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Hamed Amini

Founder

Founder at Hepta

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedHepta

About

Hamed Amini is co-founder and CEO of Hepta, a company developing blood-based molecular diagnostics for chronic disease, with an initial focus on MASH. His work spans genomics, machine learning, and clinical diagnostics, and he previously held roles at Grail and Illumina.

Founder at Hepta

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Hepta's investors · 5

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025AME Cloud VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2025Illumina VenturesFoster City · since 2025SeaX VenturesMillbrae · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Hepta

SDSoheil Damangir
Soheil DamangirFounder

Experience

  1. HeptaCo-founder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. GRAIL, Inc.Director, Bioinformatics and Data Science2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  3. GRAIL, Inc.Associate Director, Bioinformatics and Data Science2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  4. GRAIL, Inc.Group Leader, R&D2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  5. GRAIL, Inc.Sr. Scientist, R&D2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. IlluminaScientist II, Research2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. IlluminaScientist I, Research2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  8. University of California, Los AngelesResearch Assistant @ Biotechnology Microfluidics Lab2009 — 2012Greater Los Angeles Area
  9. University of California, Los AngelesPh.D. Candidate2009 — 2012
  10. University of California, Los AngelesTeaching Assistant2009 — 2010Greater Los Angeles Area
  11. University of California, Los AngelesInstructor2009 — 2010
  12. Cue Health (formerly Ruubix Inc)Consultant Engineer2011

Skills & more

Leadership2Management2Matlab99Solidworks26AutoCAD24R2Genomics6Life Sciences6Statistics6Machine Learning4Bioinformatics4Biotechnology7
+12 moreBiomedical EngineeringFluid MechanicsNumerical AnalysisData AnalysisCFDHeat TransferMicroscopyMathematical ModelingGeneticsMolecular BiologyResearch and Development (R&D)NGS

Languages English · Farsi

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Hamed Amini?
Hamed Amini is co-founder and CEO of Hepta, a company developing blood-based molecular diagnostics for chronic disease, with an initial focus on MASH. His work spans genomics, machine learning, and clinical diagnostics, and he previously held roles at Grail and Illumina.
Where does Hamed Amini work?
Hamed Amini is Founder of Hepta.
What companies did Hamed Amini found?
Hamed Amini founded Hepta.
Where did Hamed Amini go to school?
Hamed Amini studied at UCLA (Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering); UCLA (M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering); Sharif University of Technology (B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering).

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