JG

John Gustofson

President, Head of Chugai Ventures Fund

Ashland, Massachusetts

Investor
VC

Invests in

Locations:

Massachusetts

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Start-up Ventures
Venture Capital
Oncology
Business Development
Clinical Development
Lifesciences
Biotechnology
Management Consulting
Product Development
Drug Development
Strategic Planning
Metabolism
Pharmaceutical Industry
Strategy
Biopharmaceuticals
Infection
Technology Transfer
Clinical Trials
Drug Discovery
Market Analysis

Education

Lists including John

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All Series A Investors

14752 people

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All Seed Investors

19695 people

Investments

Esha Research

Private Equity

Total Funding:

Caraway Therapeutics

Series A

Total Funding: $46M

Ribometrix

Seed

Total Funding: $38M

Work Experience

Chugai Venture Fund

2023

  • President, Head of Ventures

    2023

    Chugai Ventures, LLC invests in emerging areas of science in digital technology, platform technologies and therapeutics aligned with Chugai's R&D. This fund will deploy$200M and will look to invest in the US, EU and Japan.

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AbbVie

2013 - 2023

  • Managing Director, AbbVie Ventures

    2016 - 2023

  • Sr. Director, Ventures & Early Stage Collaborations

    2013 - 2016

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AstraZeneca

2009 - 2013

  • Business Development Director

    2009 - 2013

Altus Pharmaceuticals

2005 - 2009

  • Director, Business Development

    2005 - 2009

Therion Biologics

2003 - 2005

  • Director, Business and Market Development

    2003 - 2005

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PA Consulting Group

2000 - 2002

  • Principal Consultant

    2000 - 2002

    Pharmaceutical and Biotechnolyg focused strategy consulting

SRI Consulting

1999 - 2000

  • Consultant

    1999 - 2000

Boston Life Sciences

1997 - 1998

  • Business and Product Development Manager

    1997 - 1998

Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals

1993 - 1995

  • Scientist

    1993 - 1995