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Uplaksh Kumar

Uplaksh Kumar

Venture Partner atForesite CapitalCalifornia
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Uplaksh Kumar is a venture partner at Foresite Capital with experience in operations at GRAIL and Verily. He co-founded RoosterBio and has held leadership roles at several life sciences companies.

What Uplaksh can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Career

  1. Verily · first head of operations
  2. GRAIL · SVP of strategic operations and scale
  3. Foresite Capital · Venture Partner
    Now
  4. Life Technologies · leadership positions
  5. BD · leadership positions
  6. Lonza · leadership positions
  7. QIAGEN · leadership positions
  8. GRAIL · Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations and Scale

Companies founded

RoosterBio

Focus

medical devicecellular therapylife sciencesbiopharmacancer diagnosticsoperations

Education

University of Mumbai, B.S. in Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of Maryland, Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, MBA

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Vishal Deshmukh, PhD
Vishal Deshmukh, PhDPrincipal
Insiya Essani
Insiya EssaniSenior Associate
Jorge Reis-Filho, MD, PhD, FRCPath
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Liang Chang, PhD
Liang Chang, PhDVenture Partner

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Who is Uplaksh Kumar?

Uplaksh Kumar is a venture partner at Foresite Capital with experience in operations at GRAIL and Verily. He co-founded RoosterBio and has held leadership roles at several life sciences companies.

How much does Uplaksh Kumar invest?

Foresite Capital has not reported a check size. It invests at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Uplaksh Kumar?

A warm intro from a founder Foresite Capital backed works best.

What did Uplaksh Kumar do before Foresite Capital?

first head of operations at Verily; SVP of strategic operations and scale at GRAIL; leadership positions at Life Technologies; leadership positions at BD; leadership positions at Lonza; leadership positions at QIAGEN; Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations and Scale at GRAIL.

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