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Uplaksh Kumar

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Venture Partner at Foresite Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Uplaksh Kumar is a venture partner at Foresite Capital. He previously served as SVP of strategic operations and scale at GRAIL, where he launched the Galleri multi-cancer early detection test, and was the first head of operations at Verily. He has held leadership roles at Life Technologies, BD, LONZA, and Qiagen, and co-founded RoosterBio, a regenerative medicine company focused on research and clinical-grade stem cells.

Invests in

BiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices

Experience

  1. Foresite LabsCOO Foresite Labs and Venture Partner Foresite Capitalcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Xaira TherapeuticsStrategic Advisorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Xaira TherapeuticsFounding COO2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Foresight Diagnostics Inc.Board Member2023 — 2025
  5. GRAIL, Inc.SVP Strategic Operations and Scale2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Verily Life SciencesFounding Head of Operations2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  7. RoosterBio Inc.Founder and COO2013 — 2016Maryland
  8. LonzaSr Director and Site Head2012 — 2014Maryland
  9. Life TechnologiesSr. Director and Site Head2008 — 2012Maryland
  10. QIAGENSr. Manager2001 — 2008Maryland

Skills & more

LIMS4Biotechnology99Lifesciences30Technology Transfer69GMP32FDA37Validation23Biopharmaceuticals71GLP11Sop6Medical Devices24Drug Discovery4
+12 moreBiochemistryMolecular BiologyAssay DevelopmentELISAQuality SystemPurificationProtein PurificationPCRCell CulturePharmaceutical IndustryManagementStrategy

Languages English · Hindi

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Colleagues at Foresite Capital

Alex M. Azar II
Advisor at Foresite Capital
Amelia Stoj
CCO and Assistant General Counsel at Foresite Capital
Collin Yang-Wong
Principal at Foresite Capital
Cynthia Carpenter
Executive Associate at Foresite Capital
Darren Haggerty
Operations Investment Analyst at Foresite Capital
Deepak Atri
Principal at Foresite Capital
Deepak Atri, MD
Principal at Foresite Capital
Dorothy Margolskee
Managing Director at Foresite Capital

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Who is Uplaksh Kumar?
Uplaksh Kumar is a venture partner at Foresite Capital. He previously served as SVP of strategic operations and scale at GRAIL, where he launched the Galleri multi-cancer early detection test, and was the first head of operations at Verily. He has held leadership roles at Life Technologies, BD, LONZA, and Qiagen, and co-founded RoosterBio, a regenerative medicine company focused on research and clinical-grade stem cells.
Where does Uplaksh Kumar work?
Uplaksh Kumar is Venture Partner at Foresite Capital.
What does Uplaksh Kumar invest in?
Uplaksh Kumar invests in Biotech, Digital Health, Medical Devices.
Where did Uplaksh Kumar go to school?
Uplaksh Kumar studied at The Wharton School (Business Administration); University of Maryland (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences); University of Mumbai (Bpharm, Pharmaceutical Sciences).

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