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Farah Champsi

Investor

Managing Partner at Alta Partners · Venture Advisor at Agent Capital · Board director at Allakos Inc · Board director at Kite Pharma

San Francisco Bay Area

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130 people in our graph share verified history with Farah — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Pete HudsonunlockedFarah: together at Altapartners (2015–2020)
×5Farah: together at Altapartners
×6Farah: together at Agent Capital

About

Venture Advisor who previously served as a partner at Population Health Partners, General Partner at Alta Partners and Managing Director at InterWest Partners, with earlier investment banking experience.

Board director at Allakos Inc

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Allakos Inc's investors · 6

Alta PartnersJackson · $1M – $12M checks · since 2012LifeSci Venture PartnersNew York · since 2017New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2017RiverVest Venture PartnersSt. Louis · $500K – $3M checks · since 2017Roche Venture FundBasel · $648K – $3.2M checks · since 2017Samsara BioCapitalMenlo Park · since 2017

Co-founders at Allakos Inc

NT
Nenad TomasevicExecutive Officer
CB
Christopher BebbingtonExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Kite Pharma

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In turn, Farah can intro founders to Kite Pharma's investors below.

Kite Pharma's investors · 2

Alta PartnersJackson · $1M – $12M checks · since 2014Pontifax Venture CapitalHerzeliya · $6.3M – $128M checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Kite Pharma

ASArie S. Belldegrun
Arie S. BelldegrunExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Agent CapitalAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
  2. Population Health PartnersPartner/Advisor2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Alta PartnersManaging Director/General Partner2000 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. InterWest PartnersManaging Director2015 — 2017Menlo Park, California, United States
  5. Robertson StephensManaging Director1987 — 2000San Francisco, California, United States

Deals · 1

Allakos IncBoard seat

via Alta Partners · filed Mar 2015 · $47M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Investor

AllakosChimerixKite PharmaSanarus MedicalTrevena

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

Colleagues at Alta Partners

Bob More
Managing Director at Alta Partners
Dan Janney
Managing Director at Alta Partners
Garrett Gruener
Investor at Alta Partners
Guy Nohra
Investor at Alta Partners
Jean Deleage
Investor at Alta Partners
Larry Randall
Chief Financial Officer at Alta Partners
Marino Polestra
Investor at Alta Partners
Pete Hudson
Managing Director at Alta Partners

Network5

Dan Janney
Managing Director at Alta Partners
John McKearn
Senior Advisor at RiverVest Venture Partners, focused on early-stage biotech
Patrick Heron
Managing Partner at Frazier Life Sciences
Paul Walker
Investor at Unknown Ventures
Pete Hudson
Managing Director at Alta Partners

Investors connected to Farah in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Farah Champsi?
Venture Advisor who previously served as a partner at Population Health Partners, General Partner at Alta Partners and Managing Director at InterWest Partners, with earlier investment banking experience.
Where does Farah Champsi work?
Farah Champsi is Managing Partner at Alta Partners and Board director at Allakos Inc and Board director at Kite Pharma.
What boards does Farah Champsi sit on?
Farah Champsi holds tracked board seats at Allakos Inc.
What companies has Farah Champsi invested in?
Investments tracked here include Allakos, Chimerix, Kite Pharma, Sanarus Medical, Trevena.
Where did Farah Champsi go to school?
Farah Champsi studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Smith College (Bachelor of Arts - BA).

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