# Josh Fairbank

> Josh Fairbank is a startup investor at Base4 Biotechnology (Chicago). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Base4 Biotechnology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nymirum)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fairbank
- Website: http://base4.bio

Josh Fairbank is a startup investor at Base4 Biotechnology in Chicago. Joshua is a founder of Base4 and has sat at the intersection of entrepreneurship and investments for two decades. Prior to Base4, he co-founded and took public Akebia (NASDAQ: AKBA), a biotech in kidney disease and Aerpio (NASDAQ: ARPO), a biotech in ocular diseases. He was also the Founding Partner of Orchard Venture Partners (a biotech VC fund)and of Orchard Capital Management. Fairbank is also an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of business. He received his MBA from Chicago Booth and his BA in Economics from Connecticut College.

## About Base4 Biotechnology

VC Fund · Ann Arbor, United States

Nymirum is a venture-backed, privately held company that has developed the RNArchitect suite to rapidly solve high-resolution RNA 3D structures and a proprietary drug discovery platform that targets RNA with small molecules.

2 contacts available at Base4 Biotechnology.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Josh Fairbank | CEO, Chairman, Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-j-p-fairbank |
| Michael E. Pape | Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-e-pape |

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