Joe Horsman
Consultant / Advisor at Cobalt Holdings LLC
Profile
Joe joined Madrona in 2022.
He focuses on sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities across Madrona’s investment themes with a focus on the intersection of life and computer sciences.
He also supports the growth and strategy of current portfolio companies.
Joe is a scientist at heart and is particularly interested in working with founders combining AI/ML and high-plex multiomics to uncover unique biology.
Before joining Madrona, Joe worked in business development at Roche, focusing on accelerating DNA sequencing.
Joe came to Roche through the acquisition of Stratos Genomics, where he led business development, wearing many hats to advance Stratos’s single molecule, nanopore sequencing technology.
Earlier in his career, Joe worked at NanoString commercializing multi-omic technologies and was an associate at the W Fund, investing in early-stage startups in Washington.
Joe holds a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Washington, where he studied the molecular mechanisms underlying the response to H2S.
As an undergrad, Joe attended the University of San Diego, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in Biochemistry.
While at USD, Joe competed in varsity track and field for four years.
Outside the office, Joe is usually exploring the great outdoors of the PNW.
Climbing mountains in the summer and skiing down them in the winter.
He is also an avid runner, biker, and coffee drinker.
He shares this passion for getting outside by volunteering with the Washington Alpine Club teaching alpine climbing and backcountry skiing.
Joe Horsman active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Cobalt Holdings LLC
Cobalt Holdings LLC Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Cobalt Holdings LLC provides radiotelephone communication services. It designs, builds, operates, maintains, and finances broadband networks that allow travelers to surf the web, connect with friends, stream video, and work. The company was founded by Paul A. Moore and is headquartered in Lake Bluff, IL. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/08/2016 |
Former positions of Joe Horsman
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Roche Diagnostics Seattle, Inc.
Roche Diagnostics Seattle, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Stratos Genomics, Inc. develops nucleic acid sequencing methods. The firm's Sequencing by Expansion (SBX) solution offers a single-molecule detection process that allows whole genome sequencing. The company was founded by Allan H. Stephan, Mark Kokoris, and Robert McRuer in 2007 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/2019 |
NANOSTRING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/2017 |
Training of Joe Horsman
University of Washington | Doctorate Degree |
University of San Diego | Undergraduate Degree |
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NANOSTRING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Health Technology |
Private companies | 2 |
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Roche Diagnostics Seattle, Inc.
Roche Diagnostics Seattle, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Stratos Genomics, Inc. develops nucleic acid sequencing methods. The firm's Sequencing by Expansion (SBX) solution offers a single-molecule detection process that allows whole genome sequencing. The company was founded by Allan H. Stephan, Mark Kokoris, and Robert McRuer in 2007 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Commercial Services |
Cobalt Holdings LLC
Cobalt Holdings LLC Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Cobalt Holdings LLC provides radiotelephone communication services. It designs, builds, operates, maintains, and finances broadband networks that allow travelers to surf the web, connect with friends, stream video, and work. The company was founded by Paul A. Moore and is headquartered in Lake Bluff, IL. | Communications |
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