Hatteras Venture Partners is a Durham-based life sciences venture capital firm founded and led by experienced drug development executives who have built multiple biotech companies, operating a systematic company-building platform that takes healthcare startups from concept through initial traction. The firm has grown from a $3M first fund to a $177M seventh fund over 20+ years while serving as a cornerstone architect of North Carolina's Research Triangle biotech ecosystem, with deep integration into university commercialization through partnerships like Carolina Research Ventures.