# Tadataka Yamada

> Tadataka Yamada is a Series A investor at Frazier Healthcare Partners backing Wellness. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Frazier Healthcare Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frazier-healthcare-ventures)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/in/tachiyamada

Tadataka Yamada is a Series A investor at Frazier Healthcare Partners focused on Wellness and Health Care. Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada, MD, is the ard Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of Takeda Pharmaceuticals. In this capacity, he serves as a science and medical advisor to the CEO and chairs the Corporate Management Operating Committee, which oversees all investments in research and development, business development, and in-licensing.He is also theSenior Entrepreneur in Residence at Frazier Healthcare. In this role, he supports Frazier Healthcare’s venture and growth equity activities. Dr. Yamada was formerly the president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program.Before joining the Gates Foundation, he was the chairman for research and development and a member of the board of directors for GlaxoSmithKline. Dr. Yamada was born in Japan and completed his education in the United States.He graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor of arts in history and obtained his doctor of medicine from the New York University School of Medicine. After completing his internal medicine training at the Medical College of Virginia, he became an investigator in the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, trained in gastroenterology at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine and assumed his first faculty position there. He later moved to the University of Michigan, where he ultimately became chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine and physician-in-chief of the University of Michigan Medical Center before joining GlaxoSmithKline.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wellness | 1 | 0% |
| Health Care | 1 | 0% |
| Therapeutics | 1 | 0% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 0% |

## About Frazier Healthcare Partners

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

Founded in 1991, Frazier Healthcare Partners is a leading provider of growth capital to healthcare companies. The firm has over $2B under management and has made investments in over 170 healthcare companies, with investment types ranging from company creation and venture capital to growth buyouts and leveraged recapitalizations.Frazier’sexperienced team takes an active approach to helping build portfolio companies, leveraging the team’s deep domain expertise and expansive network of healthcare executives, advisors, and industry thought leaders. The firm’s Growth Buyout team invests in profitable companies focusing on healthcare services, pharmaceutical services, medical products, and related sectors. The firm’s Life Sciences team invests in therapeutics and related areas that are addressing unmet medical needs through innovation.

5 contacts available at Frazier Healthcare Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nathan Every | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathan-every |
| Patrick Heron | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-heron |
| Tadataka Yamada | Senior Entrepreneur in Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tadataka-yamada |
| Alan D. Frazier | Managinig Partner, Founder & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-d-frazier |
| Bob Baltera | Entrepreneurs In Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-baltera |

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## FAQ

### What does Tadataka Yamada invest in?

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