Investing Profile

John McKearn

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Venture Capital / BioPharma R&D

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Current Investing Position

RiverVest Managing Director

Investment Range

$100K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

16

Current Fund Size

$184.4M

John McKearn is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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John McKearn's Investments On Record (9)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Wugen	Series CAug 2025$120M Series BJul 2021$170M	$290M
Co-investors: Bali Muralidhar (Abingworth), Niall O’Donnell (RiverVest)
OncoResponse	Series DMay 2023$14M	$14M
Bonum Therapeutics	Series ANov 2022$93M	$93M
Co-investors: Karl Handelsman (Codon Capital)
Good Therapeutics	Series BDec 2021$8M	$8M
Allakos	Series BDec 2017$100M Series ASep 2014$10M Series AAug 2014$25M	$140M
Arch Oncology	Series AAug 2016$86M	$86M
Co-investors: Peter Moldt (Novo Ventures)
Otonomy	Series DApr 2014$49M Series CSep 2013$46M Series BAug 2010$39M Series BAug 2010$39M	$170M
Co-investors: Chau Khuong (OrbiMed), Niall O’Donnell (RiverVest), Peter Bisgaard (Pivotal bioVenture Partners), Bill Harrington (Osage University Partners), Brian Dovey (Domain Associates), Heather Preston
ZS Pharma	Series DMar 2014$55M Series COct 2012$46M	$100M

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