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Aiden Aceves

Director at Syrna Therapeutics · Board director at Basking Biosciences

San Diego, CA

Writes $10M – $350M checks · typically $25M

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Aiden Aceves is a Principal, Investments at Insight Partners focused on AI and biotech. He holds a PhD in machine learning and has founded multiple companies in the life sciences sector before transitioning to venture capital.

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Director at Syrna Therapeutics

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Syrna Therapeutics's investors · 2

Innovation EndeavorsPalo Alto · $1M – $15M checks · since 2023Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2023

Board director at Basking Biosciences

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Basking Biosciences's investors · 8

ARCH Venture PartnersChicago · $50K – $250M checks · since 2025Broadview VenturesBoston · since 2020Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2020MedblueDurhamPlatanus VenturesSantiago · $200K checks · since 2023Rev1 VenturesColumbus · since 2024RTW Investments L.P.New York · since 2024Solas BioVenturesChattanooga · since 2020

Co-founders at Basking Biosciences

SNShahid Nimjee
Shahid NimjeeCo-founder, Chief Scientific Officer and Stroke Clinical Lead
BS
Bruce SullengerCo-founder

Experience

  1. Insight PartnersPrincipal, Investmentscurrent2026 — present
  2. Insight PartnersVice President, Investmentscurrent2022 — present
  3. Insight PartnersSenior Associate - Investment Team2021 — 2022San Diego, California, United States
  4. University of TartuInvestment Committee Membercurrent2026 — present
  5. Chemify LimitedBoard Directorcurrent2025 — present
  6. Basking Biosciences IncBoard Directorcurrent2023 — present
  7. PhaseVBoard Observercurrent2026 — present
  8. Stealth Neuroscience CompanyBoard Directorcurrent2025 — present
  9. Syrna TherapeuticsBoard Directorcurrent2023 — present
  10. Cirsium BiosciencesBoard Directorcurrent2022 — present
  11. Profluent BioBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  12. Superluminal Medicines Inc.Board Observercurrent2023 — present
  13. 858 TherapeuticsBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  14. DEM Biopharma, Inc.Board Observercurrent2022 — present
  15. Switch TherapeuticsBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  16. ArrePathBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  17. Primmune TherapeuticsCo-Founder, Business and Strategy Advisorcurrent2017 — present
  18. Capacity BioBoard Observer2022 — 2026
  19. ImmuneBridgeBoard Observer2022 — 2025
  20. Vida Ventures, LLCAssociate2020 — 2021Santa Monica, California, United States
  21. Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)Data Scientist2018La Jolla, California
  22. Evince BiosciencesCo-founder & Chief Technology Officer2015 — 2017

Skills & more

Machine Learning27Start-ups25Drug Discovery21Chemistry6Research8R&D3Project Management3Life Sciences3Statistical Data Analysis3Microsoft Office5Matlab4Microsoft Excel4
+8 moreMicrosoft PowerPointLeadershipManagementPublic SpeakingTeamworkComputational ChemistryHigh Performance ComputingCheminformatics
  • Venture Deals — Kauffman Fellows and Techstars

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Network8

Jeff HoringScout
Co-founder & Managing Director at Insight Partners
Elan ArnowitzScout
Associate at Insight Partners
George MathewScout
Managing Director at Insight Partners
Hagi SchwartzScout
LP Advisory Board at Fusion VC
Aayush Setty
Analyst at Insight Partners
Abdi Adan
Investor at Insight Partners
Adam Berger
Managing Director at Insight Partners
Adam Domingoes
Senior Associate at Insight Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Aiden Aceves?
Aiden Aceves is a Principal, Investments at Insight Partners focused on AI and biotech. He holds a PhD in machine learning and has founded multiple companies in the life sciences sector before transitioning to venture capital.
Where does Aiden Aceves work?
Aiden Aceves is Board director at Basking Biosciences.
What check size does Aiden Aceves write?
Aiden Aceves typically writes checks of $10M – $350M.
Where did Aiden Aceves go to school?
Aiden Aceves studied at Caltech (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering); University of California, Riverside (Bachelor’s Degree, Chemistry).

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