Fundraising Fox

Seiji Miyahara

Investor

Investor at Taiho Ventures, LLC

Menlo Park, California

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

About

Partner and Senior Investment Director with over 18 years in life sciences. Joined Taiho Ventures in 2016 and serves as board director/observer for several portfolio companies. Previously spent 12 years at Taiho Pharmaceutical in oncology. Holds a PhD in Life Science from Hokkaido University.

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Experience

  1. Taiho Ventures, LLCPartner & Senior Investment Directorcurrent2024 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. Taiho Ventures, LLCSenior Investment Director2021 — 2024Menlo Park, California, United States
  3. Taiho Ventures, LLCInvestment Director2019 — 2021Menlo Park, California, United States
  4. Taiho Ventures, LLCAssociate Investment Director2016 — 2018Menlo Park, California, United States
  5. Signadori BioBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentParis, France
  6. STORM Therapeutics LimitedBoard Observercurrent2026 — presentCambridge, England, United Kingdom
  7. Magnet BiomedicineBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  8. Light Horse TherapeuticsBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  9. EpiBiologicsBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
  10. Delphia TherapeuticsBoard Observercurrent2025 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  11. Transition Bio, Inc.Board Observercurrent2022 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  12. Anavo Therapeutics BVBoard Observercurrent2020 — presentLeiden, South Holland, Netherlands
  13. Breakpoint Therapeutics GmbHBoard Observercurrent2019 — presentHamburg, Germany
  14. TheolyticsBoard Observer2020 — 2024Oxford, England, United Kingdom
  15. Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.,Research Fellow2004 — 2016Japan

Education

  1. Hokkaido UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Life Science

Skills & more

Board of DirectorsVenture CapitalFundraisingLife Sciences2Biotechnology1Start-ups1Drug Discovery1Due Diligence1

From Seiji's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Hokkaido University8

Taruho KurodaImpact Partner at Fresco CapitalTetsu NakajimaInvestor at 15th RockTakeshi MinamotoInvestor at 15th RockKota UnoPrincipal at GMO VenturePartnersDalma RiczuSenior Recruiting & Organizational Development Specialist at MaximonIkkei MatsudaJapan Advisory Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures

+ 2 more

Shared employers

Also worked at STORM Therapeutics Limited5

Robert TansleyPartner at Cambridge Innovation CapitalMichael AnsteyPartner at Cambridge Innovation CapitalChristine MartinHead of Ventures at University of Cambridge EnterpriseHakan GokerManaging Director at M VenturesChristopher O'DonnellPartner at Pfizer Venture Investments

Also worked at Delphia Therapeutics1

Stella PaffenholzSenior Associate at Atlas Venture

Also worked at Theolytics3

Therese LiechtensteinPartner at 4BIO CapitalAndrew McLeanManaging Partner at Tin Alley VenturesNicholas Dixon-CleggPartner, Head of Independent Investments at Oxford Science Enterprises

Colleagues at Taiho Ventures, LLC

Hidefumi Kasua
Investment Director at Taiho Ventures, LLC
Hidefumi Kasuga
Investment Director at Taiho Ventures, LLC
Sakae Asanuma
President and CEO at Taiho Ventures, LLC
Shinichi Hasako
Investor at Taiho Ventures, LLC
Takaaki Ishii
Senior Investment Director at Taiho Ventures, LLC
Takayuki Hirano
Associate Investment Director at Taiho Ventures, LLC