Paco Cifuentes
Former Venture Partner at Genoa Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $250K – $10M checks · typically $2M
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Experience
- Hermes BiosciencesChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentSouth San Francisco, California, United States
- SynthBiome Inc.Chief Operating Officer2022 — 2025Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- General InceptionVice President Of Commercial Development2020 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Genoa VenturesVenture Partner2019 — 2025San Francisco
- Cifuentes' ConsultingPrincipal2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Lam ResearchHead of Commercial Strategy Consultant2017 — 2018Freemont, California
- NateraSenior Director of Product Management2015 — 2016San Carlos
- Thermo Fisher ScientificLeader, Digital PCR Business2014 — 2015South San Francisco
- Life TechnologiesDirector, Genetics Analysis Product Applications2012 — 2014Foster City
- Life TechnologiesDirector, Product Applications- Ion Torrent2010 — 2012
- Life TechnologiesDirector, Product Management- Next Generation Sequencing2010
- NanoString TechnologiesDirector of Product Marketing2009 — 2010
- AffymetrixAssociate Director, Product Marketing2008 — 2009
- AffymetrixSr Product Marketing Manager Molecular Diagnostics2007 — 2008
- Agilent TechnologiesSr. Product Manager/Marketing Applications2003 — 2007
- Agilent TechnologiesR&D Scientist2001 — 2003
- UCSFPostdoctoral Researcher1998 — 2001
Skills & more
Sequencing36Infectious Diseases5Genetics50Genomics45MicroarraysProduct Marketing14Market Research4Market Planning2Market Analysis4Marketing Strategy5Hardware Diagnostics4Global Marketing1
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Personalized MedicineMolecular BiologyDNA sequencingLifesciencesMicroarrayOncologyProduct LaunchBiotechnologyCommercializationTechnology TransferProduct ManagementR&DLanguages Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paco Cifuentes?
- Investor at Cifuentes' Consulting
- What check size does Paco Cifuentes write?
- Paco Cifuentes typically writes checks of $250K – $10M.
- Where did Paco Cifuentes go to school?
- Paco Cifuentes studied at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (PhD, Genetics); Cardenal Herrera Oria (High School); Colegio Liceo Sorolla.
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Also attended Universidad Autónoma de Madrid108
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Shared employers
Also worked at Hermes Biosciences2
Also worked at Genoa Ventures8
Vikram ChaudheryPresident & COO at GENERAL INCEPTIONJenny RookeManaging Director at Genoa VenturesLandon MerrillPartner at Genoa VenturesNegin MohktariVenture Partner at PsyMed VenturesRichard KennyVenture Partner at Genoa VenturesBill HyunVenture Partner at Genoa Ventures
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Also worked at Natera20
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Also worked at Life Technologies56
Sarah AlfaddaAssociate General Counsel at Sapphire VenturesKevin MunnellyInvestor at Third Rock VenturesNick RoelofsVenture Partner at ScietyDoug RossInvestor at DigitalDx VenturesRolando BrawerExecutives in Residence at GENERAL INCEPTIONPaul GrossmanPartner at Telegraph Hill Partners
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