Abe Bassan is a Partner at Samsara BioCapital, joining at its 2017 launch. He previously held roles at Revolution Medicines, bluebird bio, and Third Rock Ventures, and founded Aurora Medical.

What Abe can write

Writes checks of$10M to $30M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target5-7%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Samsara BioCapital writes $10M to $30M checks, larger than 97% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Third Rock Ventures · Associate
  2. bluebird bio · project manager
  3. Revolution Medicines · Director of Program Biology
  4. Samsara BioCapital · Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Aurora Medical

Investments named in public bios

bluebird bioBlueprint Medicines

Focus

biotechlife scienceshealthcaretherapeuticsdiagnosticsmolecular diagnostics

Education

Princeton University, AB in Molecular BiologyStanford University, MS in Developmental Biology

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Questions

Who is Abe Bassan?

Abe Bassan is a Partner at Samsara BioCapital, joining at its 2017 launch. He previously held roles at Revolution Medicines, bluebird bio, and Third Rock Ventures, and founded Aurora Medical.

How much does Abe Bassan invest?

Abe Bassan invests through Samsara BioCapital, which writes checks of $10M to $30M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Abe Bassan?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Abe in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Samsara BioCapital backed works better.

What did Abe Bassan do before Samsara BioCapital?

Associate at Third Rock Ventures; project manager at bluebird bio; Director of Program Biology at Revolution Medicines.

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