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Jake NunnDirector

Mr. Nunn has more than 25 years of experience in the life science industry as an investor, independent director, research analyst and investment banker. He is currently an independent advisor to life science companies and a venture partner at SR One Capital Management.  Mr. Nunn was previously a venture advisor at New Enterprise Associates, or NEA, where he was a partner from 2006 to 2018, focusing on later‑stage specialty pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical device investments and managing a number of NEA’s public investments in healthcare. Mr. Nunn is a Director of Hexima Ltd. (ASX: HXL), Regulus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: RGLS) and Trevena, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRVN). He previously was a Director of Dermira Inc. (acquired by Eli Lilly), Hyperion Therapeutics (acquired by Horizon Pharma PLC), TriVascular (acquired by Endologix), Aciex Therapeutics (acquired by Nicox SA), Transcept Pharmaceuticals (merged with Paratek) and a board observer at Vertiflex, Inc. (acquired by Boston Scientific). Prior to NEA, Mr. Nunn worked at MPM Capital as a Partner with the MPM BioEquities Fund, where he specialized in public, PIPE and mezzanine‑stage life sciences investing. Previously, he was a healthcare research analyst and portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton Investments. Mr. Nunn was also an investment banker with Alex. Brown & Sons. He received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an AB in Economics from Dartmouth College. Mr. Nunn holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, is a member of the CFA Society of San Francisco, and recently completed the Stanford GSB Directors’ Consortium executive education program.