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Joe Cook Iii

Managing Director at Mountain Group Partners

Nashville, Tennessee

Overview 

Joe Cook III is the Managing Director at Mountain Group Partners in Nashville, Tennessee. With a background in investment banking and financial modeling, he has successfully invested in companies like MiNDERA Corporation and PinkDx, Inc., contributing to their growth and success. Cook's career highlights include serving on the board of directors for multiple companies such as PinkDx, Inc. and MiNDERA Dx, and his role as a Managing Director at Mountain Group Partners where he focuses on strategic planning and investments in various sectors, including diagnostics and biotech.

Work Experience 

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023 - Current

PinkDx is a biotechnology company.

Raised $56,984,994.00 from Catalio Capital Management, LP Venture Group, Mountain Group Capital, The Production Board (TPB), Byers Capital and Mayo Clinic.

  • Managing Director

    2003

    Investing in life sciences and technology companies

Mountain Group Partners is an investor dedicated to investing in and actively guiding transformation businesses in the Life Science.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2018

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2021

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2021

Advanced Animal Diagnostics develops diagnostic products to cure on-farm animal diseases.

Raised $50,466,347.00 from LabCorp Venture Fund, Murphy Family Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments, Mountain Group Capital and Intersouth Partners.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2016

Southeast Life Sciences connects the Southeast entrepreneurial ecosystem to foster life science innovation.

  • Principal

    2009

    fund investing in Tennessee based life sciences and technology companies

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2014 - 2022

Cerebrotech Medical Systems develops novel technologies for the non-invasive monitoring of patients after strokes and brain injuries.

Raised $7,737,006.00 from Houston Angel Network, Houston Angel Network, Texas HALO Fund, Houston Angel Network, TriStar Health Partners and TriStar Health Partners.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2018 - 2021

Castle Biosciences is a biotech company that develops and validates diagnostic tests and technologies for the treatment of cancer.

Raised $428,270,623.00 from Spindletop Capital Management, MGC Venture Partners, BioBrit and Industry Ventures.

  • Director, Investment Banking

    2000 - 2003

    Part of group that opened the Baird investment banking office in Nashville after J.C. Bradford sold to PaineWebber. For the last year and half of my time at Baird, I led the private placement group.

Baird is a financial company that provides wealth management, capital markets, private equity, and asset management services.

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