Francisco Gimenez
Principal at 8VC
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
Principal
2016
Healthcare and Biotech investing in Seed and Series A stage companies
Resident Data Scientist
2016 - 2016
* Building community of data scientists within bay area * Academic outreach for data science recruitment * Help portfolio companies develop data science strategy * Prototype/debug/deploy data products for startups
8VC transform the technology infrastructure behind many industries.
Director Board of Directors
2024
Series B Lead Investor
Director Board of Directors
2022
Cofounder and Interim CEO as part of 8VC incubation
Latus Bio focuses on developing innovative gene therapy candidates using precision delivery to enhance the lives of patients.
Raised $54,000,000.00 from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Modi Ventures, 8VC, Gaingels, Samsung Life Science Fund, DCVC Bio and Ben Franklin Technology Partners.
Board Observer
2021
Lead Series A Investor
Cellanome engages in cutting-edge synthetic biology and informatics methods through its multi-omics platform.
Raised $213,714,701.00 from PremjiInvest.
Board Observer
2021
Cellino is building a scalable, automated biomanufacturing system for potentially curative personalized cell therapies.
Raised $122,500,002.00 from Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
Director Board Of Directors
2021
Lead Series B Investor
Flywheel.io is a data management and analysis platform built specifically for scientists and the researcher's workflow.
Raised $105,289,919.00 from iSelect Fund, Novalis LifeSciences, Key Fund, Beringea, 8VC, Gundersen Health System, Seraph Group, Great North Ventures, Intuitive Ventures and Invenshure.
Director Board Of Directors
2020
Lead Series A Investor
Unlearn.AI combines AI, digital twins, and novel statistical methods to enable smaller, more efficient clinical trials.
Raised $134,850,000.00 from Wittington Ventures, Radical Ventures, DCVC Bio, DCVC, 8VC, Insight Partners, EPIC Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Necessary Ventures and Altimeter Capital.
Director Board Of Directors
2019
Lead Seed Investor
BigHat Biosciences is a protein therapeutics company that develops an antibody design platform guided by artificial intelligence.
Raised $99,302,511.00 from Gaingels, 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Amgen Ventures, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Quadrille Capital, GRIDS Capital, AME Cloud Ventures and Section 32.
Director Board of Directors
2019
Lead Seed and Series A Investor
Sirona Medical develops software solutions for healthcare providers that support patient care and clinical workflows.
Raised $104,500,000.00 from Avidity Partners, GreatPoint Ventures and 8VC.
Director Board of Directors
2019
Cofounder as part of 8VC incubation
Cambium develops biomaterials for applications across defense, space, aerospace, and renewable energy.
Raised $27,012,877.00 from 8VC, Kern Venture Group, MVP Ventures, Gaingels, Veteran Ventures Capital, Marlinspike Capital, Vertical Capital Advisors and GSBackers.
Education
PhD
2010 - 2015
B.S.
2005 - 2009
High School
2001 - 2005