# David Christensen

> David Christensen is a seed investor at Otago Innovation backing Life Science. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Otago Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/otago-innovation)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

David Christensen is a seed investor at Otago Innovation focused on Life Science and Therapeutics.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Life Science | 1 | 100% |
| Therapeutics | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amaroq Therapeutics | Amaroq Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focuses on the development of next-generation cancer therapies. The company's research is centered around long non-coding RNAs, often referred to as the 'dark matter' of the human genome. These molecules, which were only recently discovered, are being explored for their potential incancer treatment. Amaroq Therapeutics is developing novel cancer therapies that specifically target these long non-coding RNAs. The company's work is based on research spun out of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. | $9.7M | Seed | Jul 08, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Booster](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/booster-aa31) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brandon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cure Kids Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cure-kids-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Otago Innovation

VC Fund · Dunedin, New Zealand

Otago Innovation is a research company that supports researchers from university campuses with opportunities for commercialisation.

1 contacts available at Otago Innovation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Christensen | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-christensen-11db |

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## FAQ

### What does David Christensen invest in?

David Christensen invests primarily in Life Science, Therapeutics and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did David Christensen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Christensen closed in Jul 2021. 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.

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