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Shaun Hawkins

Shaun Hawkins

Managing partner at Pier 70 Ventures and director of ZeroCarb

DirectorRoles at 3 startups
Updated Nov 9, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 23, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Shaun Hawkins

Shaun Hawkins is a director of ZeroCarb and GeniPhys. He is also a managing partner at Pier 70 Ventures and ProSyte Companies, which he founded in 2015. He serves on Invesque's board.

At Eli Lilly, Hawkins held licensing and business-development roles from 2001 to 2009. He was chief diversity officer through 2012 and led new ventures and private equity through 2015. He advised Epidarex Capital, TVM Life Sciences and Carrick Therapeutics. He chaired Audion and Muroplex and served on the Accelerator, ImmuneWorks and Zymeworks boards. He also sat on advisory committees for BioCrossroads' Indiana Enterprise Fund, Epidarex Capital, Indiana Future Fund/INext Fund and TVM Capital.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Shaun Hawkins in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

GeniPhys, Inc. Current
Director
2026 – Present · Indianapolis, IN
ZeroCarb Inc. Current
Director
2024 – Present · Fishers, IN
ZeroCarb LYFE sells high-protein pizzas, chicken-based pizza crusts and chips with few carbohydrates.
ProSyte Companies Current
Founder
2015 – Present
Pier 70 Ventures Current
Managing Partner
Invesque, Inc. Current
Director
Antigenix Therapeutics, Inc.
Director
2025 · Princeton, NJ
Eli Lilly and Company
Vice President of New Ventures and Private Equity (2012 – 2015)
Chief Diversity Officer (2009 – 2012)
Licensing and corporate business development roles (2001 – 2009)
2001 – 2015
Epidarex Capital
Advisor
Limited partner advisory committee member
TVM Life Sciences
Advisor
Carrick Therapeutics
Advisor
Audion Therapeutics
Board chair
Muroplex Therapeutics
Board chair
Accelerator Corporation
Director
ImmuneWorks Inc.
Director
Zymeworks Inc.
Director
BioCrossroads Indiana Enterprise Fund
Limited partner advisory committee member
Indiana Future Fund/INext Fund
Limited partner advisory committee member
TVM Capital
Limited partner advisory committee member

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Shaun Hawkins works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

ZeroCarb Inc. · Form D, Oct 23, 2026
OA
Omar Atia
President and director
BK
Bob Kirch
Director
HM
WS
Wesam Saber
Director
GeniPhys, Inc. · Form D, Feb 13, 2026
JD
John DeFord
Director
AE
Andrew Eibling
Chief Executive Officer and director
RN
R. Neff
Director
Antigenix Therapeutics, Inc. · Form D, Oct 24, 2025
CW
Christopher Whitfield
Chief Executive Officer and director

Shaun Hawkins in the News

Sources

  1. SECZeroCarb Inc. Form D, filed Oct 23, 2026
  2. SECGeniPhys, Inc. Form D, filed Feb 13, 2026
  3. SECAntigenix Therapeutics, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 24, 2025