Valenscion Holdings

There's hope
for every one.

We find promising therapeutic assets — from academic labs, hospital systems, and industry alike — and give them the operators, capital discipline, and industry relationships to reach patients.

Our team's collective track record
8Companies co-founded or led from early stage
$5B+Cumulative exit value created
$10B+Revenue generated across launched products
$1B+Capital raised & deployed across careers
Leadership & Founding Advisor experience across
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Idera Pharmaceuticals ViroPharma uniQure GlaxoSmithKline Epigenesis Pharmaceuticals TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals The Task Force for Global Health Prelude Therapeutics Incyte Merck Peptilogics Harmony Biosciences Cephalon Syndax
Our Story
One Teamwith the experience and know-how to make this work
One Uncompromising Goalapply disciplined, efficient rigor to advance target assets
One Patient at a Timedeliver life-changing medicines to patients in need
One team · One goal · One patient at a time

We put extraordinary talent in the room from day one — advisors hold equity alongside our management team, not a paid fee, so the people who've done this before are as invested in the outcome as you are.

That talent shares a common thread: ViroPharma and its alumni network, one of the most productive drug-development lineages in the industry. We've done this before — built companies from a handful of people to commercial launch, raised the capital to get there, and generated exits that returned real value to patients and investors alike.

That same team is ready to get your asset off the shelf and to patients, where it belongs. Talent like this is typically out of reach for an early-stage company. Our model changes that.

Our thesis is simple. There is no shortage of promising science sitting inside universities, hospitals, and biotechs — many of which never get the operational runway to reach a patient. We exist to find those assets, back them with battle-tested operators, and move them forward without wasting a dollar of capital along the way.

The Model

A hub-and-spoke platform, built on purpose.

Every therapeutic asset has a different risk profile, capital need, and investor audience. A single-company model forces all of that into one balance sheet. Hub-and-spoke doesn't.

1

Right capital for the right stage

Early assets with higher potential IRR (but lower absolute dollars) don't get valued down to match a late-stage asset sitting in the same entity — each SubCo raises on its own merits.

2

No single valuation drags the platform

One advanced asset's rich valuation, or one setback, doesn't cap or contaminate what investors will pay for a different asset at a different stage.

3

Clean, independent transactions

Each SubCo can be licensed, sold, partnered, or wound down on its own timeline — without unwinding or renegotiating anything else in the portfolio.

4

Attracts the right investor to each deal

Early-stage, venture-style capital for discovery assets; larger, return-conscious capital for de-risked, later-stage assets — each in the vehicle built for it.

The Value Proposition

We bring a different kind of partner to the table.

Built for institutions with assets to place, and investors looking for disciplined capital efficiency.

For the Institution

  • A committed, experienced operating partner — not just a check
  • A management team that has taken drugs from lab to patient
  • A Founding Advisor network with real industry credibility and relationships

For Investors

  • Disciplined operators with a track record of hitting milestones on time and on budget
  • An institutional-grade Founding Advisor network — equity partners, not paid consultants — that validates the thesis and opens doors
  • Hub & spoke business model coupled with an AI-first operating model: we estimate this can reduce G&A by more than 20% versus a traditional startup structure, so more capital goes to the science
  • Our commitment: reach pivotal data before asking for more capital, then raise on results
Management Team

Experienced operators. Proven executors.

Dan Soland
Chief Executive Officer

Dan Soland

Former CEO, uniQure N.V.; SVP & COO, ViroPharma

Dan brings deep operations and commercial expertise from a career spanning gene therapy, biologics, and vaccines. Most recently CEO of uniQure N.V. and SVP & COO of ViroPharma. He has served on the Boards of Directors of Acadia Pharmaceuticals, KalVista Pharmaceuticals, DBV Technologies, and previously served as President of Chiron Vaccines through its acquisition by Novartis, and as President & CEO of Epigenesis Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in his career, he held VP and director roles in worldwide marketing operations at GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals. B.S. in Pharmacy, University of Iowa.

Steve Kulp
Chief Operations Officer

Steve Kulp

Scaled early-stage life sciences orgs into investor-ready enterprises

Strategic operations executive who brings operational discipline and financial rigor to high-growth life sciences companies. Track record of building early-stage organizations into scalable, investor-ready enterprises and assembling the talent to run them. Deep expertise in the frameworks that carry a company through scale-up: capital preservation, procurement, contracting, compliance, and operational resilience. Formerly SVP, Finance & Operations at Peptilogics; CIO & VP, Corporate Operations at Idera Pharmaceuticals.

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Sri Chunduru
Chief Scientific Officer

Sri Chunduru, PhD

25+ years, early discovery through Phase 3 clinical development

PhD biochemist with 25+ years in industrial drug discovery and development across oncology, rare disease, antivirals, and nucleic acid therapeutics. Track record of advancing programs from early discovery through Phase 3 clinical development, with deep expertise in ASO-based therapies, IAP antagonists, and TLR agonists. Formerly CSO at EveryONE Medicines; VP Translational Research at Idera Pharmaceuticals; Senior Director of Biology at TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals.

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Dan, Steve, and Sri bring the complementary skillsets of commercial operator, corporate operator, and scientist — essential to de-risking early-stage assets.
Founding Advisors

Industry leaders who validate our vision

Our Founding Advisors aren't passive participants or paid consultants — they're equity partners alongside our management team, sharing directly in our upside in exchange for the credibility, networks, and domain expertise that accelerate our ability to identify assets, close licensing deals, and attract capital.

Vin Milano

Vin Milano

Former CEO, Idera Pharmaceuticals & ViroPharma. Board: BioCryst, Aclaris Therapeutics, Vanda, Spark Therapeutics, VenatoRx.

Bryant Lim

Bryant Lim

CFO & CLO, Prelude Therapeutics. Former SVP & General Counsel, Idera Pharmaceuticals.

Mark McKinlay

Mark McKinlay, PhD

Former Co-Founder, Vice President R&D, ViroPharma. Former Co-Founder, Sr. Vice President R&D & Chief Scientific Officer, TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals.

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Clayton Fletcher

Former Chief Business Development Officer, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals. Former CBO, Idera Pharmaceuticals & ViroPharma.

Keith Goldan

Keith Goldan

Chief Financial Officer, Syndax Pharmaceuticals. Former CFO, Optinose & Fibrocell.

Capabilities

We have you covered

We bring deep, hands-on experience across every core function a life sciences company needs.

R&D Clinical Dev. Tech Ops/CMC Reg. & Quality Finance & IR Bus. Dev. Commercial & Med. Affairs Legal & IP
Dan Soland
Steve Kulp
Sri Chunduru, PhD
Vin Milano
Bryant Lim
Mark McKinlay, PhD
Clayton Fletcher
Keith Goldan
Let's build something remarkable — and do it efficiently.

Interested in partnership?

We're actively seeking assets and supporting technologies in oncology, rare disease, immunology/inflammation, antivirals, and nucleic acid therapeutics — from academic labs, hospital systems, and industry alike — along with investors who value capital efficiency, strategic partnership, and a proven ability to deliver.

Prefer email? Reach us directly at partnering@valenscion.com