Where does Sakae Asanuma work?

Sakae Asanuma is President & CEO at Taiho Ventures, LLC and Manager at Normunity Holding and Board director at Werewolf Therapeutics.

What boards does Sakae Asanuma sit on?

Sakae Asanuma holds tracked board seats at Dren Bio, Normunity Holding.

Sakae Asanuma

Investor

President & CEO at Taiho Ventures, LLC · Manager at Normunity Holding · Board director at Werewolf Therapeutics

About

Founding President of Taiho Ventures (2016). Previously President & CEO at Astellas Venture Management and US Head of Astellas Innovation Management, and earlier worked at Yasuda Enterprise. Has invested in over 60 biotech companies, many reaching IPO or M&A.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

s•••@taihoventures.comreveal

Manager at Normunity Holding

Intro paths

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In turn, Sakae can intro founders to Normunity Holding's investors below.

Normunity Holding's investors · 1

Taiho Ventures, LLCMenlo Park · since 2025

Board director at Werewolf Therapeutics

Intro paths

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In turn, Sakae can intro founders to Werewolf Therapeutics's investors below.

Werewolf Therapeutics's investors · 6

DC Investment PartnersMcLean · $10M checks · since 2020 K2 HealthVenturesBoston · $10M – $100M checks · since 2020 Longwood FundBoston · since 2020 MPM BioImpactBoston · $1M – $15M checks · since 2020 RA CapitalBoston · since 2020 Taiho Ventures, LLCMenlo Park · since 2020

Co-founders at Werewolf Therapeutics

Daniel J. HicklinFounder, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board member

Luke EvninCo-founder, Board member (Chairman)

Daniel HicklinExecutive Officer, Director

Deals · 2

Normunity HoldingBoard seat

via Taiho Ventures, LLC · filed Jan 2025 · $75M raise

Dren BioBoard seat

via Taiho Ventures, LLC · filed Mar 2022 · $80M raise

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

Colleagues at Taiho Ventures, LLC

Hidefumi Kasua

Investment Director at Taiho Ventures, LLC

Hidefumi Kasuga

Investment Director at Taiho Ventures, LLC

Seiji Miyahara

Senior Investment Director at Taiho Ventures, LLC

Takaaki Ishii

Senior Investment Director at Taiho Ventures, LLC

Takayuki Hirano

Associate Investment Director at Taiho Ventures, LLC

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sakae Asanuma?: Founding President of Taiho Ventures (2016). Previously President & CEO at Astellas Venture Management and US Head of Astellas Innovation Management, and earlier worked at Yasuda Enterprise. Has invested in over 60 biotech companies, many reaching IPO or M&A.
Where does Sakae Asanuma work?: Sakae Asanuma is President & CEO at Taiho Ventures, LLC and Manager at Normunity Holding and Board director at Werewolf Therapeutics.
What boards does Sakae Asanuma sit on?: Sakae Asanuma holds tracked board seats at Dren Bio, Normunity Holding.