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Peter Emtage

Investor

Venture Partner at Versant Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

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

FoundedSanta Ana Bio

About

Peter Emtage joined Versant Ventures as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in October 2020 and became a Venture Partner in April 2021. He previously led cell therapy research at Kite Pharma (a Gilead company) and held senior scientific roles at Cell Design Labs and MedImmune, with over 20 years of drug development experience in oncology, autoimmunity, infectious diseases and inflammation.

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Experience

  1. Santa Ana Bio, IncChief Executive Officercurrent2021 — present
  2. Versant VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2020 — present
  3. Kite PharmaGlobal Head of Cell Therapy Research2018 — 2020
  4. Cell Design LabsChief Scientific Officer2016 — 2018San Francisco, California

Skills & more

IND1Clinical Development99Biochemistry46Infectious Diseases23Cell Culture19GLP8Drug Discovery99GMP6Clinical Research10FDA13Antibodies13Vaccines6
+12 morePharmacologyBiologicsBiotherapeuticsAssay DevelopmentInflammationAutoimmunityOncologyBiomarker DiscoveryBiotechnologyBiopharmaceuticalsCancerCell

Languages English

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Shared employers

Also worked at Santa Ana Bio, Inc4

Jerel DavisManaging Director at Versant VenturesAnsuman SatpathyAdvisory Venture Partner at WingMarcelo BigalVenture Partner at Versant VenturesRachel LanePrincipal at Versant Ventures

Also worked at Kite Pharma6

John SmitherSenior Advisor at Frazier Life SciencesGeorge GayedAssociate at Intelligence VenturesMarkwin VeldersAdvisory Committee member at Curie CapitalMartin BrenaAssociate at Kairos Venture Investments, LlcRaghav BhargavaPartner at PFM Health SciencesHelen KimPartner at The Column Group

Colleagues at Versant Ventures

Alex Mayweg
Managing Director at Versant Ventures
Alicia Levey
Venture Partner at Versant Ventures
Andrew Jefferson
Operating Partner at Versant Ventures
Ariel Kantor
Principal at Versant Ventures
Barbara Lubash
Managing Director at Versant Ventures
Beckie Robertson
Managing Director at Versant Ventures
Bill Link
Investor at Versant Ventures
Brad Bolzon
Chairman, Managing Director at Versant Ventures