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Vijay Pande

InvestorFounder

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz · General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz at Propagator Ventures · Board director at Inceptive · Board director at Nautilus Biotechnology · Board director at Artemys

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedInsitroAlpine Bio · YCApeel Technology, Inc.ArtemysBioAge LabsIgnite Biosciences

About

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and founder of a16z Bio+Health; former Stanford professor of structural biology and computer science and founder of Folding@Home and Globavir Biosciences, with expertise in computational biology and ML applications in health.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningBiotechConsumerCrypto & Web3Defense Tech

Board director at Inceptive

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Inceptive's investors · 6

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2023Artis VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $25M checks · since 2023NVenturesSanta Clara · since 2023Obvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checks · since 2023S32Palo Alto · since 2023Section 32Palo Alto · since 2023

Co-founders at Inceptive

JU
Jakob UszkoreitExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
KH
Kevin HeyriesExecutive Officer
DI
Diana Isabel AjuriaExecutive Officer
DS
Do Soon KimExecutive Officer

Board director at Nautilus Biotechnology

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Nautilus Biotechnology's investors · 4

AME Cloud VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $10M checks · since 2021Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2021Defy PartnersWoodside · $3M – $10M checks · since 2021Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Nautilus Biotechnology

SPSujal Patel
Sujal PatelFounder & CEO
PMParag Mallick
Parag MallickFounder & Chief Scientist
MEMelissa Epperly
Melissa EpperlyDirector
NN
Nicholas NelsonExecutive Officer
SS
Subra SankarExecutive Officer
MM
Matthew MurphyExecutive Officer
AM
Anna MowryExecutive Officer

Board director at Artemys

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Artemys's investors · 1

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Artemys

JD
Joshua Daniel March CowanExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. VZ.VCCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2025 — present
  2. Function HealthMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — present
  3. BioAge LabsMember Board Of Directorscurrent2017 — present
  4. Q BioMember Board Of Directors2020 — 2025
  5. Nobell FoodsMember Board Of Directors2019 — 2025
  6. CiitizenMember Board Of Directors2018 — 2025
  7. Bayesian HealthInvestor and Advisor2018 — 2025
  8. Scribe TherapeuticsMember Board Of Directors2018 — 2025
  9. Devoted HealthMember Board Of Directors2018 — 2025
  10. Nautilus BiotechnologyMember Board Of Directors2018 — 2025
  11. insitroMember Board Of Directors2018 — 2025
  12. FreenomeMember Board Of Directors2017 — 2025
  13. ApeelMember Board Of Directors2016 — 2025
  14. Omada HealthMember Board Of Directors2016 — 2025
  15. SchrödingerMember, Scientific Advisory Board2014 — 2025
  16. Globavir Biosciences, Inc.Cofounder and Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)2014 — 2025Los Altos, CA
  17. Andreessen HorowitzGeneral Partner2015 — 2025
  18. Andreessen HorowitzProfessor In Residence/Distinguished Visiting Professor of Computer Science2014 — 2015Menlo Park, CA
  19. Folding@homeFounding Director1999 — 2019
  20. Stanford UniversityDirector, Program in Biophysics2008 — 2015Stanford

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD, Physics1992 — 1995
  2. Princeton UniversityBA, Physics1988 — 1992
  3. Kent Gardens
  4. Kent Gardens

Skills & more

Computational Biology99Bioinformatics63Genomics17Physics40Science55Scientific Computing65Lifesciences6High Performance Computing20Nanotechnology9Drug Design8Microscopy3Biochemistry13
+12 moreBiophysicsAcademic AdvisingMolecular BiologyDrug DiscoveryLecturingMolecular DynamicsMathematical ModelingStatistical MechanicsMathematicaFortranLaTeXTheory

Languages English · French

From Vijay's professional profile.

Deals · 11

BioAge LabsBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Feb 2024 · $194.4M raise

InceptiveBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Sep 2023 · $100M raise

Genesis Therapeutics, Inc.Board seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Aug 2023 · $224M raise

Alpine BioBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Aug 2021 · $75M raise

Nautilus BiotechnologyBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Jun 2021 · $200M raise

ArtemysBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Apr 2021 · $26.8M raise

Scribe TherapeuticsBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Apr 2021 · $100M raise

Freenome HoldingsBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Aug 2020 · $270M raise

InsitroBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed May 2020 · $143.2M raise

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Ignite BiosciencesBoard seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed May 2018 · $27.2M raise

Apeel Technology, Inc.Board seat

via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Dec 2016 · $33M raise

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Colleagues at Andreessen Horowitz

Alex Immerman
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Alex Rampell
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Ali Yahya
General Partner at a16z crypto
Andrew Chen
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Andrew Lee
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Angela Strange
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Anish Acharya
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Anjney Midha
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

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Andrew Costa
Partner at Rx3 Growth Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Vijay Pande work?
Vijay Pande is General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and Founder at Inceptive and Founder at Nautilus Biotechnology and Founder at Artemys.
What does Vijay Pande invest in?
Vijay Pande invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Defense Tech.
What companies did Vijay Pande found?
Vijay Pande founded Insitro, Alpine Bio, Apeel Technology, Inc., Artemys, BioAge Labs, Ignite Biosciences.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,280

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Also attended Princeton University551

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalHoward CoxSpecial Limited Partner at Greylock Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Q Bio2

Jack SelbyManaging Partner at AZ-VCMarcus FosterFounder/CEO at Klarismo

Also worked at Ciitizen3

Nick MarkInvestor at EPIC VENTURESAimee DeGolyerFounder at REPROSENTHudson LiaoCEO, Co-founder at The Hog

Also worked at insitro5

Reid HuberPartner at Third Rock VenturesDusan PerovicPartner at Two Sigma VenturesHisham ElhaddadManaging Partner at HOF CapitalTala Al JabriPartner at HOF CapitalAndy TranPrincipal at Matrix Capital Management

Also worked at Stanford University647

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanEngineer, founder, angel investor, author of The Network State, and founder of Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures

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