Evgeny Zaytsev

Venture capital investor in biotech and medical technologies

📍 San Carlos, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 25 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2024
Operator-angel🌍 United States
11
Total investments
3
Early stage
1
Mid stage
1
Late stage
25y
Years active

Portfolio

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Board Member
Sep 2024
NEUVOGEN is an immunoncology company applying a systems approach to develop therapeutic whole cell cancer vaccines to transform how cancer is treated. Our mission is to serve patients with cancer by developing transformative therapies to meaningfully extend their lives. NEUVOGEN’s vision is to revolutionize cancer treatment by harnessing the full power of a patient’s immune system to eliminate cancer from their body. We have taken a fundamentally different approach to solving cancer. Unlike other early-stage immunoncology companies, we try to solve for multiple issues arising from the complexity of cancer biology. Our approach to solving cancer is based on the concept that in order to fully address the complexity of solid tumor cancer biology, many targets and multiple biologic pathways need to be addressed simultaneously. NEUVOGEN is advancing a broad pipeline of therapeutic whole cell cancer vaccine candidates designed to activate the patient’s immune system to target and eliminate existing tumors and prevent future metastases. Our research programs focus on therapeutic cancer vaccines to treat a wide range of tumor types across numerous solid tumor indications.
Board Observer
Jun 2018
Epic Sciences, Inc. is developing novel diagnostics to personalize and advance the treatment and management of cancer. Epic’s mission is to enable the rapid and non-invasive detection of genetic and molecular changes in cancer throughout a patient’s journey. The company was founded on a powerful platform to identify and characterize rare cells, including circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Our technology helps match patients to targeted therapies and monitor for drug resistance, so that the best treatment path can be chosen at every clinical decision point. Today, we partner with leading pharmaceutical companies and major cancer centers around the world. Epic’s goal is to commercialize our technology to increase the success rate of cancer drugs in clinical trials and improve patient outcomes by providing physicians with real-time information to guide treatment choices. For more information please contact us at info@epicsciences.com
Board Member
Dec 2014
Transcend Medical is focused on the development of medical devices for the treatment of glaucoma, the leading cause of adult irreversible blindness. It is estimated that nearly four million people in the US and over 60 million worldwide are afflicted with the disease today and the numbers are expected to grow to nearly six million in the US, and to over 70 million worldwide by the year 2015. Based in Menlo Park, CA, Transcend Medical was the first company to be spun out of ForSight Labs, an incubator solely focused on ophthalmic innovations. Transcend was recently acquired by Alcon, the global leader in eye care.
Board Member
Sep 2014
Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company working to address unmet medical needs through novel antiviral treatment.
Board Member
Sep 2014
Tragara Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a privately held pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, Calif. The company is focused on the clinical and commercial development of proprietary medicines for the treatment of cancer. TG02 is a unique, oral multi-kinase inhibitor which combines the benefits of inhibiting important cyclin dependent kinases equipotently with JAK2, FLT3, and ERK5 inhibition. TG02 exerts its antitumor activity via its potent CDK9 inhibition, which leads to the depletion of key survival proteins, such as Mcl-1, resulting in p53-independent apoptosis of a wide range of tumor cells. Tragara is managed by a team of entrepreneurs with both Big Pharma and Biotech experience in the development and commercialization of oncology therapeutics. Its investors include: Domain Associates, Mitsubishi International Corporation, Morganthaler Ventures, and ProQuest Investments. Tragara strives to provide much-needed therapies that will contribute to patient health through better survival and an increase in the quality of life. For more information, visit www.tragarapharma.com.
late stageBiotechnology
Board Member, Member of Pricing Committee, Member of Compensation Committee
Aug 2014
Clearside Biomedical, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company revolutionizing the delivery of therapies to the back of the eye through the suprachoroidal space (SCS®). Clearside’s SCS injection platform, utilizing the Company’s proprietary SCS Microinjector®, enables an in-office, repeatable, non-surgical procedure for the targeted and compartmentalized delivery of a wide variety of therapies to the macula, retina or choroid to potentially preserve and improve vision in patients with sight-threatening eye diseases. Clearside is developing its own pipeline of small molecule product candidates for administration via its SCS Microinjector and strategically partners its SCS injection platform with companies utilizing other ophthalmic therapeutic innovations. Clearside’s first product, XIPERE™ (triamcinolone acetonide injectable suspension) for suprachoroidal use, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 2021.
Board Observer
Sep 2003
Welcome to Proteus Digital Health, a leading innovator spearheading the Digital Medicines revolution. Join our unique collection of innovative engineers, scientists, designers, developers, clinicians, and other digital health pioneers, and assist us with achieving our compelling vision, “Healthcare for Everyone, Everywhere.” Proteus is creating a new category of pharmaceuticals: Digital Medicines. Digital Medicine includes drugs that communicate when they’ve been taken, wearable sensors that capture physiologic response, applications that support patient self-care and physician decision making, and data analytics to serve the needs of doctors and health systems. The goal of Digital Medicine is to empower patients and their families, enable physicians and health systems to more effectively manage risk and ensure that outcomes are reliably achieved. For more information, visit www.proteus.com.
Board Observer
Sep 2001
TriVascular has pioneered numerous design and manufacturing technologies in pursuit of our commitment to providing optimal solutions for endovascular aortic repair (EVAR). TriVascular’s initial product offerings are novel endovascular grafts focused on significantly advancing EVAR. Building upon partnerships with thought leading clinicians worldwide, TriVascular’s products are designed to address unmet clinical needs and expand the pool of patients who are candidates for EVAR.
Experience · 18 entries
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Investments (11)
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Board (11)
2024
Board Member
Sep 2024
NEUVOGEN is an immunoncology company applying a systems approach to develop therapeutic whole cell cancer vaccines to transform how cancer is treated. Our mission is to serve patients with cancer by developing transformative therapies to meaningfully extend their lives. NEUVOGEN’s vision is to revolutionize cancer treatment by harnessing the full power of a patient’s immune system to eliminate cancer from their body. We have taken a fundamentally different approach to solving cancer. Unlike other early-stage immunoncology companies, we try to solve for multiple issues arising from the complexity of cancer biology. Our approach to solving cancer is based on the concept that in order to fully address the complexity of solid tumor cancer biology, many targets and multiple biologic pathways need to be addressed simultaneously. NEUVOGEN is advancing a broad pipeline of therapeutic whole cell cancer vaccine candidates designed to activate the patient’s immune system to target and eliminate existing tumors and prevent future metastases. Our research programs focus on therapeutic cancer vaccines to treat a wide range of tumor types across numerous solid tumor indications.
2022
2020
Executive Chairman, Co-founder
May 2020
Developing antivirals for diseases of global concern
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Apr 2020
Life sciences venture capital firm
Bering Capital
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Apr 2020
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