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Jim Tananbaum

Investor

Founder & CEO at Foresite Capital

San Francisco, California

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

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About

Jim Tananbaum is founder and CEO of Foresite Capital Management, a healthcare-focused investment firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area with approximately $4 billion in assets under management as of December 2021. The firm invests in healthcare companies across multiple stages and employs clinical scientists, engineers, analysts, and partners to support portfolio companies.

Experience

  1. Foresite Capital ManagementFounder and CEOcurrent2010 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Philadelphia Area
  2. Prospect Venture PartnersCo-Founder and Managing Director PVP2 & PVP32001 — 2010
  3. Theravance (THRX)Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer1997 — 2000
  4. Sierra VenturesPartner1994 — 1997Menlo Park
  5. GelTex (acquired Genzyme $1.6 B)Co-Founder. Board Member.1991 — 1997Waltham
  6. MerckProduct Manager, Prilosec1991 — 1993West Point< PA

Education

  1. Harvard Business Schoolmba1989 — 1991
  2. Harvard Medical SchoolDoctor of Medicine (MD)1985 — 1989
  3. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctoral Affiliation, Health1985 — 1989
  4. Yale UniversityBS, BSEE1981 — 1985

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship11Start-ups25Venture Capital47Private Equity7Angel Investing9Deal Sourcing2Corporate Development16IPO7Mergers1Biotechnology34Due Diligence16

From Jim's professional profile.

Colleagues at Foresite Capital

Alex M. Azar II
Advisor at Foresite Capital
Alisa Mall
Partner at Foresite Capital
Amelia Stoj
CCO and Assistant General Counsel at Foresite Capital
Cindy Xiong
Investor at Foresite Capital
Collin Yang-Wong
Principal at Foresite Capital
Cynthia Carpenter
Executive Associate at Foresite Capital
Darren Haggerty
Operations Investment Analyst at Foresite Capital
Deepak Atri
Principal at Foresite Capital

Network1

Armen A. Vidian
Managing Partner at Recode Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Jim Tananbaum work?
Jim Tananbaum is Founder & CEO at Foresite Capital.
What check size does Jim Tananbaum write?
Jim Tananbaum typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,969

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Also attended Harvard Medical School135

Niko BonatsosInvestment Team at General CatalystAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ben RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)David ReshefInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Krishna YeshwantInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Morgan CheathamPartner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer Capital

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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Also attended Yale University619

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Karthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)

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Shared employers

Also worked at Prospect Venture Partners6

Avery CannonChief Administrative Officer at Founders Circle CapitalIlan ZipkinVenture Partner at Breakout VenturesLori SimotasCFO at FloodgateDorothy MargolskeeManaging Director at Foresite CapitalRebecca LuciaPartner at 5AM VenturesScott Wolf, MDFounder/Founding CEO at Volt Health

Also worked at Theravance (THRX)2

Jeffrey FinerVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesDeepa PakianathanGeneral Partner at Delphi Ventures

Also worked at Sierra Ventures33

Mark FernandesManaging Partner at Sierra VenturesTim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesBen YuInvestor at Sierra VenturesVignesh RavikumarInvestor at Sierra VenturesShomik GhoshEnterprise software enthusiast and taco bell aficionadoShashank SaxenaInvestor at Sierra Ventures

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Also worked at Merck103

Anika GuptaInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Sam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Catherine Pearce, DHSc, MBAAdvisor at CincyTechDavid MollerInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAlan EzekowitzInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAndrea van ElsasInvestor at Third Rock Ventures

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