Sebastian Brunemeier
InvestorGeneral Partner at Healthspan Capital
Oxford, United Kingdom
Writes $250K – $750K checks · typically $500K
About
Sebastian Brunemeier is a biotech investor and company builder focused on longevity and regenerative medicine. He is Co-Founder and General Partner of Healthspan Capital and has co-founded multiple longevity biotech companies including Cambrian Biopharma, where he served as Chief Investment Officer, and Samsara Therapeutics, where he served as Founder and COO. His background includes a DPhil in biochemistry of aging from the University of Oxford (which he left to co-found Cambrian), an MSc in molecular neuroscience and life science business management from the University of Amsterdam, and fellowships focused on aging research from the Fulbright Program, Scripps Research Institute, and Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
Experience
- Healthspan CapitalCo-founder & Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco
- LongGame VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentLondon
- Longevity Biotech FellowshipAdvisorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Geneva College of Longevity ScienceFaculty Lecturercurrent2024 — presentGeneva, Switzerland
- LongBio InstituteFoundercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
- VitaDAOLongevity Working Groupcurrent2020 — presentSwitzerland
- Longevity PrizeInitiator & Committee Membercurrent2022 — presentGlobal
- Alpine InstituteAdvisory Boardcurrent2022 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- Molecule AGAdvisorcurrent2020 — presentSwitzerland
- Revivo TherapeuticsBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentChapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
- Equator TherapeuticsAdvisory Board & Investorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco
- Samsara TherapeuticsAdvisorcurrent2020 — present
- Samsara TherapeuticsFounder & COO2018 — 2020Greater Oxford Area
- Picus CapitalVenture Scoutcurrent2021 — present
- ImmuneAGE BioCEO & Founder2022 — 2025US, Oxford UK & Lausanne CH
- On DeckODLB -- Advisor & Founding Fellow - Longevity Biotech Fellowship2021 — 2023
- McKinsey & CompanyAdvisor2019 — 2021Global
- Cambrian BiopharmaCIO & Co-Founder2019 — 2020New York City
- Cyclone TherapeuticsCEO & Co-Founder2019 — 2020La Jolla (San Diego)
- Apollo Health VenturesPrincipal2018 — 2019Greater Hamburg Area
Education
- University of OxfordPhD (DPhil) studies (ABD), Biochemistry of aging. Clarendon Scholarship
- Scripps ResearchSkaggs-Oxford Scholar Fellowship (joint PhD program with Oxford, awarded but paused)
- University of AmsterdamMSc, Biomedical Science (Molecular Neuroscience)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)Masters of Business Management (joint MSc w UvA), Life Science Business Management
- Pitzer CollegeBachelor's, Human Biology (Honors)
- University of LisbonFulbright Fellowship, Telomere biology & cellular senescence
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiHonors Undergrad Thesis
Skills & more
Venture CapitalDrug DiscoveryBiotechnologyMolecular BiologyProject ManagementBiochemistrySupercritical FluidsGraphPad PrismPublic SpeakingDebateMicrosoft ExcelMoney Laundering
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Creative AccountingExtortionLanguages Portuguese · Python · Spanish
- Private Equity and Venture Capital — Università Bocconi
- Fulbright Fellowship — U.S. Department of State
- Neuropharmacology: Drugs and The Brain — Caltech
- Econ 252: Financial Markets — Yale University
From Sebastian's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Sebastian Brunemeier work?
- Sebastian Brunemeier is General Partner at Healthspan Capital.
- What check size does Sebastian Brunemeier write?
- Sebastian Brunemeier typically writes checks of $250K – $750K.
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