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Kouki Harasaki

Managing Partner at Bioluminescence Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Kouki Harasaki is the Founding & Managing Partner at Bioluminescence Ventures in San Francisco, California, with a strong background in biotechnology and venture capital. Highlights of his career include serving as a Board Director for several prominent companies and making successful investments in biotech startups like Cerevance and ReCode Therapeutics. Harasaki has an impressive track record in the biotech industry, having led investments in companies at various stages, such as Cerevance (Series B) and ReCode Therapeutics (Series B), while also serving on the boards of multiple innovative organizations.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director

    2025 - Current

  • Founding / Managing / General Partner

    2022 - 2025

Bioluminescence Ventures is a leading biotechnology venture capital firm that invests in the future of medicine.

  • Board Observer

    2024 - 2025

  • Board Director

    2024 - 2025

    Finance Committee Member

Cerevance is a biotechnology company that develops novel therapeutics for neurological diseases.

Raised $189,500,000.00 from MQB Partners, Lightstone Ventures, Bioluminescence Ventures, Gates Frontier Fund, LifeRock Ventures, Google Ventures, Double Point Ventures, Agent Capital, Foresite Capital and Gates Frontier Fund.

  • Board Director

    2023 - 2025

    Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Member Transaction Committee Member

  • Board Director

    2023 - 2025

SURGE Therapeutics seeks to dramatically improve cancer patient survival by disrupting cancer immunotherapy is deployed.

Raised $58,000,000.00 from Camford Capital, Piedmont Capital, Green D Ventures, Intuitive Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Cancer Research Institute, Castor Ventures, Pitango VC, Khosla Ventures and DHVC.

  • Board Director

    2023 - 2025

    Compensation Committee Member

Ensomaa is a genomic medicine company that develops on one-time in vivo treatments for immuno-oncology and other therapeutic applications.

Raised $205,000,000.00 from Delos Capital, Bioluminescence Ventures, Kite Pharma, SymBiosis LLC, Catalio Capital Management, Solasta Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Mirae Asset, 5AM Ventures and Alexandria Venture Investments.

  • Board Director

    2023 - 2025

    Compensation Committee Member Audit Committee Member

Nido Biosciences is a clinical-stage company that develops precision medicines for severe neurological diseases.

Raised $109,000,000.00 from Bioluminescence Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2022 - 2025

Valo Health is a technology company focused on utilizing large scale data and AI-driven computation to discover and develop therapeutics.

Raised $460,000,000.00 from HBM Healthcare Investments.

  • Managing Director / Biotechnology Lead Investor

    2020 - 2022

M12 is the venture capital arm of Microsoft that invests in early-stage companies.

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