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Vineeta Agarwala

General Partner @a16z; Physician @Stanford

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $10,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $100,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2020

    We invest in biotech and healthtech companies that are developing novel drugs, scaling products to transform disease treatment and prevention, and building the underlying AI + technology infrastructure we need to access better health. Board Director at several of our portfolio companies: Amber Bio, Arda Therapeutics, BigHat Biosciences, Gate Bioscience, GC Therapeutics, knownwell, Orbital Therapeutics, Rezo Therapeutics, Pearl Health, Pomelo Care, Thyme Care, and Waymark

  • Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

    2020

    I am a physician focused on cancer survivorship. My clinic is part of the Division of Primary Care and Population Health.

  • Board Director

    2024

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Committee Member

    2021

    Member of the Committee to Visit the Harvard Medical School and School of Dental Medicine.

2015 - 2019

  • Venture Partner

    2015 - 2019

    Board Director at Maze Therapeutics. Was privileged to lead diligence and support early stage investments in amazing teams including SQZ Biotech ($SQZ), Spero Therapeutics ($SPRO), Ideaya Biosciences ($IDYA), Foghorn Therapeutics ($FHTX), Locana Bio, Arrakis Therapeutics, Kindbody, and others. Evaluated investment opportunities and worked with portfolio companies across biotech, diagnostics, platform tools, and digital health.

2015 - 2018

  • Director, Product Management

    2016 - 2018

    Helped to build an oncology network and data platform of unprecedented scale. Led partnership with Foundation Medicine to link real-world clinical and genomic datasets.

  • Product Manager

    2015 - 2016

2008 - 2015

  • MD/PhD

    2008 - 2015

    Studied genetic causes of common human diseases. Focus on population genetics, analysis and interpretation of next-generation sequencing data, and clinical translation.

2010 - 2012

  • Data Scientist

    2010 - 2012

    Kyruus is a big data start-up which provides patient access and referral management solutions to health systems.

2007 - 2008

  • Business Analyst

    2007 - 2008

    Operations, strategy, and M&A for large U.S. pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies. Worked for an upcoming academic medical center in Dubai.