Craig Asher

Craig Asher

Managing Director atOMX VenturesIllinois

Craig Asher is a co-founder and managing partner of OMX Ventures, an early-stage biotech venture capital firm. He previously invested in companies like 10X Genomics and Twist Bioscience, and holds degrees from Stanford and Northwestern.

What Craig can write

Writes checks of$500K to $30M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

OMX Ventures writes $500K to $30M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Trigo Technologies (later IBM) · manufacturing engineer
  2. OMX Ventures · co-founder and managing partner
    Now
  3. Trigo Technologies
  4. IBM
  5. OMX Ventures · Managing Director
    Now

Companies founded

OMX Ventures

Investments named in public bios

QuantaLife10X GenomicsTwist BioscienceGinkgo BioworksCD DiagnosticsTARA BiosystemsSestina BioConstructive Bio

Focus

therapeuticsbio toolssynthetic biologydiagnosticsbiotech

Education

Stanford UniversityNorthwestern University, MBA and MS in Industrial Engineering

Also at OMX Ventures

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Questions

Who is Craig Asher?

Craig Asher is a co-founder and managing partner of OMX Ventures, an early-stage biotech venture capital firm. He previously invested in companies like 10X Genomics and Twist Bioscience, and holds degrees from Stanford and Northwestern.

How much does Craig Asher invest?

Craig Asher invests through OMX Ventures, which writes checks of $500K to $30M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Craig Asher?

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

What did Craig Asher do before OMX Ventures?

manufacturing engineer at Trigo Technologies (later IBM); Trigo Technologies; IBM.

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