Shan Yang

Shan Yang

Vice President atJoyance PartnersSan Francisco, California

Shan Yang is a Vice President with experience commercializing genomics and diagnostic technologies. She led U.S. market entry for spatial transcriptomics at Complete Genomics and held roles at Illumina and Invitae.

What Shan can write

Writes checks of$100K to $250K
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series AMostly follows a lead
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Joyance Partners writes $100K to $250K checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Complete Genomics
  2. Illumina
  3. Invitae
  4. Joyance Partners · Vice President
    Now

Focus

genomicsdiagnosticshealth-techai-driven analyticsstartup valuationhealth

Education

Penn State, Ph.D. in BiochemistryWharton, MBA

Also at Joyance Partners

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Questions

Who is Shan Yang?

Shan Yang is a Vice President with experience commercializing genomics and diagnostic technologies. She led U.S. market entry for spatial transcriptomics at Complete Genomics and held roles at Illumina and Invitae.

How much does Shan Yang invest?

Shan Yang invests through Joyance Partners, which writes checks of $100K to $250K at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Shan Yang?

A warm intro from a founder Joyance Partners backed works best.

What did Shan Yang do before Joyance Partners?

Complete Genomics; Illumina; Invitae.

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