Joe Cook Iii
Managing Director at Mountain Group Partners
Nashville, Tennessee
Overview
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.
Education
Economics
1989 - 1993