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Umut Eser
InvestorVenture Partner at Magnetic Ventures
Raleigh, North Carolina
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- Johnson & Johnson Innovative MedicineHead of Generative AIcurrent2026 — presentTitusville, New Jersey, United States
- Magnetic VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2021 — present
- Carry Venture CapitalFounding Advisory Board Membercurrent2024 — presentResearch Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
- WeaveChief AI Officer & Co-founder, Board Member2022 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- WeaveCTO and Cofounder2022 — 2024
- Doctor Evidence, LLCChief Innovation Officer2021 — 2022Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Harbinger HealthScientific Advisor2020 — 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Kernal Biologics, Inc.Scientific Advisor for AI2018 — 2022Cambridge, MA
- NeraiScientific Advisor for AI2019 — 2021
- CellarityHead of Machine Learning2019 — 2021Cambridge, Massachussets
- AI TherapeuticsDirector of AI2018 — 2019Guilford, CT
- 4CatalyzerSr. Deep Learning Scientist2017 — 2019Guilford, Connecticut
- Harvard UniversityPostdoctoral Research Fellow2013 — 2017Boston, MA
- Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral Associate2013Stanford
- Stanford UniversityResearch Asistant2006 — 2013
- Stanford UniversitySummer Research2005
Skills & more
Python26R25Matlab33C19Labview9Perl8MySQL7SAS7LaTeX13Python (Programming Language)1New Business Development12Business-to-Business (B2B)12
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Data AnalysisFluorescence MicroscopyStatisticshigh-throughput data analysisBioinformaticsAlgorithmsMathematical ModelingYeastMolecular BiologySystems BiologyOptical MicroscopyBacterial GeneticsLanguages English · German · Turkish
From Umut's professional profile.
Colleagues at Magnetic Ventures
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Christine Aylward
Founder & Managing Partner at Magnetic Ventures
Georgia Lu
Partner at Magnetic Ventures
Ishan Paranjpe
Investor at Magnetic Ventures
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Jillian Shaw
Venture Partner at Magnetic Ventures
Jillian Shaw, PhD
Venture Partner at Magnetic Ventures
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Jim Weiss
Senior Advisor at Magnetic Ventures
Lloyd Appel
CFO at Magnetic Ventures
Umut Eser, PhD
Venture Partner at Magnetic Ventures
Network2
Christine Aylward
Founder & Managing Partner at Magnetic Ventures
Georgia Lu
Partner at Magnetic Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Umut Eser?
- Venture Partner at Magnetic Ventures
- Where does Umut Eser work?
- Umut Eser is Venture Partner at Magnetic Ventures.
- What check size does Umut Eser write?
- Umut Eser typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Umut Eser go to school?
- Umut Eser studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics); Harvard Medical School (Postdoctoral Fellow, Genetics); Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University (BS, Advanced Physics).
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Also attended Harvard Medical School143
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Also attended Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University32
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