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Carleen Bowers

Carleen is Senior Director, and Head of R&D Portfolio and Data Insights at Indigo Ag which improves grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health through the use of natural microbiology and digital technologies. Indigo’s scientific discoveries and digital platforms benefit stakeholders across the agricultural ecosystem, including tens of thousands of growers across millions of acres. Working across the supply chain, Indigo Ag is furthering its mission of harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. Carleen holds a B.Sc. from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. from Duke University.

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  • Developed platform technology used to de-risk drug development in big pharma
  • Founding team member with UVA academic co-founders
  • VP Operations, building scalable infrastructure, laboratory/GLP process
  • Company raised $40M series A, 2021
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  • COO of  UVA spinout developing novel male contraceptive hydrogel product
  • Recruited top organic chemist as CTO
  • Founders fund-backed; Y-combinator
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  • COO of UVA spinout with novel portable lab research spectrometer
  • Recruited and advised CEO, supporting $1.3M seed round, 2021

Our Philosophy

Qui Decertat Succedit.

 — Those who fight succeed.

QDS Believes In:

  • dreaming big is the first step and then making your way through by thoughtfully navigating the obstacles.

  • smart work, strong teams and a sense of urgency are foundational for early startup success.

  • no one can do it alone and it matters who you surround yourself with.

  • small defeats cannot get in the way of opportunity for big wins.

  • perseverance, respect, and humility and showing up every day