# Don Drakeman

> Don Drakeman is a startup investor at Advent Venture Partners (New York). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Advent Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advent-venture-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-drakeman-55ab6710/

Don Drakeman is a startup investor at Advent Venture Partners in New York. Don joined Advent in 2007 after 25 years as an entrepreneur and chief executive in the biotechnology industry, during which he co-founded Medarex Inc and Genmab A/S, both of which grew to be multi-billion dollar companies. Don has overseen the progression of numerous innovative medical products for cancer, infectious disease and inflammationfrom research concept to clinical trials. Several of them have now become FDA-approved products, including pioneering cancer treatments Yervoy® and OpdivoTM.Don takes Advisory, Board and senior non-executive roles with our portfolio companies, including 4-antibody, Capella Biosciences and Aleta Inc.Don received an AB from Dartmouth College, a JD from Columbia University and a PhD in the Humanities from Princeton University, where he has served as a member of the Faculty. He is currently a Fellow in Health Management at the University of Cambridge.

## About Advent Venture Partners

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Advent Venture Partners is one of Europe's most successful growth and venture capital investors in market-leading tech and life sciences businesses. They have designed their strategy, teams and funds so they can focus on backing a select few companies. They pride their selves on establishing true partnerships with entrepreneurs in order tobuild valuable businesses together.

2 contacts available at Advent Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Don Drakeman | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-drakeman |
| Les Gabb | Founder & Finance Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/les-gabb |

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