Cancer Focus Fund Investment Team

  • Ross P. Barrett, Managing Partner

    Ross P. Barrett, Managing Partner

    Ross is the Managing General Partner of the Cancer Focus Fund, LP. He has started and overseen several VC funds, and is co-founder of a data analytics firm that tracks venture-backed firms. [More]

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    Jonathan Fassberg, Investment Committee

    Jonathan Fassberg is co-founder and Managing Partner at astr partners, an exclusive network purpose-built to support life science investors and their priority portfolio companies. [More]

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    David R. Epstein, Advisor

    David Epstein serves on the Healthcare Advisory Board of J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital. He was CEO of Seagen before its sale to Pfizer in December 2023. [More]

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    Michael Margolis, Capital Markets Advisor

    Head of Life Sciences and Co-Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at Oppenheimer & Co. [More]

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    Jennifer P. Pou, Principal

    Jennifer’s responsibilities at CFF include performing financial modeling and analysis, assisting the Investment Committee with their due diligence process and managing communication with investors. [More]

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    Hector Alila, D.V.M. Ph.D., Venture Partner

    Dr. Alila has more than 30 years of senior management experience in drug development in large pharmaceutical and biotech companies and academic research. [More]

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    Jaime Aguirre, Advisor

    Jaime Aguirre is the Chief Investment Officer of Atlas Capital Global, and an independent advisor to a Mexican pension fund with over $50 billion in assets. [More]

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    Avery Green, Investor Relations Analyst

    Avery is an Investor Relations Analyst for the Cancer Focus Fund. Her responsibilities include playing a critical role in supporting the firm’s fundraising efforts and maintaining strong relationships with our limited partners. [More]

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    Will Ballard, Data Analytics Analyst

    Will is a Data Analytics Analyst for the Cancer Focus Fund.  He is also the Chief Data Officer of the Prime Unicorn Index, responsible for managing index operations and data. Will received a B.S.B.A. in Finance from the University of Arkansas, summa cum laude, where he graduated as a First-Ranked Senior Scholar. He is an MBA candidate at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.