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Yvonne Yamanaka
Partner at venBio Partners
San Francisco, California
Overview
Yvonne Yamanaka is currently a Partner at venBio Partners in San Francisco, California, with a focus on investing in Series A stage companies in Digital Health and BioTech sectors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her career highlights include investing in companies like Abdera Therapeutics and ImmPACT Bio at Series B stages, leveraging her experience from roles at Flagship Pioneering and EMD Serono, Inc.
Work Experience
Partner
2016 - Current
venBio Partners is a life sciences venture capital firm that partners with industry leaders to build game-changing medicines and technologies, with a focus on novel therapeutics for unmet medical needs.
VenBio is a life sciences investment firm that partners with industry leaders to build medicines and technologies.
Associate
2015 - 2016
Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Immuno-Oncology & Immuno-Technologies
2014 - 2015
EMD Serono, Inc. discovers and develops biopharmaceutical products. The company focuses on specialized areas, such as neurodegenerative
VentureLabs Fellow
2014 - 2014
Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.
Ph.D., Biological Engineering
2008 - 2014
Contract Editor
2012 - 2013
AJE is a writing and editing company specializing in manuscript, figures, and posters solutions.