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Ashwin Jainarayanan

Founder

Founder at Granza Bio

Palo Alto, California, United States

FoundedGranza Bio · YC

About

Ashwin Jainarayanan holds a doctorate in interdisciplinary bioscience from the University of Oxford and founded Granza Bio.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at Granza BioYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Ashwin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Granza Bio's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ashwin can intro founders to Granza Bio's investors below.

Granza Bio's investors · 7

Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2024MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checksOxonian VenturesPalo AltoRefactor CapitalBurlingame · $1M – $2M checksRitual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024Zeno VenturesGeneva

Co-founders at Granza Bio

PD
Prof. Dustin
ANAshwin Nandakumar
Ashwin NandakumarFounder
AMAshwin Menon Nandakumar
Ashwin Menon NandakumarFounder

Experience

  1. Granza Bio (YC W24)Founder - Granza Biocurrent2024 — present
  2. Kennedy Institute of RheumatologyVisiting Research Scientistcurrent2023 — present
  3. University of Oxford, NDORMSDoctoral Research - Clarendon Scholar2019 — 2023
  4. After iGEMAcademia and Research Committee2019 — 2021Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  5. iGEMAdvisor2018 — 2019
  6. iGEMProject Lead2017 — 2018
  7. iGEMTeam Leader2016 — 2017
  8. CSIR-IGIBResearch Internship2016 — 2019
  9. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), MohaliGraduate Research And Teaching Assistant2016 — 2019
  10. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFRResearch Internship2014 — 2016

Skills & more

Research14Leadership12Project Management11Strategic Planning3Public Speaking3Research Design3Data Analysis2Scientific Writing4Tumor Immunology1Synthetic Biology1

From Ashwin's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ashwin Jainarayanan?
Ashwin Jainarayanan holds a doctorate in interdisciplinary bioscience from the University of Oxford and founded Granza Bio.
Where does Ashwin Jainarayanan work?
Ashwin Jainarayanan is Founder of Granza Bio.
What companies did Ashwin Jainarayanan found?
Ashwin Jainarayanan founded Granza Bio.
Where did Ashwin Jainarayanan go to school?
Ashwin Jainarayanan studied at University of Oxford (Doctor of Philosophy - DPhil (PhD) in Interdisciplinary Bioscience); Y Combinator (Granza Bio - Winter 2024 Batch, Biotechnology); IISER Mohali (BS-MS, Biological Science).

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