ARCA biopharma, Inc. announced that Dan Mitchell has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors. He will serve on the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of the Board of Directors. Mr. Mitchell founded and is a Manager of Sequel Venture Partners, L.L.C. Prior to founding Sequel Venture Partners, Mr. Mitchell was a founder in 1986 of Capital Health Venture Partners, where he was a General Partner until 2006.