About
Linda Avey is Managing Partner at Humain Ventures and Co-Founder of the LifeSpan Project. She previously co-founded 23andMe, where she served as co-President from 2006 to 2009, and founded and led Precisely from 2017 to 2022. She serves on the board of the Human Immunome Project and as an advisor to several biotechnology and investment organizations, including Colossal Biosciences and the Autism Impact Fund.
Experience
- LifeSpan ProjectCo-Foundercurrent2026 β presentAustin, Texas, United States
- NextSense, IncInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- Stealth AI StartupInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- Radicle ScienceInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- Humain Ventures, LLCManaging Partnercurrent2023 β presentAustin, TX
- Human Immunome ProjectMember Board of Directorscurrent2023 β present
- Unnatural Products Inc.Investorcurrent2024 β present
- Stanford University School of MedicineMember, Board of Fellowscurrent2017 β presentStanford, CA
- Colossal BiosciencesAdvisorcurrent2021 β presentDallas, Texas, United States
- Autism Impact FundAdvisorcurrent2024 β present
- Giant VenturesAdvisorcurrent2023 β present
- Precise.ly, Inc.Co-founder & CEO2017 β 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Verily Life SciencesAdvisory Board Member2018 β 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Rock HealthMember of the Board of Directors2011 β 2016San Francisco, CA
- Curious, Inc.Co-founder & CEO2011 β 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- 23andMeDirector2006 β 2011San Francisco Bay Area
- 23andMeCo-Founder & Co-President2006 β 2009San Francisco Bay Area
- AffymetrixTranslational Medicine2005 β 2006San Francisco Bay Area
- Perlegen SciencesAlliance Management2003 β 2005McLean, Virginia, Mountain View, CA
- Tibco SpotfireSales Exec2001 β 2003
Education
- Augustana University (SD)BA, Biology
- Stanford Law School2021
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Drug Development2Drug Design2Lifesciences96Start-ups83Science49Medical Devices21Biotechnology82Entrepreneurship60Product Management17Product Development24Bioinformatics12
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Clinical ResearchStrategyR&DCommercializationHealthcareData AnalysisMolecular BiologyDNAE-commerceOncologyHPLCGenomicsFrom Linda's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Augustana University (SD)2
Also attended Stanford Law School65
Steve AbbottPartner, Capital Markets at Sapphire VenturesMichael KlaykoOperating Executive at Marlin Equity PartnersSandy MillerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tim HsiaFounder at Context VenturesRenataCo-founder at Renegade PartnersShawn ConwayManaging Partner and COO at Questa Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Unnatural Products Inc.4
Also worked at Stanford University School of Medicine73
Josephine ChenInvestor at Sequoia CapitalJeffrey FinerVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesAlejandraChief of Staff, Investment Team at Hummingbird VenturesFrancisco GimenezInvestment Team at 8VCLan JiangPartner at Lux CapitalJeffrey DeFlavio, MDEntrepreneur in Residence at AlleyCorp
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Also worked at Verily Life Sciences11
Veda PatelInvestor at Conductive VenturesAkshay ChandranPlatform Operations Manager at SemperVirens Venture CapitalVikram BajajAdvisor at Foresite CapitalShannon BergstedtPartner at Foresite CapitalUplaksh KumarVenture Partner at Foresite CapitalJustin LarkinPartner at Andreessen Horowitz
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Colleagues at AIF
Alison Singer
Co-Founder & President, Autism Science Foundation at AIF
Amanda Lukof
Special Needs Advocate at AIF
Arun Gupta
Founder & CEO, Quartet, Accretive, The World Bank, McKinsey at AIF
Ashok Srinivasan
Chief Science Advisor at AIF
Bob Nelsen
Co-Founder & Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners at AIF
Brian Jacobs
Venture Capitalist Emergence, Moai Capital at AIF
Brian O'Callaghan
Co-Founder at AIF
Brian OβCallaghan
Co-Founder at AIF


































