Yasunori Kaneko
Managing Director @ Skyline Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Yasunori Kaneko is a seed investor at Skyline Ventures in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Biotechnology. Yasunori has been involved in managing and financing US life sciences companies since 1981. He began his career at Genentech (NYSE: DNA), where he spearheaded its business development activities for the first several years. He was then Project Manager for the launch of Protropin (human growth hormone), the first product marketed by Genentech. In1987, he became head of corporate finance in the investment banking division of Paribas Capital Markets LTD in Tokyo, where he helped finance Japanese government agencies, municipalities and corporations in the Euro market. He also helped numerous life sciences companies raise capital. He then became Senior Vice President and CFO of Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ISIS), which went public during his tenure there. In 1992, he was recruited to be the original business executive at Tularik (acquired by Amgen in 2004), where at various times he was CFO and VP-Business Development until its public offering in 1999. He served on the board of LeukoSite until its merger with Millennium Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MLNM) in 1999. He received an undergraduate degree from Keio University in Tokyo, a medical degree from Keio University School of Medicine, and an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School. He joined Skyline in 1999. He committed to golf several years ago after an unfortunate heading incident at a team reunion for his junior All-Star soccer team.
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Investments
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Logomix
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Logomix Inc is a mammalian cellular genome architect startup. Logomix proprietary platform, Geno-Writing™, technology integrates large-scale (Mb) human genome-writing technologies and providing genetically architected versatile human cells and/or downsized cells and microbes for drug development and cell & gene therapy area.Majority ofthe cell engineering companies are currently focused on optimization of gene clusters by automatic high throughput system however, Logomix’s Geno-Writing™ provides the required tools for dealing with mammalian or complex genomes. Logomix works with partners by providing new biology-based solutions to co-create business and social values on Geno-Writing™ platform Current Focus Area includes: 1. Human Health & Therapeutics 2. Biomaterials & Chemicals 3. Agriculture & EnvironmentLogomix has 11 ongoing collaborative research partnerships. Currently Logomix is specifically looking for industry partners to address unmet needs in neurodegenerative disease areas. | $3.9M / Seed / Feb 07, 2023 |
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About Skyline Ventures
Skyline Ventures, formed in 1997, is a nationally-known venture capital firm that specializes in investing in outstanding product-focused healthcare companies. Their areas of expertise include small molecule and protein therapeutics; medical devices; diagnostics; and technologies that facilitate drug discovery and life science research.They allhave MD or PhD degrees, and hands-on operating experience in various start-up healthcare companies that later went public. As a result, they are known for the value they offer their companies, as board members and shareholders. They are also known for being fundamental, extremely patient investors.The days when momentum investing drove the public biotechnology markets are long gone, and they are glad that they are. The public markets demand data, not dreams. As a result, it is data that drives their decision process. In considering a new investment, they focus on whether there is adequate proof of principle to believe that the company's products will work.In therapeutics, for example, they look closely at whether the biochemistry, animal models and any human data make it more probable than average that the product will eventually prove to have an important therapeutic benefit. The size of the potential market and the quality of the management or founding team are critical in their evaluation as well.Skyline Ventures are value and return driven, more than driven by the stage of the investment. Most often they lead or co-lead a company's first or second institutional venture round, but have previously helped found companies and invested in PIPEs and leveraged buyouts.In October 2007, they completed raising Skyline V, which has $350 million in committed capital. They have approximately $800 million under management. They target investments of $15-35 million per portfolio company over the life of the company.
Skyline Ventures Contacts
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Eric M Gordon
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John Freund
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Stephen J. Hoffman
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Yasunori Kaneko
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What does Yasunori Kaneko invest in?
Yasunori Kaneko invests primarily in Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Yasunori Kaneko closed in Feb 2023. 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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