Yvonne Yamanaka
InvestorPrincipal at venBio Partners · Board director at Eyconis
San Francisco, California
Writes $20M – $30M checks · typically $25M
About
Yvonne Yamanaka combines hands-on technical experience—she helped invent an immunotherapy platform as a graduate student and led its development at EMD/Merck Serono—and built companies from the whiteboard up at Flagship Pioneering.
Invests in
BiotechHealthtech
Board director at Eyconis
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Experience
- venBio PartnersPartnercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Flagship PioneeringAssociate2015 — 2016
- EMD Serono, Inc.Postdoctoral Fellow, Immuno-Oncology & Immuno-Technologies2014 — 2015
- Flagship PioneeringVentureLabs Fellow2014
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Ph.D., Biological Engineering2008 — 2014
- American Journal ExpertsContract Editor2012 — 2013
Colleagues at venBio Partners
Aaron Royston
Managing Partner at venBio Partners
Corey Goodman
Co-founder and Managing Partner at venBio Partners
Daniel Teichmann
Controller at venBio Partners
David Pezeshki
Chief Financial Officer at venBio Partners
Jaume Pons
Venture Partner at venBio Partners
Parthiv Patel
Analyst at venBio Partners
Richard Gaster
Managing Partner at venBio Partners
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Aaron Royston
Managing Partner at venBio Partners
Corey Goodman
Co-founder and Managing Partner at venBio Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yvonne Yamanaka?
- Yvonne Yamanaka combines hands-on technical experience—she helped invent an immunotherapy platform as a graduate student and led its development at EMD/Merck Serono—and built companies from the whiteboard up at Flagship Pioneering.
- Where does Yvonne Yamanaka work?
- Yvonne Yamanaka is Principal at venBio Partners and Board director at Eyconis.
- What does Yvonne Yamanaka invest in?
- Yvonne Yamanaka invests in Biotech, Healthtech.
- What check size does Yvonne Yamanaka write?
- Yvonne Yamanaka typically writes checks of $20M – $30M.
- Where did Yvonne Yamanaka go to school?
- Yvonne Yamanaka studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological Engineering); Duke University (B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering).
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