Investor profile
Takao Honda
Corporate VC & Senior Director, Lilly New Ventures, Asia at Eli Lilly and Company
Takao Honda is a Senior Director, Lilly New Ventures, Asia at Eli Lilly and Company, whose known portfolio counts 19 companies.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- AIHealthcare
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Senior Director, Lilly New Ventures, Asia at Eli Lilly and Company, whose known portfolio counts 19 companies
- Haya Therapeutics
- Arda Therapeutics
- Strand Therapeutics
- TRex Bio
- Aktis Oncology
- Elektrofi
- Zephyr AI
- Ajax Therapeutics
- Artax Biopharma
- Circle Pharma
- Sunbird Bio
- Amprion
- and 7 more
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI and Healthcare, and focus areas Biotech, Drug Discovery, Genomics and Machine Learning fall inside that listing.
Stage-wise, the deals at Eli Lilly and Company cluster around Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Takao Honda matches their raise.
Colleagues at Eli Lilly and Company
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Rebecca Canter
Executive Director - Ventures
United Kingdom
Jan Philipp Kruse
Senior Director
Berlin, Germany
Gopika Nair
Investor
San Francisco, United States
David Fink
Senior Director Transactions Venture Development
Indianapolis, United States
Emily Counceller
Investor
Indianapolis, United States
Pulkit Gupta
Executive Director, Lilly Ventures
Cambridge, United States
Bruce Konicek
Sr. Director Lilly Tech Ventures
Carmel, United States
Ekaterina Shchukina
Associate, Lilly Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Austin Bruen
Venture Capital
Indianapolis, United States
Christian Fenske
Venture Investor
Indianapolis, United States
Michelle L.
Director, Lilly Ventures
Boston, United States
Chris Tsakalakis
Group Vice President and CEO, LillyDirect
San Francisco, United States
Yi Li
Sr. Director-Medical-Accelerated R&D Leadership Program
Toronto, Canada
Laura A. Lane
Vice President - Lilly Ventures (Head of Europe)
Oxford, United Kingdom
Andiely Lu
Vice President
Shanghai, China
M. Jaione Maiz
Senior Director
Redwood City, United States
Katie Coulter
Lilly Ventures
Boston, United States
Shah VM
Venture Capitalist
Singapore
Isabel Giangrasso
Sr. Associate - Lilly Venture Capital
United States
Tao Yu
Managing Director
Shenzhen, China
Frequently asked questions
Who is Takao Honda?
Takao Honda is a corporate venture investor based in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, listed as Senior Director, Lilly New Ventures, Asia at Eli Lilly and Company. The known portfolio of that firm counts 19 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Takao Honda personally.
What does Takao Honda invest in?
Listed sectors include AI and Healthcare; listed focus areas include Biotech, Drug Discovery, Genomics and Machine Learning. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Takao Honda invest at?
Eli Lilly and Company appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Takao Honda is listed there as Senior Director, Lilly New Ventures, Asia. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Takao Honda listed at?
Takao Honda is listed as Senior Director, Lilly New Ventures, Asia at Eli Lilly and Company. 23 other people in the database share a firm with Takao Honda.
How do I contact Takao Honda?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Takao Honda. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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