Joe Victor

Joe Victor

Venture Advisor

MBA, M.S., B.S. Engineering

Joe Victor currently serves as President & CEO of RareCyte, a precision biology company providing instruments, consumables, and services to academic medical centers and biopharma companies based in Seattle, WA, USA.  

Mr. Victor has also been a Venture Partner/Venture Advisor with 5AM Ventures since 2016. Prior to joining 5AM Ventures, Mr. Victor served as CEO of Startide Sciences (5AM Ventures portfolio company), CEO of DVS Sciences (acquired by Fluidigm Inc.) and Applied Precision Inc (acquired by GE Healthcare). He currently serves on the Boards of RareCyte, and Magnetic Insight. Mr. Victor also serves as an advisory board member to the Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science and the UC Davis Ecosystem for Biophotonics Innovation. Mr. Victor previously held various executive management and technical positions in the high technology, aviation, and energy markets. Mr. Victor holds an MBA from UCLA and MS and BS degrees in engineering from the University of Washington.