Hannes Smarason
InvestorFounderVenture Partner at 6 Dimensions Capital · Board director at TScan Therapeutics
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
FoundedTScan Therapeutics
About
Hannes Smarason is a Venture Partner at 6 Dimensions Capital and Co-Founder and Senior Advisor to WuXi NextCODE, a Contract Genomics Organization focused on applying sequence data to diagnostics and precision medicine. He previously served as CEO of WuXi NextCODE, overseeing its operations across the U.S., China, and Iceland, and as CFO and Executive Vice President of Business and Finance at deCODE from 1997 to 2004, where he contributed to the company's development as a leader in human genome analysis and its subsequent $415 million acquisition by Amgen. Smarason also served as Chairman and CEO of Icelandair and held prior positions at McKinsey & Company and as an advisor to venture investors including Polaris Venture Partners and ARCH Venture Partners.
Board director at TScan Therapeutics
Intro paths
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TScan Therapeutics's investors · 7
Co-founders at TScan Therapeutics
Experience
- TScan TherapeuticsBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentWaltham, Massachusetts, United States
- 6 Dimensions CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2018 — presentGreater Boston
- WuXi NextCODESenior Advisorcurrent2018 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- WuXi NextCODECo-Founder & Chief Executive Officer2013 — 2018Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Genomics Medicine IrelandCo-Founder & Advisor2016 — 2018Greater Dublin
- deCODE geneticsEntrepreneur, Investor, Business Advisor2008 — 2013London, Luxembourg, Barcelona, Madrid, Reykjavik
- IcelandairChairman & CEO2004 — 2007Iceland
- deCODE geneticsChief Business Officer2002 — 2004Iceland/USA
- deCODE geneticsChief Financial Officer1997 — 2002Iceland/USA
- InvestorPrivate Investor1997 — 2004
- McKinsey & CompanyConsultant1992 — 1997
Education
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business/Commerce1990 — 1992
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyS.B., Mechanical Engineering1987 — 1991
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyS.B., Management1987 — 1991
Skills & more
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ValuationFinancial ModelingBusiness PlanningInvestment BankingRisk ManagementInternational BusinessStrategyLeadershipStrategic PlanningLanguages Danish · English · German · Icelandic · Spanish
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Deals · 1
TScan TherapeuticsBoard seat
via 6 Dimensions Capital · filed Jul 2019 · $23.3M raise
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Colleagues at 6 Dimensions Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Hannes Smarason work?
- Hannes Smarason is Venture Partner at 6 Dimensions Capital and Founder at TScan Therapeutics.
- What check size does Hannes Smarason write?
- Hannes Smarason typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies did Hannes Smarason found?
- Hannes Smarason founded TScan Therapeutics.
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