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Haris Javed-Akhtar

Founder

Founder & CEO at Panacea

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedPanacea · YC

About

Haris Javed-Akhtar holds an MD from Imperial College Medical School and an additional qualification from Imperial College Business School. Previously, he led partnerships in the go-to-market function at Anterior, a company backed by Sequoia, NEA, and supported by Microsoft AI's leadership.

Founder & CEO at PanaceaYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Haris went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Panacea's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

In turn, Haris can intro founders to Panacea's investors below.

Co-founders at Panacea

YZYaman Ziadeh
Yaman ZiadehFounder & CTO
JZ
Jin ZhangPrincipal Regulatory Affairs

Experience

  1. PanaceaFounder & CEOcurrent2026 — present
  2. AnteriorPartnerships Lead2024 — 2026

Education

  1. Imperial College LondonBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS
  2. Imperial Business SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Management
  3. The King's (The Cathedral) SchoolA-levels, Maths

Founder mafias

Same school

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