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Peter Colabuono

Peter Colabuono

Managing Director atDecheng CapitalCalifornia
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Peter Colabuono is a Managing Director at Decheng Capital, where he leads operations and serves on boards. He has held roles at Frazier Healthcare Ventures and investment banking groups, focusing on life sciences.

What Peter can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BLead preference not reported
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Career

  1. Morgan Stanley · Healthcare Investment Banking
  2. Cowen Healthcare Investment Banking · Healthcare Investment Banking
  3. Frazier Healthcare Ventures · Associate
  4. Silvergate Pharmaceuticals · Vice President of Business Development & Managed Care
  5. Decheng Capital · Managing Director
    Now
  6. Morgan Stanley
  7. Cowen

Investments named in public bios

AriagenConjugateBioFirefly BiologicsSolve TherapeuticsAADi BioscienceCheckmate PharmaceuticalsVelos BiopharmaSilvergate PharmaceuticalsCalistoga PharmaceuticalsVentiRxAlnara PharmaOceana TherapeuticsAlpine Immune Sciences

Focus

life sciencesbiopharmaceuticalsdrug developmentcancerpediatric rare diseasefinance

Education

Dartmouth College, B.A. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

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Tony Tong
Tony TongPartner
Wei Xu
Wei XuPartner
Aaron Li
Aaron LiPrincipal
Joan Chen
Joan ChenVice President

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Who is Peter Colabuono?

Peter Colabuono is a Managing Director at Decheng Capital, where he leads operations and serves on boards. He has held roles at Frazier Healthcare Ventures and investment banking groups, focusing on life sciences.

How much does Peter Colabuono invest?

Decheng Capital has not reported a check size. It invests at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

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What did Peter Colabuono do before Decheng Capital?

Healthcare Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley; Healthcare Investment Banking at Cowen Healthcare Investment Banking; Associate at Frazier Healthcare Ventures; Vice President of Business Development & Managed Care at Silvergate Pharmaceuticals; Morgan Stanley; Cowen.

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