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Yvonne Yamanaka

Investor

Principal at venBio Partners

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.

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Invests in

BiotechHealthtech

Experience

  1. venBio PartnersPartnercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Flagship PioneeringAssociate2015 — 2016
  3. EMD Serono, Inc.Postdoctoral Fellow, Immuno-Oncology & Immuno-Technologies2014 — 2015
  4. Flagship PioneeringVentureLabs Fellow2014
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Ph.D., Biological Engineering2008 — 2014
  6. American Journal ExpertsContract Editor2012 — 2013

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological Engineering2008 — 2014
  2. Duke UniversityB.S.E., Biomedical Engineering2004 — 2008

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

+ 843 more

Also attended Duke University384

Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

+ 378 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Flagship Pioneering66

Anika GuptaInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringPatrickBiotech Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesSamir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesCassidy BlundellPartner at Mission BiocapitalDiana BernsteinDirector at Northpond Ventures

+ 60 more

Also worked at EMD Serono, Inc.3

Chris RobinsonInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRoel BulthuisInvestor at SynconaMaria V Lopez-BresnahanInvestment Advisory Committee at 3CC | Third Culture Capital

Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)271

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringVyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures

+ 265 more

Also worked at American Journal Experts1

Lindsay RyanVenture Development Director at University System of Maryland Momentum Fund

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
Robert Adelman
Co-founder and Emeritus Managing Partner at venBio Partners

Network2

Aaron Royston
Managing Partner at venBio Partners
Corey Goodman
Co-founder and Managing Partner at venBio Partners

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