Deena Shakir is a Partner at Lux Capital investing in transformative technologies. She previously held roles at GV, Google, Google.org, and the U.S. Department of State.
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- The U.S. Department of State · Presidential Management Fellow
- Google.org · directed social impact investments
- Google · led product partnerships for health, search, and AI/ML
- GV (formerly Google Ventures) · Partner
- U.S. Department of State · Presidential Management Fellow2010
- Google · led product partnerships
- GV · Partner
- Lux Capital · General PartnerNow
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Who is Deena Shakir?
Deena Shakir is a Partner at Lux Capital investing in transformative technologies. She previously held roles at GV, Google, Google.org, and the U.S. Department of State.
How much does Deena Shakir invest?
Deena Shakir invests through Lux Capital, which writes checks of $100K to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Deena Shakir?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Deena in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Lux Capital backed works better.
What did Deena Shakir do before Lux Capital?
Presidential Management Fellow at The U.S. Department of State; directed social impact investments at Google.org; led product partnerships for health, search, and AI/ML at Google; Partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures); Presidential Management Fellow at U.S. Department of State; led product partnerships at Google; Partner at GV.
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