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Colin Cahill

Board director at Shockwave Medical · Former Vice President, Healthcare Investor at Venrock

San Francisco, California

Writes $10K – $100K checks · typically $50K

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About

Colin Cahill is a healthcare investor and operator at Timberline Management with over 20 years of experience across medtech, biotech, and life science tools. He has invested through venture capital firms including Venrock and VHCP, built life science companies including Simpirica Spine and Cellicon, and served in an operational capacity with the San Francisco Giants. Cahill holds board positions at Cionic, Shockwave, 10x Genomics, and RefleXion.

Board director at Shockwave Medical

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Co-founders at Shockwave Medical

DHDaniel Hawkins
Daniel HawkinsExecutive Officer, Director
TJTodd J. Brinton

Experience

  1. Timberline ManagementHealthcare Investor & Operatorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. CIONICBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  3. CRG LPStrategic Advisory Board Membercurrent2023 — present
  4. RefleXion MedicalBoard Observercurrent2014 — present
  5. San Francisco GiantsSVP, Player Performance and Wellness2022 — 2025
  6. San Francisco GiantsVP, Player Performance and Wellness2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Shockwave MedicalBoard Member2015 — 2021
  8. 10x GenomicsBoard Observer2013 — 2019
  9. VenrockVice President, Healthcare Investor2012 — 2019Palo Alto, CA
  10. Simpirica Spine, Inc.Co-Founder; CEO, CDO2006 — 2012
  11. MultipleAdditional Early Career Experience2000 — 2005
  12. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Associate/Consultant1998 — 2000Boston, MA and Basel, Switzerland
  13. VariousEarliest Roles1995 — 1998

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Languages Spanish

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Who is Colin Cahill?
Colin Cahill is a healthcare investor and operator at Timberline Management with over 20 years of experience across medtech, biotech, and life science tools. He has invested through venture capital firms including Venrock and VHCP, built life science companies including Simpirica Spine and Cellicon, and served in an operational capacity with the San Francisco Giants. Cahill holds board positions at Cionic, Shockwave, 10x Genomics, and RefleXion.
Where does Colin Cahill work?
Colin Cahill is Board director at Shockwave Medical.
What check size does Colin Cahill write?
Colin Cahill typically writes checks of $10K – $100K.
Where did Colin Cahill go to school?
Colin Cahill studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Stanford University (Master of Science (M.S.), Biological Sciences); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biological Sciences).

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