What check size does Damien Soghoian write?

Damien Soghoian typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did Damien Soghoian go to school?

Damien Soghoian studied at Harvard University (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Virology); Caltech (BS, Biology); Harvard University (Virology).

Damien Soghoian

Investor

Health Security Advisor at Global Health Investment Corporation · Venture Partner at Foresite Labs

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

Find your path to Damien

485 people in our graph share verified history with Damien — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Nancy WangunlockedDamien: together at Google (2014–2016)

×8Damien: together at Google

Damien: together at Harvard University

Damien: together at Foresite Capital

Experience

Project PrometheusFounding Member of the Operations Staffcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Foresite LabsVenture Partnercurrent2024 — present
Global Health Investment CorporationHealth Security Advisorcurrent2023 — present
Global Health Investment CorporationManaging Director2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
Seranova BioInterim Chief Executive Officer2024 — 2025
Foresite CapitalDirector2018 — 2022San Francisco, California
Foresite LabsHead of Strategy and Operations2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
The Council on Strategic RisksFellow, Ending Bioweapons Programs2020 — 2021
Verily Life SciencesScience Lead, Project Baseline Study2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
Verily Life SciencesSenior Scientist, Immunology Technical Lead, Immunoscape Platform2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
GoogleScientist2014 — 2016
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and HarvardGraduate Student2010 — 2014
Harvard UniversityGraduate Student2009 — 2014
California Institute of TechnologyResearcher2004 — 2007
Vascular Biology Laboratory, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital CenterResearch associate2001 — 2003

Skills & more

Immunology19Flow Cytometry16Cell Culture16Molecular Biology14Western Blotting6Confocal Microscopy4Molecular Cloning3Cell Biology9Biochemistry3Protein Expression1MicroscopyFluorescence Microscopy1

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PCRqPCRLife SciencesResearchAssay DevelopmentVaccinesClinical ResearchBiotechnologyStrategic PlanningManagementLeadershipBusiness Development

From Damien's professional profile.

Colleagues at Global Health Investment Corporation

Justine Potemkin

Investor at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Labeeb M. Abboud

Chairman and CEO at Global Health Investment Corporation

Megan Kotrappa

Associate at Global Health Investment Corporation

Frequently asked questions

Who is Damien Soghoian?: Venture Partner at Foresite Labs
Where does Damien Soghoian work?: Damien Soghoian is Health Security Advisor at Global Health Investment Corporation.
What check size does Damien Soghoian write?: Damien Soghoian typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Damien Soghoian go to school?: Damien Soghoian studied at Harvard University (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Virology); Caltech (BS, Biology); Harvard University (Virology).

Founder mafias

Caltech mafia152

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dario AmodeiProgress towards BSFounded Anthropic Fei-Fei LiDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded World Labs Bill GrossBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded X1 +5 Chris VoigtPhDFounded Asimov +2 Gil ElbazBSFounded TenOneTen Ventures +1 Aditya RajagopalMaster of Science (MS)Founded Esperto Medical +1

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Verily mafia19

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Cailin KramerAssociate Product ManagerFounded Techstars +1 Tom InselNeuroscientistFounded Benchmarkhealth Josh TankeSoftware EngineerFounded infra.new Caleb Van DykeSenior Software EngineerFounded infra.new Sachin JaishankarSoftware EngineerFounded Unstatiq Naxin WangAnalytics ManagerFounded Obento Health

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Foresite Capital mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jacob RobinsonVenture FellowFounded VO Health +1 Stella SarrafSenior Research AnalystFounded Spinogenix +1

Same school

Also attended Harvard University2,000

Ron ConwayFounder of SV Angel Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital Chris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen Horowitz Sarah TavelVenture Partner at Benchmark Danny RimerPartner at Index Ventures Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG

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Also attended Caltech231

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia Capital Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Scott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VC Susannah BarbeeVice President, Translational Immunology at Deerfield Management Company

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Shared employers

Also worked at Project Prometheus12

Boris RevsinManaging Director at Tribe Capital Firstlook Kingsley AdvaniPartner at ChainFund Capital Brian ShinManaging Partner, VitalStage Ventures at VitalStage Ventures Cristian BodnarFounder at Silurian Boris RevsinManaging Director at Tribe Capital Boris RevsinGeneral Partner at Tribe Capital AI

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Also worked at Foresite Capital37

Victoria LewisVenture Professional at Medical Excellence Capital Nick SmithChief Investor Relations Officer at S32 Rick DeweyEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Versant Ventures Christine AylwardFounder & Managing Partner at Magnetic Ventures Kunaal PatelInvestor at Acrew Capital Austin Nalen SproleDirector at Wittington Ventures

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Also worked at The Council on Strategic Risks2

Veronica BreckenridgeFounder & Managing Partner at First Bight Ventures Stan WangMD, PhD at Thymmune

Also worked at Verily Life Sciences30

Abe MurrayGeneral Partner at AlleyCorp Tom InselCo-Founder, Mindstrong, NIH at AIF Veda PatelInvestor at Conductive Ventures Zoë RogersInvestor at Wisdom Ventures Michelle CaoVice President, Investments at OCA Ventures Akshay ChandranPlatform Operations Manager at SemperVirens Venture Capital

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