Danielle Yoesep
FounderFounder at Verse Therapy · Founder at Hona
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedHonaVerse Therapy · YC
About
Danielle Yoesep studied science at university and conducted research on platform technologies for novel molecular synthesis. She co-founded a company based on this research, which was subsequently acquired, and now leads Verse Therapy.
Founder at Verse TherapyYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Danielle went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Danielle can intro founders to Verse Therapy's investors below.
Verse Therapy's investors · 2
Co-founders at Verse Therapy
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Adam SteinleFounder
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Shuying ZhangFounder
Founder at Hona
Intro paths
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Hona's investors · 1
Experience
- Verse Therapy (YC W24)Founder & COO2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- ResilienceSenior Scientist2023Oakland, California, United States
- ResilienceScientist II2021 — 2023
- Swiftscale BiologicsScientist2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Northwestern UniversityGraduate Student Researcher at the Michael Jewett Lab2018 — 2020Evanston, IL
- Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaResearch Assistant at the Hong-Wei Dong Lab2015Los Angeles, CA
- Stanford University School of MedicineResearch Assistant at the Samuel Cheshier Lab2014Palo Alto, CA
Skills & more
Microsoft Office7Microsoft Word3Microsoft Excel3Microsoft PowerPoint3Research8Time Management3Teamwork7
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Danielle Yoesep?
- Danielle Yoesep studied science at university and conducted research on platform technologies for novel molecular synthesis. She co-founded a company based on this research, which was subsequently acquired, and now leads Verse Therapy.
- Where does Danielle Yoesep work?
- Danielle Yoesep is Founder of Hona and Founder at Verse Therapy.
- What companies did Danielle Yoesep found?
- Danielle Yoesep founded Hona, Verse Therapy.
- Where did Danielle Yoesep go to school?
- Danielle Yoesep studied at Northwestern University (Master of Science - MS, Biotechnology); University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science - BS, Neuroscience).
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