We accelerate the understanding and adoption of the world’s most innovative health technologies.

Approach

Thermal positions innovative biotech and healthtech companies, executives and scientists to lead the critical debates – ethical, legal, societal, technical, and political – that come with developing and scaling disruptive solutions for our most intractable health challenges to radically improve the lives of millions.

We are uniquely built to assist the leaders enabling this new frontier. We are not a generic public relations agency supporting generic science. Rather, we provide bespoke strategic services for teams blurring and shattering traditional boundaries.

Our purpose is to illuminate how and why bioengineering and health technology is changing our lives – from health to business, science to culture. The breakthroughs and innovations that we spotlight are driving new ways of thinking, enabling new industries, and increasing health equity and access. The work our clients do is important and will improve our health and our world over the next 25 years.

600⁺

public relations campaigns

^$3⁺BN

M&A/fundraising announced

Nobel Laureates supported

Team

Our story is one of entrepreneurship, deep technical experience, and industry trust. We are headquartered in Jackson Square, San Francisco – an epicenter of AI and venture capital – and active across Silicon Valley and globally, helping visionaries build awareness and preference for their research, point of view, products, and services through dynamic PR approaches.

Brenna Sweeney Co-founder & Chief Experience Officer

Fay Lin Director, AI Narrative & Strategy

Catherine Oswalt Senior Account Executive

Kaustuva Das Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

Clients

Our ecosystem of clients and partners are the startups, entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, global healthcare companies, and Nobel Prize winning industry icons delivering breakthroughs in CRISPR gene editing, proteomics, longevity, and programmable mRNA, alongside AI-powered solutions in drug discovery, gene delivery, lab automation, and cancer modeling, and beyond.

Their work is resulting in next generation healthcare offerings that redefine what is possible. Their vision is revolutionary, their methods are novel, and they expect immersive counsel and extraordinary results from an agile, multidisciplinary team active on the outermost edge of what is possible.

Thermal has been our communications partner from day one, from launch though every major milestone since. They bring a rare combination of scientific fluency, strategic clarity, and founder-level dedication that has helped us to delineate and evolve our narrative while consistently securing high-impact opportunities aligned with our strategy. I would choose them again every time.

Benjamin Oakes CEO, Scribe Therapeutics

Thermal is the rare firm that can work the scientific, investor, and policymaker conversations Strand has to win. They treated my public voice on U.S.-China biotech competition as critical to the company rather than a side interest. The ambition in our story was there from the start, and Thermal sharpened how Strand is understood while building me a visible, influential leadership lane in a debate that will decide who leads the next era of medicine.

Jacob Becraft CEO, Strand Therapeutics

Thermal is effectively part of the Retro team, providing operational leverage. They get the science and how to translate in order to share its promise with the world. They also bring taste, filtering both inbound requests and helping shape our outgoing messaging to fit our company goals. Also, they fit our culture: no fluff, no pretense, just focusing on results: amplifying our clear signal in a noisy world.

Joe Betts-LaCroix CEO, Retro Biosciences

The Thermal team are exceptional: great work ethic, insightful storytellers, thoughtful strategists, well connected, and strongly grounded in the art and science of building a platform-shifting biotechnology company. They have become our trusted partners, helping to refine and amplify messaging, build strategic relationships and level up our company profile, while inspiring me and Dyno to set our sights on even more ambitious long-term PR goals.

Eric Kelsic CEO, Dyno Therapeutics

Thermal stands out as a rare agency that seamlessly bridges the complexities of AI and biotech, a combination few firms can truly claim. Their command of cutting-edge fields like gene editing, paired with a nuanced understanding of the historical, legal, and societal aspects of science, equips them to navigate even the most contentious topics with precision.

Hilary Eaton Head of Transactions and M&A, Genetic Medicines & AI

Thermal does an amazing job of crafting and executing on a bespoke approach. They took time to understand who we are and what is important to us both today and in the future ensuring that our brand was incredibly authentic and unique. In addition, with their extensive reach across trade and mainstream press, as well as a range of non-traditional influence outlets, Thermal is able to generate high-value opportunities we’ve never had before.

Parag Mallick Co-founder, Nautilus Biotechnology

The Thermal team has been a true pleasure to work with, given their unique expertise in scientific innovation, media strategy, and communications. They work tirelessly behind the scenes, and are able to rapidly synthesize customized communications to a broad range of media + press, bringing a diverse set of opportunities to our table.

Andrea Choe CEO, Holoclara

Thermal combines deep scientific expertise with broad healthcare knowledge, offering comprehensive strategy and consulting support across the entire spectrum of life sciences and healthcare communications. With strong media relationships, expert strategic insights, and top-tier writing capabilities, they are an invaluable resource.

Sue Hager Venture CMO & Partner

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