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Helmy Eltoukhy

Unicorn founder

Founder at Guardant Health

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedGuardant Health$3.3B

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About

Helmy Eltoukhy is the co-founder of Guardant Health, where he serves as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer. His work focuses on DNA sequencing and diagnostics, with an emphasis on cancer applications through data analytics.

Founder at Guardant Health

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Guardant Health's investors · 14

8VCAustin · $100K – $50M checksAUTHENTIC VENTURESOakland · $100K – $1M checksCota CapitalSan FranciscoFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2014Knockout CapitalSan FranciscoLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2014Lotus CapitalCupertinoManta Ray VenturesLondonOUP (Osage University Partners)Bala Cynwyd · $1M – $20M checksPear VCSan Francisco · $150K – $4M checks · since 2014Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2014SGH CapitalParisSoftBank Vision FundLondon

Co-founders at Guardant Health

ATAmirAli Talasaz
AmirAli TalasazExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Guardant HealthChairman and Co-Chief Executive Officercurrent2021 — present
  2. Guardant HealthChief Executive Officer2013 — 2021Redwood City, California
  3. Stanford Health CareBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  4. Prostate Cancer FoundationBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  5. Sheffield United Football ClubOwner and Co-Chairmancurrent2024 — present
  6. SETI InstituteMember Board of Trusteescurrent2023 — present
  7. Paradromics Inc.Member Board of Directorscurrent2023 — present
  8. IlluminaSr. Director, Advanced Technology Group2011 — 2012
  9. IlluminaDirector, Scientific Research2008 — 2011Hayward, CA
  10. AvantomePresident & CEO2007 — 2008
  11. Stanford Genome Technology CenterPostdoctoral Fellow2006 — 2008Stanford University
  12. Aurum Capital ManagementAnalyst/Programmer1994 — 2001San Jose, California

Skills & more

Strategy1Board LevelBiotechnology48Sequencing31Genomics23DNA sequencing12Genetics34R&D27Lifesciences7Bioinformatics16Technology Transfer12Assay Development9
+9 moreStatistical Signal ProcessingBiochemistryChemistryAlgorithmsCommercializationComputational BiologyMolecular BiologyDNA SequencingLife Sciences

Languages Arabic · Spanish

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Who is Helmy Eltoukhy?
Helmy Eltoukhy is the co-founder of Guardant Health, where he serves as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer. His work focuses on DNA sequencing and diagnostics, with an emphasis on cancer applications through data analytics.
Where does Helmy Eltoukhy work?
Helmy Eltoukhy is Founder of Guardant Health.
What companies did Helmy Eltoukhy found?
Helmy Eltoukhy founded Guardant Health.
Where did Helmy Eltoukhy go to school?
Helmy Eltoukhy studied at Stanford University (PhD, Electrical Engineering); Stanford University (MS, Electrical Engineering); Stanford University (BS, Electrical Engineering).

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