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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Experience
- Timberline ManagementHealthcare Investor & Operatorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CIONICBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
- CRG LPStrategic Advisory Board Membercurrent2023 — present
- RefleXion MedicalBoard Observercurrent2014 — present
- San Francisco GiantsSVP, Player Performance and Wellness2022 — 2025
- San Francisco GiantsVP, Player Performance and Wellness2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Shockwave MedicalBoard Member2015 — 2021
- 10x GenomicsBoard Observer2013 — 2019
- VenrockVice President, Healthcare Investor2012 — 2019Palo Alto, CA
- Simpirica Spine, Inc.Co-Founder; CEO, CDO2006 — 2012
- MultipleAdditional Early Career Experience2000 — 2005
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Associate/Consultant1998 — 2000Boston, MA and Basel, Switzerland
- VariousEarliest Roles1995 — 1998
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Languages Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- 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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Also worked at CIONIC4
Also worked at CRG LP5
Also worked at San Francisco Giants5
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