# Cindy Bayley

> Cindy Bayley is a startup investor at ARCH Venture Partners. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ARCH Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arch-venture-partners)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Cindy Bayley is a startup investor at ARCH Venture Partners. Dr Bayley is an affiliate of ARCH who focuses on life-science businesses and is co-founder of several ARCH portfolio companies, including deCODE genetics, an Icelandic diagnostics company, Adolor, a pharmaceutical firm developing novel analgesics, and Elixir Pharmaceuticals, an anti-aging and metabolic disease company, and has been instrumental insourcing companies such as Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Agios Pharmaceuticals. Early in her career, she was a field engineer with Schlumberger Offshore Services. Dr. Bayley holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of Rochester, and a Ph.D. in Virology and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

## About ARCH Venture Partners

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

ARCH invests primarily in companies co-founded by scientists and entrepreneurs, concentrating on bringing to market innovations in life sciences. They enjoy special recognition as a leader in the successful commercialization of technologies developed at academic research institutions and national laboratories.ARCH has raised ten venture fundstotaling over $3 billion and has invested in the venture capital rounds for more than 150 companies. ARCH investors include corporations, pension funds, endowment funds, financial institutions, and private investors.

5 contacts available at ARCH Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cindy Bayley | Affiliate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cindy-bayley |
| Clinton Bybee | Co-Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clinton-w-bybee |
| Hong Hou | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hong-hou |
| Keith Crandell | Co-founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-l-crandell |
| Kristina Burow | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristina-burrow |

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