Kouki Harasaki
Managing Partner at Bioluminescence Ventures
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founding & Managing Partner
2022 - Current
Bioluminescence Ventures is a leading biotechnology venture capital firm that invests in the future of medicine.
Board Director
2024
Finance Committee Member
Cerevance is a biotechnology company that develops novel therapeutics for neurological diseases.
Raised $189,500,000.00 from MQB Partners, Lightstone Ventures, Bioluminescence Ventures, Gates Frontier Fund, LifeRock Ventures, Google Ventures, Double Point Ventures, Agent Capital, Foresite Capital and Gates Frontier Fund.
Board Director
2023
Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Member Transaction Committee Member
Board Director
2023
SURGE Therapeutics seeks to dramatically improve cancer patient survival by disrupting cancer immunotherapy is deployed.
Raised $58,000,000.00 from Camford Capital, Piedmont Capital, Green D Ventures, Intuitive Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Cancer Research Institute, Castor Ventures, Pitango VC, Khosla Ventures and DHVC.
Board Director
2023
Compensation Committee Member
Ensomaa is a genomic medicine company that develops on one-time in vivo treatments for immuno-oncology and other therapeutic applications.
Raised $205,000,000.00 from Delos Capital, Bioluminescence Ventures, Kite Pharma, SymBiosis LLC, Catalio Capital Management, Solasta Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Mirae Asset, 5AM Ventures and Alexandria Venture Investments.
Board Director
2023
Compensation Committee Member Audit Committee Member
Nido Biosciences is a clinical-stage company that develops precision medicines for severe neurological diseases.
Raised $109,000,000.00 from Bioluminescence Ventures.
Managing Director / Biotechnology Lead Investor
2020 - 2022
M12 is the venture capital arm of Microsoft that invests in early-stage companies.
Board Director
2021 - 2022
1910 Genetics is a biotechnology company integrating AI, computation, and biological automation to improve drug development.
Raised $26,650,000.00 from Accenture Ventures.
Board Director
2021 - 2022
Artificial is a software company that develops a lab automation platform.
Raised $21,500,000.00 from M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Playground Global and AME Cloud Ventures.
Board Observer
2021 - 2022