Ashwin Jainarayanan
FounderFounder 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.
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, General Partner at Y Combinator — 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
Co-founders at Granza Bio
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Prof. Dustin
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Ashwin NandakumarFounder
Experience
- Granza Bio (YC W24)Founder - Granza Biocurrent2024 — present
- Kennedy Institute of RheumatologyVisiting Research Scientistcurrent2023 — present
- University of Oxford, NDORMSDoctoral Research - Clarendon Scholar2019 — 2023
- After iGEMAcademia and Research Committee2019 — 2021Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- iGEMAdvisor2018 — 2019
- iGEMProject Lead2017 — 2018
- iGEMTeam Leader2016 — 2017
- CSIR-IGIBResearch Internship2016 — 2019
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), MohaliGraduate Research And Teaching Assistant2016 — 2019
- Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFRResearch Internship2014 — 2016
Education
- University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy - DPhil (PhD) in Interdisciplinary Bioscience2019 — 2023
- Y CombinatorGranza Bio - Winter 2024 Batch, Biotechnology2024
- IISER MohaliBS-MS, Biological Science2014 — 2019
- National Public SchoolHigh School2002 — 2014
Skills & more
Research14Leadership12Project Management11Strategic Planning3Public Speaking3Research Design3Data Analysis2Scientific Writing4Tumor Immunology1Synthetic Biology1
From Ashwin's professional profile.
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Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also attended Y Combinator1,464
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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