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Ilan Zipkin

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Venture Partner at Breakout Ventures · Venture Partner at Breakout Labs

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Ilan Zipkin is Senior Vice President of Business Development at Innoviva. He has experience in biotechnology and biopharmaceutical venture capital investing, biotech business development, executive operations, drug evaluation, and research strategy. He has also founded companies and served as an advisor to industry participants.

Experience

  1. InnovivaSenior Vice President, Business Developmentcurrent2026 — presentBurlingame, California, United States
  2. Supercede Therapeutics, Inc.Founder and CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Breakout VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  4. Aditum BioPartner and VP, Business Development and Licensing2019 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Supercede VenturesFounder and managing partner2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Parker Institute for Cancer ImmunotherapyVice President, Business Development2017 — 2019San Francisco, CA
  7. Takeda Ventures, Inc.Senior Investment Director2012 — 2017Palo Alto, CA
  8. Prospect Venture PartnersPartner2005 — 2012
  9. MPM CapitalAssociate - Partner2000 — 2005South San Francisco, CA
  10. BioCentury PublicationsScience Editor1997 — 2000Belmont, CA

Skills & more

Strategic Planning10WritingStrategy3Pre-clinical StudiesDrug DevelopmentLicensingBiotechnology30Venture Capital28Research2Business Strategy11Clinical Development7Investments14
+12 moreTechnology TransferCorporate DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentAngel InvestingCommercializationHealthcareFinancial ModelingPrivate EquityEntrepreneurshipStart-upsVenture FinancingPharmaceutical Industry

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Who is Ilan Zipkin?
Ilan Zipkin is Senior Vice President of Business Development at Innoviva. He has experience in biotechnology and biopharmaceutical venture capital investing, biotech business development, executive operations, drug evaluation, and research strategy. He has also founded companies and served as an advisor to industry participants.
Where does Ilan Zipkin work?
Ilan Zipkin is Venture Partner at Breakout Ventures.
Where did Ilan Zipkin go to school?
Ilan Zipkin studied at University of California, San Francisco (Ph.D., Cell biology and biochemistry); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Molecular and Cell Biology).

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