Brian Atwood - Managing Director @ Versant Ventures

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Founded Organizations

Primary Job Title Managing Director
Primary Organization
Versant Ventures

Location Orinda, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Brian Atwood is the Managing Director at Versant Ventures. Prior to that, he was the Founder, President, and CEO of Glycomed. He attended the University of California Davis, the University of California, Irvine, and Harvard Business School.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Immune Design	Versant Ventures	No	Series C - Immune Design	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Veracyte	Versant Ventures	No	Series C - Veracyte	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Five Prime Therapeutics	Versant Ventures	—	Private Equity Round - Five Prime Therapeutics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	CapForce	Versant Ventures	—	Series C - CapForce	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Groove Biopharma	Versant Ventures	—	Series B - Groove Biopharma	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	CapForce	Versant Ventures	—	Series B - CapForce	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Immune Design	Versant Ventures	—	Series B - Immune Design	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Veracyte	Versant Ventures	No	Series B - Veracyte	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Groove Biopharma	Versant Ventures	—	Series A - Groove Biopharma	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Immune Design	Versant Ventures	—	Series A - Immune Design	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Brian Atwood

has

current jobs as

Managing Director

Versant Ventures

and

Managing Partner

Mission Bay Capital

. Additionally,

Brian Atwood

has had

past jobs including

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

Cell Design Labs

Versant Ventures Managing DirectorAug 1, 1999
Mission Bay Capital Managing Partner

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Cell Design Labs	Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder	Dec 1, 2015	Feb 1, 2018
Five Prime Therapeutics	Chairman of the Board, Board of Directors	May 1, 2002	2012
PerkinElmer	co-founded	Jan 1986	Jun 1987
Brentwood Venture Capital	General Partner	—	—
Versant Ventures	Managing Director	—	—
Glycomed	Founder / President / CEO	—	—
Versant Ventures	Co-Founder	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Brian Atwood

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board of Director

ForteBio

Board Member

Trius Therapeutics

, and

Board Member

Cadence Pharmaceuticals

ForteBio Board of DirectorNov 2005
Trius Therapeutics Board Member
Cadence Pharmaceuticals Board Member
PhaseRx Board Member
Veracyte Board Member
Immune Design Board Member
Groove Biopharma Board Member

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
CapForce	Board Member	—	2021
Pharmion	Board Member	2000	—
Helicos BioSciences	Board Member	—	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Female Founded Post IPO Investors with Investments in Western US	96,887
Western US Investors with Funds Raised in 2018	69,712
Female Founded Early Stage Venture Investors with Investments in United States	20,845
Post IPO Investors with Investments in Western US	24,909
United States Post IPO Investors	35,886
Female Founded Early Stage Venture Investors with Investments in West Coast	24,971
California Female Founded Early Stage Venture Investors	47,657
Female Founded Post IPO Investors with Investments in United States	95,879
San Francisco Bay Area Female Founded Investors	43,478
Female Founded Early Stage Venture Investors with Investments in California	25,291

Education

Brian Atwood

studied at

University of California, Davis

and

Harvard Business School

University of California, Davis MSEcology
Harvard Business School MBAunknown