Fundraising Fox
🦊/People
Sign in

Shahid Nimjee

Founder

Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer and Stroke Clinical Lead at Basking Biosciences

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

FoundedBasking Biosciences

Find your path to Shahid

93 people in our graph share verified history with Shahid — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Sara Risch, PhDunlockedShahid: together at University of Michigan (2018–2021)
×5Shahid: together at University of Michigan
×2Shahid: together at Metacrine, Inc.
×3Shahid: together at Basking Biosciences

About

Shahid Nimjee is the Chief Executive Officer of Basking Biosciences Inc. and has worked in the biopharmaceutical industry for more than 25 years. His experience spans drug discovery and development across therapeutic areas including endocrinology, oncology, immunology, orphan diseases, and women's health, as well as strategic partnering, corporate financing, and technology and product assessment.

Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer and Stroke Clinical Lead at Basking Biosciences

Intro paths

→

In turn, Shahid can intro founders to Basking Biosciences's investors below.

Basking Biosciences's investors · 6

ARCH Venture PartnersChicago · $50K – $250M checks · since 2025Broadview VenturesBoston · since 2020Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2020Rev1 VenturesColumbus · since 2024RTW Investments L.P.New York · since 2024Solas BioVenturesChattanooga · since 2020

Co-founders at Basking Biosciences

BS
Bruce SullengerCo-founder

Executive at Basking Biosciences

Intro paths

→

In turn, Shahid can intro founders to Basking Biosciences's investors below.

Basking Biosciences's investors · 6

ARCH Venture PartnersChicago · $50K – $250M checks · since 2025Broadview VenturesBoston · since 2020Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2020Rev1 VenturesColumbus · since 2024RTW Investments L.P.New York · since 2024Solas BioVenturesChattanooga · since 2020

Co-founders at Basking Biosciences

SNShahid Nimjee
Shahid NimjeeCo-founder, Chief Scientific Officer and Stroke Clinical Lead
BS
Bruce SullengerCo-founder

Experience

  1. Basking Biosciences IncChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentResearch Triangle, NC
  2. Sena TherapeuticsChairmancurrent2024 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  3. GVAdvisorcurrent2021 — present
  4. EVOQ TherapeuticsBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  5. EVOQ TherapeuticsAdvisor2021 — 2023
  6. Biotech CEO SisterhoodCo-Foundercurrent2021 — present
  7. Biotechnology Innovation OrganizationBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
  8. University of MichiganLeadership Council Member, Life Sciences Institutecurrent2018 — present
  9. Michigan Biomedical Venture FundInvestment Advisory Board Member2016 — 2025Ann Arbor, MI
  10. Ananke TherapeuticsPresident & CEO2022 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  11. Metacrine, Inc.Board Member2021 — 2023San Diego, California, United States
  12. MILLENDO THERAPEUTICSExecutive Chairman2021
  13. MILLENDO THERAPEUTICSPresident, Chief Executive Officer & Director2012 — 2021Ann Arbor, MI
  14. LyceraSenior Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategy2010 — 2012
  15. QuatRx PharmaceuticalsHead, Business Development2004 — 2010
  16. TularikAssociate Director, Business Development1999 — 2004
  17. UCSF Office of Technology ManagementLicensing Officer1998 — 1999

Skills & more

Lifesciences21Pharmaceutical Industry46Clinical Development37Oncology9Drug Development41Commercialization18Technology Transfer23Biochemistry3Venture Capital5Clinical Trials7Licensing3Immunology4
+12 moreStrategyBiopharmaceuticalsBiotechnologyStrategic AlliancesDrug DiscoveryBiomarkersCancerINDLeadershipFDAToxicologyGenomics

From Shahid's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Shahid Nimjee?
Shahid Nimjee is the Chief Executive Officer of Basking Biosciences Inc. and has worked in the biopharmaceutical industry for more than 25 years. His experience spans drug discovery and development across therapeutic areas including endocrinology, oncology, immunology, orphan diseases, and women's health, as well as strategic partnering, corporate financing, and technology and product assessment.
Where does Shahid Nimjee work?
Shahid Nimjee is Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer and Stroke Clinical Lead of Basking Biosciences.
What companies did Shahid Nimjee found?
Shahid Nimjee founded Basking Biosciences.
Where did Shahid Nimjee go to school?
Shahid Nimjee studied at University of California, Berkeley (BS, Chemistry); University of California, Berkeley (BA, Molecular & Cellular Biology); University of California, San Francisco (PhD, Biochemistry).

Founder mafias

Same school

Shared employers