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Overview

5AM Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to building next-generation life science companies. It invests primarily at the seed and early stages in biotechnology and therapeutics, often helping to found and incubate companies around novel scientific platforms. The firm was founded in 2002 by Andy Schwab and John Diekman and is based in San Francisco, with a presence in the Boston area as well.

Connections

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Shared investors1
findfunding.vcVia a fund
199 portfolio companies: Atlas Venture, Atento Capital, Atlandventures and 196 more

News

News CNBC 3 months ago
CAMP4 advances rare disease treatment for SYNGAP1 into human trials
CAMP4 is preparing a Phase 1/2 trial of an experimental SYNGAP1 therapy, marking a major milestone for patients with the rare disease.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at 5AM Ventures over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
16
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
75/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch
Scikit-learn
Cloud & platforms
AWS
MLFlow
AI & ML
LLM
Practices & domains
AI Agents
CI/CD
GLP
GMP
ICH Guidelines
ISO 10993
Machine Learning
Chromatography
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$250k
Typical range
$250k – $275k
Open positions
3
3 Jobs
Senior 66.7%
Architect 33.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Senior 2 $263k $250k – $275k
Architect 1 $250k $250k
Highest paying role Director/Senior Director, Analytical Development $275k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
57/100
Growing
Open positions
3
2 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
79 days
faster than 15% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Biotech
100% ▲
Actively hiring for Biotech (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added ISO 10993 to stack Oct 2026
Added ICH Guidelines to stack Oct 2026
Added GLP to stack Oct 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Emeryville
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San Francisco United States
HQ
Contact
Suite 3110, San Francisco, CA 94111
company site
Emeryville United States
Regional office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $258k Avg Salary
hires for Biotech
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
Berkeley, United States 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
Watertown, United States 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026

Jobs

$225k – $275k per year · In office · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · PhD · Emeryville
Mass Spectrometry
HPLC
Chromatography
GMP
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$220k – $250k per year · In office · 10+ years exp · PhD · Emeryville
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$220k – $250k per year · In office · 10+ years exp · PhD · Emeryville
GLP
ICH Guidelines
MedTech
ISO 10993
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