Karthik Ardhanareeswaran is a San Francisco-based investing partner at GV focusing on life sciences. He previously worked at D.E. Shaw & Co. and Yale Child Study Center.
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- Yale Child Study Center · stem cell and bioinformatics researcher
- D.E. Shaw & Co. · Vice President and Quant
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Who is Karthik Ardhanareeswaran?
Karthik Ardhanareeswaran is a San Francisco-based investing partner at GV focusing on life sciences. He previously worked at D.E. Shaw & Co. and Yale Child Study Center.
How much does Karthik Ardhanareeswaran invest?
Karthik Ardhanareeswaran invests through GV, which writes checks of $10M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.
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What did Karthik Ardhanareeswaran do before GV?
stem cell and bioinformatics researcher at Yale Child Study Center; Vice President and Quant at D.E. Shaw & Co..
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