The venture firm has hired Jayson Punwani a year after he left his partner position at corporate venturing unit Takeda Ventures.
Jayson Punwani, formerly a partner at Japan-headquartered pharmaceutical firm Takeda’s corporate venturing unit, Takeda Ventures, has joined life sciences investor Abingworth in the same role.
Punwani will be based at Abingworth’s Menlo Park office in California, but will work with its transatlantic team across all locations. He will focus on investments in life science-adjacent companies across all stages of development.
Prior to joining Abingworth, Punwani had been interim CEO at a company called Vertuis. He joined Takeda Ventures as investment…
Fernando Moncada Rivera
Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the CVC Unplugged podcast.
