Kaja Wasik
FounderFormer Entrepreneur in Residence at Ahren Innovation Capital
United Kingdom
FoundedVariant Bio
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Experience
- Echo LabsChief Executive Officercurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- The Lancet GroupSAB Member - Lancet Commission on Precision Healthcurrent2026 — present
- Cambridge EnterpriseAdvisorcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Variant BioSenior Advisorcurrent2023 — present
- Variant BioCo-Founder, Chief Science Officer, BOD Member2018 — 2023Greater New York City Area
- Saras CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2025 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- Cure51Science Advisory Board Membercurrent2025 — present
- Ahren Innovation CapitalEntrepreneur in Residence2025 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
- Convergent ResearchFounder in Residence2025 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
- Princeton UniversityVisiting Scholar2023 — 2025Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- J. Craig Venter InstituteAdjunct Professor2023 — 2025
- YemaScientific Advisor2023 — 2025
- TehanuFounder2023 — 2025
- GencoveAdvisor2018 — 2020
- GencoveCo-Founder, Chief Science Officer, BOD Member2016 — 2018Greater New York City Area
- New York Genome CenterPostdoctoral Research Associate2016 — 2017Manhattan, New York
Skills & more
Start-up VenturesStart-up LeadershipAdvisory CouncilsMolecular BiologyMolecular GeneticsSequencingTransgenicsTranscriptionStem CellsGeneticsConfocal MicroscopyCell
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ScienceGenomicsCell BiologyBioinformaticsqPCRAnimal ModelsFluorescence MicroscopyRNA isolationDNA sequencingComputational BiologyMolecular CloningLaboratoryLanguages English · French · Polish · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kaja Wasik?
- Executive Officer, Director at Variant Bio
- Where does Kaja Wasik work?
- Kaja Wasik is Founder of Variant Bio.
- What companies did Kaja Wasik found?
- Kaja Wasik founded Variant Bio.
- Where did Kaja Wasik go to school?
- Kaja Wasik studied at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Genetics); University of Warsaw (Master of Science (MSc), Molecular Biology); University of Warsaw (Master of Arts (M.A.), Journalism and Political Science).
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Also attended Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory13
Ian PeikonVenture Partner at Lux CapitalStella PaffenholzSenior Associate at Atlas VentureMichael GutbrodSenior Associate at Sante VenturesTim Van TreurenPrincipal of New Ventures at Bios PartnersCasper VroemenChief R&D Officer, Global at IFF at The Innovation SpaceXinhong LimManaging Director at Vickers Venture Partners
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Also attended University of Warsaw84
Sercan ZulfikarOperations | Finance at 212Josefine HamiltonLegal Counsel at EastateJakub KuberskiPartner at Enterprise Investors Sp. z o. o.Magdalena ChałasInvestment Manager at Elevator VenturesKonrad SitnikPartner at EEC VenturesAnna MlekoInvestment Manager at OTB Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Variant Bio4
Also worked at Ahren Innovation Capital13
David DelfassyInvestment Director at TDK VenturesShelby NewsadPartner at CompoundAlice Newcombe-EllisFounding and General Partner at Ahren Innovation CapitalPeter LourenszCFO at Ahren Innovation CapitalJoanna GreenPrincipal at Ahren Innovation CapitalOliver HedauxPrincipal at Ahren Innovation Capital
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