# Farallon Capital Management

> Farallon Capital Management is a VC fund backing Biotechnology. See 118 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 118
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 21%
- Fund size: $1.1B
- Last fund: Jul 2016
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/farallon-capital-management/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/FarallonCapMgmt
- Website: http://www.faralloncapital.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Farallon-Capital-Management-Partners-147009058677535

Farallon Capital Management is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. is an American capital management firm that manages funds on behalf of institutions and individuals with significant capital. Based in San Francisco, the firm was founded by Thomas F. Steyer in March of 1986. As of September 2008, it has around 150 employees.While it invests across the capital structure andin all asset classes, a large amount of its investments are in risk arbitrage, restructuring and recapitalization. Investments include public and private debt and equity securities, direct investments in private companies, and real estate. Farallon's real estate investments span the United States, Europe, Latin America and India.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series C | $25M–$165M |
| Series D | $44M–$300M |
| Post-IPO Equity | $70M–$325M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 56 | 47% |
| Health Care | 41 | 35% |
| Therapeutics | 18 | 15% |
| Pharmaceutical | 18 | 15% |
| Medical | 17 | 14% |

94 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Equity | 27 | 23% |
| Series C | 16 | 14% |
| Series D | 16 | 14% |
| Series B | 15 | 13% |
| Series A | 9 | 8% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 55 | 47% |
| China | 11 | 9% |
| India | 3 | 3% |
| Germany | 3 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |

17 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Evan J. Tato | Managing DirectorSan Francisco | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-j-tato |
| Charles Gunawan | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-gunawan |
| David Kim | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-t-kim |
| David M. Gliklich | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-m-gliklich |
| Edward S. Chung | Managing DirectorSan Francisco | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-s-chung |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LB Pharmaceuticals | LB Pharmaceuticals is a development stage life sciences company devoted to commercializing novel and improved versions of successful CNS treatments used extensively overseas but never developed, approved, or marketed in the United States. Its approach is to create a research-focused organization dedicated to generating novel intellectual propertyaround improved versions of these former best-selling drugs. The Company's lead asset is LB-102 (n-Methyl amisulpride) a novel, patented version of amisulpride, one of the most effective drugs ever developed for the treatment of schizophrenia. | $150M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Freenome | Freenome is a biotechnology company developing blood tests for early cancer detection to improve access to routine screening. | $240M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 20, 2026 |  |
| Shapoorji Pallonji Group | Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd. is just one of the jewels in the SP Group's crown. | $2.3B | Debt Financing | Jul 10, 2026 |  |
| Assembly Biosciences | Assembly Biosciences, Inc. is a public biotechnology company developing two innovative platform programs: an HBV program advancing a new class of oral therapeutics for the treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and a microbiome program developing novel oral biotherapeutics designed to address diseases associated with the microbiome.Assembly‘s HBV program is advancing multiple drug candidates with the aim of increasing cure rates in patients with chronic HBV. The company's microbiome program consists of a fully integrated platform that includes a robust strain identification and selection process, methods for strain isolation and growth under current Good Manufacturing Practices and a patent-pending delivery system, GEMICEL®, which allows for targeted oral delivery of live biologic and conventional therapies to the lower gastrointestinal tract. The lead program from this platform is in development for the treatment of C. difficile infections. Assembly is also developing additional microbiome product candidates. | $115M | Post-IPO Equity | May 22, 2026 |  |
| InflaRx | InflaRx develops new therapeutics in the field of acute and chronic inflammation and consists of a team of internationally recognized researchers and clinicians who have dedicated their careers to translate discoveries and expertise into new therapeutic concepts for clinical application.In April 2018, InflaRx conducted a USD 117 million totalgross proceeds follow-on transaction on the US Nasdaq global select market comprised of a primary component of USD 63 million investment into InflaRx as well as a secondary component of USD 54 million to existing first-day shareholders of InflaRx. InflaRx was founded in December 2017 and is headquartered in Jena, Germany. | $150M | Post-IPO Equity | May 06, 2026 |  |
| Sagimet Biosciences | Sagimet Biosciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics to treat important diseases such as the liver disease NASH and specific cancers, with focus on targeting dysfunctional metabolic pathways. The company has unique expertise in FASN biology and has created a pipeline of proprietary FASNinhibitors. | $175M | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Maze Therapeutics | Maze Therapeutics is a operator of a biotechnology firm intended to focused on translating genetic insights into new medicines. The company's translating genetic insights into new medicines by utilizing an approach that combines the analysis of large-scale human genetics data, functional genomics and an array of drug discovery approaches.andits also reveals modifier genes that confer protection and provides deeper understanding of the target biology and how these targets can be targeted with drug therapies, enabling patients with protection against diseases. | $150M | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 22, 2026 |  |
| Isemia | Isemia is a Real Estate company builds and oversees a portfolio of properties devoted to medical facilities. | $886.2M | Private Equity | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| Mirador Therapeutics | Mirador Therapeutics develops precision medicines for immune-mediated inflammatory and fibrotic diseases using an integrated discovery and development platform. The company’s Mirador360 engine combines human genetics, multi-modal data, and analytical tools to identify therapeutic targets, support patient stratification, and inform drug design. Itsofferings include research programs and pipeline assets aimed at conditions such as chronic inflammation and tissue fibrosis. Mirador Therapeutics works with scientific and medical stakeholders to advance targeted therapeutic candidates through preclinical and clinical development. | $250M | Series B | Jan 12, 2026 |  |
| Parabilis Medicines | Parabilis Medicines is a biopharmaceutical company in the clinical stage that focuses on developing exceptional medications targeting challenging protein structures previously deemed undruggable. Utilizing more than ten years of exclusive data, innovative laboratory techniques, and algorithms based on AI and physics, the company has introduced anovel category of stabilized, cell-penetrating alpha-helical peptides known as Helicons™. These peptides can modulate intracellular proteins that traditional drug modalities cannot reach. | $305M | Series F | Jan 08, 2026 |  |

10 of 118 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Farallon Capital Management invest in?

Farallon Capital Management invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Therapeutics startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity and Series C stage. Most of the 118 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Farallon Capital Management's check size?

Farallon Capital Management typically joins rounds of $25M–$165M at Series C, $44M–$300M at Series D and $70M–$325M at Post-IPO Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Farallon Capital Management participates in.

### How do I contact Farallon Capital Management?

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### Who are the partners at Farallon Capital Management?

The team at Farallon Capital Management includes Evan J. Tato (Managing DirectorSan Francisco), Charles Gunawan (Managing Director) and David Kim (Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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