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Daniel Estes

General Partner at Frazier Life Sciences

San Diego, California

Overview 

Daniel Estes is the General Partner at Frazier Life Sciences in San Diego, California, with a background in consulting at McKinsey & Company. He has made significant investments in companies like Bluejay Therapeutics and Hummingbird Bioscience, focusing on sectors such as Pharmaceuticals and Digital Health.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2011 - Current

    Healthcare-focused investment firm founded in 1991, with our Frazier Life Sciences (FLS) team focused on investing in and building companies developing novel therapeutics. Investing out of FLS XI, a $987M venture fund raised in 2022, and FLS PF, a >$800M evergreen vehicle for publics and crossover investments. * Current Boards: Hummingbird Bioscience (Singapore), Radionetics, Hawkeye Therapeutics, Sudo Biosciences, Inipharm * Prior Boards: Arcutis Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: ARQT), Lengo Therapeutics (acquired by Blueprint), Tarsus (observer, NASDAQ: TARS), Semnur Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Scilex), Sierra Oncology (NASDAQ: SRRA, acquired by GSK) * Selected Other Deals: Acerta (sold to AZ), Vaxcyte (NASDAQ: PCVX), PreCision Dermatology (sold to Valeant), Tobira (TBRA, sold to Allergan), Rempex (sold to The Medicines Company), Ignyta (sold to Roche), ARMO (sold to Lilly), Iovance (NASDAQ: IOVA), Translate Bio (NASDAQ: TBIO)

Frazier Life Sciences invests globally in private and publicly-traded companies that discover and commercialize biopharmaceuticals.

  • Biotechnology Consultant

    2008 - 2011

    Focus on pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, specifically R&D and corporate strategy

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

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