Pioneer Bio + Health FundGeneral Partner
Until PresentSan Diego, CA
Leads Pioneer Fund's fund for pre-seed and seed bio and health companies.
Dave Messina is the General Partner of the Pioneer Bio + Health Fund, Pioneer Fund's fund for pre-seed and seed founders in biotechnology, healthcare and life sciences, backed by more than 100 Y Combinator alumni who have built bio and health companies. Its portfolio includes Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, Curebase, Medplum, Stepful and Assort Health. He co-founded Cofactor Genomics, an RNA and machine-learning diagnostics company from Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch, and served as its chief operating officer. He worked on the Human Genome Project and holds a PhD in computational biology from Stockholm University. He is based in San Diego.
Dave Messina is the General Partner of the Pioneer Bio + Health Fund, Pioneer Fund's fund for pre-seed and seed founders in biotechnology, healthcare and life sciences, backed by more than 100 Y Combinator alumni who have built bio and health companies. Its portfolio includes Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, Curebase, Medplum, Stepful and Assort Health. He co-founded Cofactor Genomics, an RNA and machine-learning diagnostics company from Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch, and served as its chief operating officer. He worked on the Human Genome Project and holds a PhD in computational biology from Stockholm University. He is based in San Diego.
Career
BioPerl ProjectCore Developer
May 2010 — Dec 2015
Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryTeaching Assistant for Genome Informatics Course
Oct 2006 — Nov 2014
BioPerl ProjectDeveloper
Jun 2005 — May 2010
University of ChicagoResearch Technician
1996 — 1998