Mona Ashiya
General Partner·OrbiMed
Bio
Professional summary
Mona Ashiya is a General Partner at OrbiMed and has been with the firm since 2010. She focuses on life sciences venture capital and special situations opportunities, and OrbiMed has said she led investments including Sierra Oncology, Disc Medicine and ProfoundBio. Before OrbiMed, she covered biotechnology at J.P. Morgan and held roles at the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development and Harvard Business School.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- OrbiMedGeneral Partner2025 – Present
- OrbiMedMember / Partner2010 – 2025
- J.P. MorganBiotechnology equity research
- Global Alliance for TB Drug DevelopmentPosition
- Harvard Business SchoolPosition
Education
- University of California at BerkeleyB.A.
- University of PittsburghPh.D. in Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
- Dana-Farber Cancer InstitutePost-doctoral fellowship
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