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About
Justin Kao is a partner at DFJ Growth who invests in companies transforming human health. He co-founded Helix in 2015, serving as founding CEO and later chief business officer, where he led partnerships with health systems, payers, and life sciences companies and worked on the company's COVID-19 diagnostic testing efforts. Before DFJ Growth, he was a partner at Khosla Ventures and an investor at Warburg Pincus, and earlier worked at Boston Consulting Group and Onyx Pharmaceuticals. He holds a BS in chemical engineering and MS in bioengineering from Stanford, plus a JD from Stanford Law School and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtech
Deals · 2
Inflammatix, Inc.Board seat
via DFJ · filed Mar 2021 · $102.4M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Board seats
Investor
Accriva DiagnosticsConstitution MedicalDelfi DiagnosticsHelixJHP PharmaceuticalsOsmindOutset MedicalParadigmSilk Road MedicalSingular BioSOC Telemed
Sources: SEC Form D filings · the firm's website · curated public sources.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Justin Kao?
- Justin Kao is a partner at DFJ Growth who invests in companies transforming human health. He co-founded Helix in 2015, serving as founding CEO and later chief business officer, where he led partnerships with health systems, payers, and life sciences companies and worked on the company's COVID-19 diagnostic testing efforts. Before DFJ Growth, he was a partner at Khosla Ventures and an investor at Warburg Pincus, and earlier worked at Boston Consulting Group and Onyx Pharmaceuticals. He holds a BS in chemical engineering and MS in bioengineering from Stanford, plus a JD from Stanford Law School and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- Where does Justin Kao work?
- Justin Kao is Partner at DFJ.
- What does Justin Kao invest in?
- Justin Kao invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Deep Tech, Digital Health, Healthtech.
- What check size does Justin Kao write?
- Justin Kao typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What boards does Justin Kao sit on?
- Justin Kao holds tracked board seats at Delfi Diagnostics, Earli, Inflammatix, Inc..
- What companies has Justin Kao invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Accriva Diagnostics, Constitution Medical, Delfi Diagnostics, Earli, Helix, JHP Pharmaceuticals, Osmind, Outset Medical, Paradigm, Silk Road Medical, Singular Bio, SOC Telemed.
Founder mafias
Stanford University mafia2,290
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business mafia976
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Stanford Law School mafia33
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Khosla Ventures mafia29
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Warburg Pincus mafia26
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