Board of Advisors

Seth Yakatan
Seth has over 12 years of experience as a corporate finance professional in the United States and over 3 years of experience in venture capital investing as an analyst with both the Ventana Growth Funds and Sureste Venture Management. Most recently, Seth worked with Union Bank of California, N.A., in the media and telecommunications group. While there, he completed numerous debt financings totaling in excess of several billion dollars while placing subordinated debt and private equity into several portfolio companies on behalf of the bank. In the past three years as a Co-Founder of Katan, Seth has successfully managed sell-side M&A engagements for companies in the Life Science space, generating aggregate transaction value in excess of $40.0 million. Additionally, as part of Katan, Seth has been responsible for closing several early-stage partnering assignments, with aggregate value generated for clients in excess of $250.0 million. Seth serves as a board member for Technoprises/Apros & Chay Ltd. Seth holds a MBA in Finance from the University of California, Irvine and a BA in History and Public Affairs from the University of Denver.