About
Edny Inui is a Partner at Palo Santo, a venture fund focused on psychedelic and novel CNS target therapeutics for mental health and brain disorders. Inui holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, where research addressed fibroblast growth factors in depression and circadian biology, and an MBA from the University of Chicago, and has worked in business development at Calico Life Sciences, Caribou Biosciences, and Acadia Pharmaceuticals. Inui also serves as a board member and observer for several biotech startups.
Experience
- Palo SantoPartnercurrent2023 — presentCarmel Valley, California, United States
- 2A BiosciencesBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- Pickering Laboratories, Inc.Board Membercurrent2022 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- Gilgamesh PharmaceuticalsBoard Observer2025 — 2026
- Calico Life SciencesDirector of Business Development2020 — 2023
- Caribou BiosciencesDirector of Business Development2017 — 2020Berkeley, CA
- ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.Senior Manager, Strategy and Business Development2016 — 2017San Diego
- BiomedtrackerSenior Biotechnology Analyst2011 — 2016San Diego, CA
- UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesPostdoctoral Research Fellow2010 — 2011San Diego, CA
Skills & more
Strategic ThinkingStrategy5Management5LeadershipStrategic PlanningMultiple Therapeutic AreasLicensing StrategyOut-licensingIn-licensingBiotechnology55Neuroscience51Business Development2
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Molecular BiologyData AnalysisDrug DiscoveryLife SciencesPharmaceutical IndustryLaboratoryResearchGeneticsLifesciencesAnimal ModelsPharmacologyDrug Development- Certified Licensing Professional — Certified Licensing Professionals, Inc.
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Ingrid Vergara
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Jason Thomas
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John D. McCorvy
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Edny Inui?
- Edny Inui is a Partner at Palo Santo, a venture fund focused on psychedelic and novel CNS target therapeutics for mental health and brain disorders. Inui holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, where research addressed fibroblast growth factors in depression and circadian biology, and an MBA from the University of Chicago, and has worked in business development at Calico Life Sciences, Caribou Biosciences, and Acadia Pharmaceuticals. Inui also serves as a board member and observer for several biotech startups.
- Where does Edny Inui work?
- Edny Inui is Partner at Palo Santo VC.
- Where did Edny Inui go to school?
- Edny Inui studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Biology); University of Michigan (PhD, Neuroscience); The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA).
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Also attended University of Michigan516
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Shared employers
Also worked at Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals6
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Also worked at Calico Life Sciences3
Also worked at Caribou Biosciences4
Also worked at Biomedtracker6
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