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Julie Grant

General Partner at Canaan

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Julie Grant is a Venture Capitalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a strong background in investing in and supporting start-ups in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. She has held key roles at Canaan as General Partner, Partner, Principal, and Associate, and co-founded and led Day One Biopharmaceuticals as Chair of the Board of Directors and CEO. Grant's career highlights include her involvement in successful investments in companies such as Synthekine (Series B) and Protagonist Therapeutics (Series C), as well as her leadership role at Day One Biopharmaceuticals, where she co-founded the company and served as the Chair of the Board of Directors and CEO.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2019 - Current

  • Partner

    2016 - 2019

  • Principal

    2014 - 2016

  • Associate

    2013 - 2014

Canaan is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionaries with transformative ideas.

  • Board Member

    2019

Synthekine is a development stage biotherapeutics company focused on the engineering of novel specific and potent cytokine therapies.

Raised $289,500,000.00 from The Column Group.

  • Board Member

    2018

Nocion Therapeutics is a developer of novel pharmaceuticals intended to treat the conditions arising from neurogenic inflammation.

Raised $110,999,994.00 from Arkin Holdings, Mission BioCapital, F-Prime Capital, OUP (Osage University Partners), Canaan Partners, Monograph Capital and Mass General Brigham Ventures.

  • Chair Of The Board Of Directors

    2020 - 2023

  • Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

    2018 - 2020

Day One Biopharmaceuticals develops targeted therapies to treat people with life-threatening diseases.

Raised $687,500,000.00 from Fairmount Funds Management, Braidwell, Deerfield, Wellington Management, Access Biotechnology and Frazier Healthcare Partners.

  • Board Observer

    2015 - 2019

Glooko as a digital health company that offers a diabetes management platform to help users monitor and control their blood glucose levels.

Raised $301,000,000.00 from Health Catalyst Capital, Canaan Partners and Georgian.

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2018

  • Board Observer

    2014 - 2018

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2017

  • Board Observer

    2013 - 2015

CytomX Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focuses on developing proteolytically-activated antibodies.

Raised $345,423,000.00 from Wellington Management, Cormorant Asset Management, Deerfield, Casdin Capital, Tekla Capital Management, Perceptive Advisors, Venrock and Redmile Group.

  • Seed Investor and Board Observer

    2013 - 2015

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