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Kenan Turnacioglu

Chair of B.O.D at Paige

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Kenan Turnacioglu is currently serving as the Chair of the Board of Directors at Paige in the New York City Metropolitan Area. With a background in investment management, he has made significant contributions to companies like Massive Bio and Immunai, playing pivotal roles as a Board Member and investing in their Series A and B stages.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member

    2022 - Current

  • Board Member

    2020

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2020 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2022

Immunai is a biotech company that provides mapping and reprogramming immunology, machine learning, and software engineering.

Raised $295,000,000.00 from Piedmont Capital Investments, Alexandria Venture Investments, Koch Disruptive Technologies, 8VC, ICon, Meron Capital and Talos VC.

  • Chair Of The Board Of Directors

    2017

    · Company spun out of Memorial Sloan Kettering with goal of applying machine · Learning/artificial intelligence to supplement the pathologist in diagnosis.

Paige builds software to advance the diagnosis, treatment, and biomarker discovery for cancer.

Raised $220,000,000.00 from Casdin Capital, Catalio Capital Management, Healthcare Venture Partners, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

  • General Partner & Member of the Investment Committee

    2020 - 2021

    Catalio Capital Management invests in breakthrough biomedical technologies companies around the globe.

Catalio Capital Management is a venture capital firm that invests in breakthrough biomedical technology companies.

  • Founding Partner

    2011 - 2018

    · Founding Partner of Firm that was launched with $4.25bn in assets and grew to $10bn · Managed on average $2bn in capital in Healthcare, Consumer, and TMT · Oversaw the development of the firms Technology and Media group · Oversaw the development of a data science team to analyze large data set · Returns of mid-teens from 2011 to 2017 · Departed firm at end of 2017 to retire from money management business

PointState Capital a hedge fund manger.

  • Executive Board Member

    2013 - 2016

    · Company focused on cancer stem cells as targets for antibody therapeutics · Valuation at the time of sale to Abbvie $6.2BN with potential of CVR $4.0BN

Stemcentrx provides pharmaceutical services.

Raised $515,526,990.00 from Sequoia Capital, Artis Ventures (AV), Fidelity, Founders Fund, Silicon Valley Bank and Oakhouse Partners.

  • Portfolio Manager

    2001 - 2010

    · Portfolio Manager covering Global Healthcare Industry · Started out as an analyst covering biotech · Portfolio Manager covering Global Healthcare Industry mid-teens returns · Company dissolved in 2010 with the retirement of Founder, Stanley Druckenmiller

  • Executive Board Member

    2004 - 2007

    · Company focused on developing antibody therapeutics for cancer targets · Valuation at the time of sale to Astellas was $527mm

  • Research associate

    1999 - 2001

    · Research associate covering the biotechnology sector · Initiated on several genomic and antibody companies

Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.

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