Jayson Punwani has taken an investment director role at Takeda Ventures, the US-based corporate venture capital arm of Japan-headquartered pharmaceutical firm Takeda.
Punwani came from life sciences-focused VC firm Pappas Ventures, where he was principal, having been promoted in mid-2015. He initially interned at the firm in 2011 before taking on associate and senior associate roles in 2012 and 2014 respectively.
In his position at Pappas, Punwani was a board observer at portfolio companies Aura Biosciences, Balance Therapeutics, CardioDx, CoLucid Pharmaceuticals and OrphoMed.