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Larry Lasky

Partner at The Column Group

Sausalito, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Classical and Jazz Drums
Venture Capital
Biotechnology
Life Sciences
Pharmaceuticals
Medical Devices
Oncology
Infectious Diseases
Due Diligence
Entrepreneurship
Diagnostics
Healthcare
Drug Discovery
Molecular Biology
Entrepreneur
Biochemistry
Teaching
Lifesciences
Pharmaceutical Industry
Orchestral Percussion

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2014

    I will continue to invest in early stage therapeutic biotech companies focused on severe diseases. I have made investments in eFFector Pharmaceuticals and was a co-founder of Ribon therapeutics.

2008 - 2014

  • Partner

    2008 - 2014

    Leader of biotech investment area. Invested in Intellikine (acquired by Takeda/MLNM), founding or co-founding investor of Calithera Pharmaceuticals, Cleave Biosciences and eFFector Pharmaceuticals. Founding investor of Proteolix (acquired by Onyx) and Oncomed (Nasdaq: OMED).

2006 - 2012

  • Lecturer

    2006 - 2012

    Taught biotechnology entrepreneurship course.

Latterell Venture Partners

2002 - 2008

  • General Partner

    2002 - 2008

    Founding partner. Founding investor of several successful companies including Cellective (acquired by Medimmune), Proteolix (acquired by Onyx) and Oncomed (Nasdaq: OMED).

1982 - 2002

  • Scientist, Senior Scientist, Staff Scientist, Genentech Fellow

    1982 - 2002

    Genentech Fellow is the highest scientific position in the company. There have been 3 Genentech Research Fellows in the history of the company.

Genetics Institute

1981 - 1982

  • Senior Scientist

    1981 - 1982

    Founding scientist. Initiated the GM CSF and bone morphogenetic protein projects.