# Chris Picariello

> Chris Picariello is a Series B investor at Johnson & Johnson Innovation backing Medical. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Johnson & Johnson Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johnson-johnson-innovation-jjdc)
- Location: New Brunswick, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://jnjinnovation.com/team/chris-picariello

Chris Picariello is a Series B investor at Johnson & Johnson Innovation in New Brunswick focused on Medical and Health Care. Chris Picariello is the President at Johnson & Johnson Innovation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 100% |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Therapeutics | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aro Biotherapeutics | Aro Biotherapeutics is focused on the development of a new protein drug platform called Centyrins, designed to achieve better efficacy and safety profiles for patients with cancer and other serious diseases. Centyrins are small, non-antibody protein scaffolds that can be expressed as multi-specifics with novel therapeutic mechanisms of action.Centyrins are also ideal for the targeted delivery of complex drug payloads, including nucleic acids. | $41.5M | Series B | Nov 28, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Biotechnology Value Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biotechnology-value-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Biotechnology Value Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bvf-partners-3e10) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cowen Healthcare Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cowen-healthcare-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HealthCap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/healthcap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Northpond Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northpond-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Johnson & Johnson Innovation

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

Johnson & Johnson Innovation accelerates early-stage innovation through strategic collaboration. It connects potential collaborators to resources with the goal of assisting them in advancing transformation science and technology across the pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer healthcare spectrums.

1 contacts available at Johnson & Johnson Innovation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Picariello | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-picariello-bc9a |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Picariello invest in?

Chris Picariello invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Therapeutics startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chris Picariello last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Picariello closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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