Where does Deena Shakir work?

Deena Shakir is Partner at Lux Capital and Board director at SteadyMD.

What check size does Deena Shakir write?

Deena Shakir typically writes checks of $2M – $20M.

What boards does Deena Shakir sit on?

Deena Shakir holds tracked board seats at Adyn, Alife Health, AllStripes, H1, Maven Clinic, Shiru, SteadyMD, SteadyMD.

Where did Deena Shakir go to school?

Deena Shakir studied at Harvard University (BA, Social Studies & Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations); Georgetown University (MA, School of Foreign Service).

What awards has Deena Shakir received?

She was named one of the 'Nine Women Shaping Venture Capital's Today' by the Wall Street Journal. She was named one of the '30 Leaders Under 40 in Healthcare' by Business Insider.

Deena Shakir

InvestorFounder

Partner at Lux Capital · Board director at SteadyMD

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $2M – $20M checks · typically $10M

About

Investor at Lux Capital focused on areas including digital and women's health and AI.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechConsumerData & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense TechDeveloper ToolsDigital HealthEdTechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkGovTechHardwareHealthtechInsurTechIoTMedia & EntertainmentMedical DevicesRoboticsSaaS

Beyond investing

Education: Studied at Harvard University (BA, Social Studies) Studied at Georgetown University (MA, Foreign Service)
Communities: She is a member of Kauffman Fellows and Aspen Finance Fellows.
Awards: She was named one of the 'Nine Women Shaping Venture Capital's Today' by the Wall Street Journal. She was named one of the '30 Leaders Under 40 in Healthcare' by Business Insider.
Family: She was born to Iraqi immigrants and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is married to Mehdi Alhassani and has three children.
More: She spoke at the Fortune magazine Most Powerful Women Summit.

From Deena's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Board director at SteadyMD

Intro paths

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In turn, Deena can intro founders to SteadyMD's investors below.

SteadyMD's investors · 7

Acrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checks Cerity Partners VenturesNew York Crosscut VenturesLos Angeles · $250K – $750K checks Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks Hyde Park Venture PartnersChicago · $500K – $3M checks Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2021 Next VenturesAustin · $500K – $3M checks

Co-founders at SteadyMD

Yarone GorenExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Guy FriedmanExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

Lux CapitalPartnercurrent2019 — present
1001 AIBoard of Directorscurrent2025 — present
1001 AILead Investorcurrent2025 — present
Maven ClinicBoard of Directorscurrent2021 — present
Trial LibraryBoard of Directorscurrent2022 — present
WaymarkBoard of Directorscurrent2022 — present
BluenoteLead Investorcurrent2024 — present
Alife HealthBoard of Directorscurrent2021 — present
Summer HealthBoard of Directorscurrent2022 — present
Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessLecturer in Managementcurrent2021 — present
ShiruInvestorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
RampInvestorcurrent2021 — present
H1Board of Directorscurrent2020 — present
GalileoInvestorcurrent2021 — present
neo.taxInvestorcurrent2020 — present
Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellow - Class 23current2018 — present
Council on Foreign RelationsTerm Membercurrent2019 — presentGreater New York City Area
Leadership Now ProjectMembercurrent2018 — present
Private Angel InvestorAngel Investorcurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
National Venture Capital AssociationBoard Member2022 — 2026
SteadyMDBoard of Directors2021 — 2025
ForbesForbes Contributor2020 — 2023
Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford ( d.school )Lecturer, School of Engineering2021
GVPartner2017 — 2019Mountain View, CA
GoogleGlobal Product Partnerships Manager2014 — 2017Mountain View
GoogleBusiness Development, Technology for Social Impact and Google.org2012 — 2014Mountain View, CA
Stanford UniversityMember of Teaching Team2016San Francisco Bay Area
U.S. Department of StateGlobal Partnerships Advisor, Office of the Secretary of State2010 — 2012Washington D.C. Metro Area
USAIDPartner Development Associate, Global Development Alliance2009 — 2010Washington D.C. Metro Area
BBC NewsReporter, Washington Bureau2009Washington D.C. Metro Area
The Aspen InstituteAga Khan Fellow, Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation2008 — 2009Washington D.C. Metro Area
Al-Arabiya NewsLead Anchor, English-Arabic News Magazine Show (Layalina Productions)2008Washington D.C. Metro Area
Ezaria, LLCCo-Founder; COO2004 — 2006Cambridge, MA

Education

Harvard UniversityBA, Social Studies & Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations2004 — 2008
Georgetown UniversityMA, School of Foreign Service2008 — 2010

Skills & more

Arabic8Public-private Partnerships2Diplomacy6French5Philanthropy4Strategic Consulting3Non-profits6NGOs7International Development61Public Policy14Social Entrepreneurship18Capacity Building6

+12 more

Program DevelopmentStrategic CommunicationsCorporate Social ResponsibilityWritingEntrepreneurshipPublic SpeakingStrategic PlanningPublic RelationsStrategyLeadershipEmerging MarketsProgram Management

Languages Arabic · French · Spanish

From Deena's professional profile.

Deals · 1

SteadyMDBoard seat

via Lux Capital · filed Apr 2021 · $28M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

AdynAlife HealthAllStripesH1Maven ClinicShiru

Investor

AdynAlife HealthAllStripesAnduril Applied IntuitionAurisChronosphereCognition AIEikonH1Hugging Face Impulse SpaceMavenPhysical Intelligence RunwaySakanaShiruTogether AI

Sources: curated public sources · SEC Form D filings · the firm's website.

Colleagues at Lux Capital

Adam Goulburn

Investor at Lux Capital

Adam Kalish

Partner, Capital Formation at Lux Capital

Ale Salardi

Executive Assistant at Lux Capital

Alex Nguyen

Partner at Lux Capital

Andrew Wilson

Partner, Legal at Lux Capital

Bibi Masara

Office Manager at Lux Capital

Bilal Zuberi

Founder and Managing Partner at Red Glass Ventures

Brad Gritsch

Finance at Lux Capital

Network18

Aike (Tiffany) HoScout

Partner at ACME Capital

Alex NguyenScout

Partner at Lux Capital

Alyssa JaffeeScout

Partner at 7wire Ventures

Anarghya VardhanaScout

General Partner at Maveron

Avichal GargScout

General Partner at Electric Capital

Bilal ZuberiScout

Founder and Managing Partner at Red Glass Ventures

Chrissy FarrScout

Principal at OMERS Ventures

Christine ChoiScout

Partner at M13

Danny CrichtonScout

Partner, Research at Lux Capital, publishing the Securities newsletter and Riskgaming

David YangScout

Partner at Lux Capital

Eric JonesScout

Partner at Dragoneer Investment Group

Josh WolfeScout

Partner and Co-Founder at Lux Capital

▶6 more connections

Neeraj Arora · scout Shahin Farshchi · scout Tess van Stekelenburg · scout Yuri Sagalov · scout Grace Isford Ian Peikon

Investors connected to Deena in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Deena Shakir?: Investor at Lux Capital focused on areas including digital and women's health and AI.
Where does Deena Shakir work?: Deena Shakir is Partner at Lux Capital and Board director at SteadyMD.
What does Deena Shakir invest in?: Deena Shakir invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Developer Tools, Digital Health, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, GovTech, Hardware, Healthtech, InsurTech, IoT, Media & Entertainment, Medical Devices, Robotics, SaaS.
What check size does Deena Shakir write?: Deena Shakir typically writes checks of $2M – $20M.
What boards does Deena Shakir sit on?: Deena Shakir holds tracked board seats at Adyn, Alife Health, AllStripes, H1, Maven Clinic, Shiru, SteadyMD, SteadyMD.
What companies has Deena Shakir invested in?: Investments tracked here include Adyn, Alife Health, AllStripes, Anduril, Applied Intuition, Auris, Chronosphere, Cognition AI, Eikon, H1, Hugging Face, Impulse Space, and 7 more.
Where did Deena Shakir go to school?: Deena Shakir studied at Harvard University (BA, Social Studies & Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations); Georgetown University (MA, School of Foreign Service).
What awards has Deena Shakir received?: She was named one of the 'Nine Women Shaping Venture Capital's Today' by the Wall Street Journal. She was named one of the '30 Leaders Under 40 in Healthcare' by Business Insider.