mehta served as a strategic advisor to Biohaven , where he advised the company on various business development, capital structure and communication strategies, including a $300 million secondary public offering and the $105 million purchase of a Priority Review Voucher from GW Pharmaceuticals plc, which included $200 million in financing from Royalty Pharma plc to fund the transaction. Prior to his advisory role at Biohaven, Mr. Mehta was a portfolio manager at Surveyor Capital, a Citadel LLC strategy, where he managed a portfolio focused on global small-, mid- and large-capitalization biotechnology, pharmaceutical, specialty pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare services. Prior to Surveyor, Mr. Mehta was an analyst at Adage Capital where he evaluated and participated in numerous mezzanine and pre-IPO private healthcare investments. Mr. Mehta held a similar role at Apothecary Capital and started his career as a mergers and acquisitions analyst at Evercore Partners, where he focused on life sciences. Mr. Mehta graduated from New York University with a degree in finance and accounting. Mr. Mehta is well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his extensive investment, financial and oversight experience as an investor and strategic advisor.

Marc Semigran will serve as a director following the completion of this offering. In June 2021, Dr. Semigran was appointed as chief medical officer of Renovacor, Inc., an early-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of therapies for cardiovascular and central nervous system diseases. Prior to joining Renovacor, Dr. Semigran was an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, a position he held from January 2010-February 2017. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer of MyoKardia from December 2016 until the acquisition of MyoKardia by Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2020 for approximately $13.1 billion. Prior to MyoKardia, from April 2004 through February 2017, Dr. Semigran served as Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program, where he was responsible for leading the overall direction of the care of heart failure patients, including with respect to cardiac transplantation. He is an active investigator in translational and clinical medicine as applied to heart failure and cardiomyopathy. His research was funded by NIH and other peer-reviewed grants, and continues with industry funding. Dr Semigran is a graduate of the Harvard/MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program and completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Semigran holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and an AB/AM in chemistry from Harvard University. Dr. Semigran is well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his experience in the industry.

James Ryans has been our Chief Financial Officer since February 2021. Mr. Ryans also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of DNAA, DNAB, DNAD, Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV and Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. VI. Mr. Ryans is a Partner at Social Capital since March 2021, and has been a professor of accounting at London Business School since 2016, teaching financial accounting at the graduate and postgraduate levels, and directs an executive education program on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Ryans previously served as a member of the board of directors of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III from April 2020 until the consummation of its business combination with Clover Health Investments, Corp. in January 2021, as a director and the chairman of the audit committee of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. from September 2017 until the consummation of its business combination with Virgin Galactic in October 2019, and as a member of Virgin Galactic’s board of directors through February 2021. From 2003 to 2011, Mr. Ryans oversaw investments and business development at Chelsea Rhone LLC and its affiliate HealthCap RRG, a mutual insurance company. From 1999 until 2001, Mr. Ryans was a consultant with Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Ryans is a CFA charterholder and holds a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of California Berkeley, an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BASc in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo.

Shoney Katz has been our Director of Research since February 2021. Mr. Katz also serves as the Director of Research of DNAA, DNAB and DNAD. Mr. Katz is a Managing Director and Senior Analyst at Suvretta, with extensive experience investing in public and private markets. Prior to joining Suvretta, Mr. Katz worked as a Portfolio Manager at Citadel LLC’s Surveyor Capital, where he managed a portfolio of industrial, consumer and financial-related ideas. From 2008 to 2014, Mr. Katz worked as a Senior Analyst at Point72 Asset Management, focused on fundamental and opportunistic ideas across various sectors. Mr. Katz also previously held positions at private equity firms, including The Carlyle Group and AEA Investors, and in management consulting as an analyst at Bain & Company. Mr. Katz holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Rice University.