About us

Computational design and wet-lab validation under one roof

Founded and based in Santa Barbara, California, ProFoldBio advances research and develops technologies to address some of the most challenging unsolved problems in amyloid biology.

Our story

Turning protein science into therapies for patients who need them.

ProFoldBio was founded to turn cutting-edge protein science into therapies for patients who urgently need them. Our CEO, Erica Keane Rivera, began her drug discovery path early, earning a CIRM internship in the Kosik Lab at UC Santa Barbara at 16, and has followed it through bioengineering training, biopharma R&D, doctoral research and now ProFoldBio.

We combine computational biophysics with wet-lab automation and antibody translation, united by one focus: moving faster from target to validated hit.

Erica Keane Rivera conducting stem cell research as a high school internHigh school yearbook quote from Erica Keane: in 10 years I will be finding cures for diseases
Our team

Meet the founders

Erica Keane Rivera
Erica Keane Rivera
Founder & CEO
Sam Lobo
Sam Lobo, PhD
Founder & CSO
Devon Callan
Devon Callan, PhD
Founder & CPO
Ventura Rivera
Ventura Rivera
Founder & CTO
Technical advisor
Kenneth Kosik
Kenneth Kosik, MD
Professor, UC Santa Barbara
Co-Director, Neuroscience Research Institute

We want to work with you

We are building a collaborative community and want to know how we can help you deliver therapies to the patients who need them.

Connect with us
2435 Elings Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
+1 (805) 714-9560