Daphne Koller
Unicorn founderCEO & Founder at Insitro · Co-founder at Engageli
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedInsitro$2.2BEngageli
About
Daphne Koller is the founder and CEO of insitro and a co-founder of Coursera. She previously served as a professor of computer science and pathology at Stanford University, where she is now an adjunct professor. Her work focuses on the intersection of machine learning and biomedicine, including the application of machine learning to the development of therapies.
Co-founder at Engageli
Intro paths
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Engageli's investors · 8
BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2020BRM CapitalTel Aviv · $1.7M – $28M checks · since 2020Corner VenturesNew York · since 2021EducapitalParis · $2M – $11M checks · since 2020EmergeLondon · $500K – $2.5M checks · since 2020Emerge EducationLondon · $500K – $2.5M checks · since 2020Good FriendsSan Francisco · $250K – $1M checks · since 2020MaveronSeattle · $100K – $8M checks · since 2020
Co-founders at Engageli
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Dan AvidaCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Serge PlotkinCo-founder
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Jamie Nacht FarrellCo-founder
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Gideon AvidaFounding contributor (attributed by secondary databases)
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Joe PeterFounding contributor (attributed by secondary databases)
CEO & Founder at Insitro
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Insitro's investors · 12
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2020ARCH Venture PartnersChicago · $50K – $250M checks · since 2020Bezos Expeditionssince 2020BlackRockNew York · since 2020Casdin CapitalNew York · since 2020CPP InvestmentsToronto · since 2020Foresite CapitalWest Hollywood · since 2020GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2020HOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checks · since 2020SoftBank Vision FundLondon · since 2020TemasekSingapore · since 2020Third Rock VenturesBoston · $100K – $5M checks · since 2020
Experience
- insitroFounder and CEOcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- engageliCo-Founder and Board membercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CourseraCo-founder and co-Chairman2016 — 2019
- CourseraCo-founder and President2014 — 2016
- CourseraCo-founder and co-CEO2012 — 2014Mountain View, CA
- CalicoLabsChief Computing Officer2016 — 2018
- Stanford UniversityProfessor1995 — 2014
Skills & more
Machine Learning99Artificial Intelligence82Bayesian networks17Natural Language Processing16Computational Biology15Computer Science49Intelligent Systems10Computer Vision29Pattern Recognition43Hidden Markov Models11Statistics14Scientific Computing1
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ProgrammingUniversity RelationsSignal ProcessingData MiningDistributed SystemsAlgorithmsResearchData VisualizationLaTeXMatlabHadoopRLanguages French · Hebrew
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daphne Koller?
- Daphne Koller is the founder and CEO of insitro and a co-founder of Coursera. She previously served as a professor of computer science and pathology at Stanford University, where she is now an adjunct professor. Her work focuses on the intersection of machine learning and biomedicine, including the application of machine learning to the development of therapies.
- Where does Daphne Koller work?
- Daphne Koller is CEO & Founder of Insitro and Co-founder at Engageli.
- What companies did Daphne Koller found?
- Daphne Koller founded Insitro, Engageli.
- Where did Daphne Koller go to school?
- Daphne Koller studied at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) (Postdoc, Computer Science); Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MSc, Computer Science).
Same school
Also attended UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)4
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Also attended The Hebrew University of Jerusalem184
Lisa CohenInvestment Director at Intel CapitalMiri FentonAssociate at Maverick Ventures IsraelTamar YehoshuaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Rutie AdarInvestments & Innovation Sr. Director, Israel at Samsung Catalyst FundJack LevyInvestor at Israel Cleantech VenturesRony Patishi-ChillimInvestor at Israel Cleantech Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at insitro6
Also worked at Coursera27
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Also worked at CalicoLabs3
Also worked at Stanford University715
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