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Anthony Melendez

Biotech Investor at Braidwell

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Anthony Melendez is a Biotech Investor based in the New York City Metropolitan Area, with a background that includes an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MD from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He has held roles at notable companies like AbbVie Ventures and BCG, and currently serves as a Biotech Investor at Braidwell, while also holding Board Observer positions at various biotech companies. Melendez's career highlights include his roles at Braidwell as a Biotech Investor and his previous experience at AbbVie Ventures, showcasing his expertise in the biotech sector and his ability to make strategic investment decisions in the field.

Work Experience 

  • Biotech Investor

    2022 - Current

    Public / Private Biotech

We serve the people and organizations that transform human health.

  • Board Observer

    2023

Bicara Therapeutics develops dual-action cancer therapies, combining targeted treatments with tumor modulators for enhanced impact.

Raised $313,000,000.00 from F-Prime Capital, Janus Henderson Investors, PremjiInvest, Piper Heartland Healthcare Capital, Bioqube Ventures, Omega Funds, The Rise Fund, Braidwell, RA Capital Management and Eight Roads Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2023

Gennao Bio is a genetic medicines company that develops targeted nucleic acid therapeutics to cure muscle diseases.

Raised $41,000,000.00 from CureDuchenne Ventures, OrbiMed, Logos Capital and Surveyor Capital.

  • Board Observer

    2023 - 2023

Tourmaline Bio is a clinical biotechnology company developing transformative medicines to dramatically improve and prevent immune diseases.

Raised $359,500,000.00 from Cowen Healthcare Investments, Deep Track Capital, Affinity Asset Advisors, Braidwell, StemPoint Capital, Logos Capital, Paradigm BioCapital Advisors, Acuta Capital Partners, TCG Crossover and Qiming Venture Partners USA.

  • AbbVie Ventures

    2021 - 2022

  • Corporate Strategy

    2019 - 2021

AbbVie is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and markets medicines.

Raised $15,000,249,999.00.

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2022

Trishula Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focus on developing cancer medicines.

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2022

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2022

Quanta is a biotechnology company uncovering novel cancer therapeutic candidates using allosteric modulation to target driver oncogenes.

Raised $140,699,993.00 from Longitude Capital, WS Investment Company, Avidity Partners, GC&H Investments, Sofinnova Investments, Biotechnology Value Fund, Vida Ventures, AbbVie and Surveyor Capital.

  • Biotech Equity Research

    2018 - 2019

Sustainable Private Equity and Credit Investments

  • Management Consultant

    2017 - 2018

BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.

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