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Jerel Davis

Investor

Managing Director at Versant Ventures

Vancouver, BC

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

FoundedSanta Ana Bio

About

Jerel Davis is a PhD-trained life scientist and Vancouver-based investor who builds biotechs from scratch via pharma partnerships—co-founding BlueRock with Bayer ($225M) and designing ventures with acquirers in mind.

Invests in

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Experience

  1. Versant VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2011 — presentVancouver
  2. Ventus TherapeuticsBoard Chaircurrent2020 — present
  3. Borealis Biosciences, Inc.Board Chaircurrent2024 — presentVancover
  4. Santa Ana BioBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  5. Fable TherapeuticsBoard Chaircurrent2023 — present
  6. Firefly BiologicsBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentSouth San Francisco, California, United States
  7. Tentarix Biotherapeutics, Inc.Board Membercurrent2020 — present
  8. Kolm TherapeuticsBoard Member2022 — 2025Connecticut, United States
  9. Nested TherapeuticsBoard Member2022 — 2023
  10. Chinook Therapeutics, Inc.Board Member2019 — 2023
  11. RayzeBioBoard Member2020 — 2023
  12. Repare TherapeuticsBoard Member2017 — 2023
  13. Northern BiologicsBoard Member2015 — 2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  14. BlueRock TherapeuticsBoard Member2016 — 2019
  15. Inception 4, Inc.Board Member2013 — 2018
  16. Inception 5 IncBoard Member2014 — 2018
  17. CRISPR TherapeuticsBoard Observer2014 — 2016
  18. Quanticel PharmaceuticalsBoard Observer2011 — 2015
  19. McKinsey & CompanyAssociate Principal2006 — 2011San Francisco
  20. Stanford UniversityPostdoc2005 — 2006

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityPhD, Population genetics and genomics2001 — 2005
  2. Pepperdine UniversityBS, Mathematics and Biology1994 — 1999

Skills & more

Biotechnology53Pharmaceutical Industry29Medical Devices14R&D14Strategy34Pricing2Molecular Diagnostics3Lifesciences5Corporate Development5Venture Capital15Due Diligence5Business Strategy10
+12 moreStart-upsMergersEntrepreneurshipLife SciencesProduct ManagementStrategic PlanningFinancial ModelingCommercializationBusiness DevelopmentResearch and Development (R&D)Mergers & AcquisitionsMolecular Genetics

From Jerel's professional profile.

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Shared employers

Deals · 6

Firefly Bio, Inc.Board seat

via Versant Ventures · filed Mar 2024 · $72M raise

Ventus TherapeuticsBoard seat

via Versant Ventures · filed Feb 2022 · $140M raise

Graphite Bio, Inc.Board seat

via Versant Ventures · filed Mar 2021 · $150.7M raise

Chinook Therapeutics U.SBoard seat

via Versant Ventures · filed Aug 2019 · $65M raise

Turnstone BiologicsBoard seat

via Versant Ventures · filed Jan 2019 · $42.1M raise

Mistral TherapeuticsBoard seat

via Versant Ventures · filed Jun 2018 · $59.3M raise

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

Colleagues at Versant Ventures