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Dave Messina

General Partner at Pioneer Fund - Future of Health

San Diego, California

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2024

    I lead the Future of Health Fund at Pioneer, investing in and supporting top founders top startups that will make a massive impact on how long we live, how well we live, and how we experience healthcare.

  • Senior Venture Partner and co-lead Bio+Health Fund

    2022 - 2024

  • Senior Venture Partner

    2019 - 2024

  • Venture Partner

    2017 - 2019

  • Member of Selection Committee

    2016

  • Advisor

    2017

  • Y Combinator (S15)

    2015

    Cofactor Genomics was part of the Summer 2015 batch of Y Combinator.

  • Startup School Advisor

    2017 - 2017

    I advised 18 startup companies in Y Combinator's first Startup School program.

  • Founder and Chief Operating Officer

    2016 - 2024

    I co-founded Cofactor, leading it to successful Medicare reimbursement. I led our 30+ site national clinical trial. Cofactor uses RNA and machine learning to enable doctors to choose the best treatment for their patients.

2020 - 2024

  • Advisor

    2020 - 2024

  • Advisor

    2018 - 2022

  • Member of the Board of Trustees

    2013 - 2019

    Lending my expertise to one of the premier college preparatory boarding schools in the United States. Ranked the #1 Private School in Missouri.

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2015 - 2016

  • Director of Analysis

    2012 - 2015

    Leads Cofactor’s computational research & development program, executing our software and infrastructure strategy Co-director of Operations, planning and coordinating production and personnel Oversees bioinformatics analyses for all clients, from small academic labs to large pharma companies

2005 - 2015

  • Core Developer

    2010 - 2015

    BioPerl is a set of software libraries which keeps biologists from having to spend so much time writing new code in order to answer their research questions. BioPerl still has a pretty steep learning curve for most people, so I'm trying to help make it easier to use.

  • Developer

    2005 - 2010

    BioPerl is a set of software libraries which keeps biologists from having to spend so much time writing new code in order to answer their research questions. BioPerl still has a pretty steep learning curve for most people, so I'm trying to help make it easier to use.