Viracta and Burgeon Brewing Company

In this episode of The Biotech and Breweries Podcast, Noah Scoville, Manager at Burgeon Brewing, shares four beers from the craft beer brewery: Invita Mexican Lager, Carlsbad Crush, Treevana IPA, and Juice Press. 

Dan Chevallard, COO and Chief Financial Officer of Viracta shares his journey with Viracta and their pursuit of EBV-associated cancers with a combination drug product. He discusses the evolution of Viracta as a company, their targeted approach to merging oncology with virology, and how to fundraise with a bridge mentality and not a pyramid mentality. 

Quotes:

“Community is such a core thing for us and making great beer is a huge thing as well. Without good beer, especially in San Diego with 160 different breweries, you’re kind of gonna get drowned out. There is a lot of noise. So you’ve got to have great beer to separate yourself from the others.” - Noah Scoville [03:38]

“For an individual who is trying to start a company: have a mentor. You have to have someone you can talk to that’s seen it, done and that you can bounce ideas off of. Operating in a silo is not ideal.” - Dan Chevallard [34:01]

Topics discussed:

• Burgeon Beer
• Brews:  Invita Mexican Lager, Carlsbad Crush, Treevana IPA, and Juice Press
• Dan’s journey in BioScience
• Viracta’s progress
• The intersection of Oncology and Virology    
• Accessing the public market
• Dan’s fundraising advice 

Resources:

Connect with Viracta:

Website

LinkedIn

Connect with Burgeon Brewing:

Website

Instagram

Facebook

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