Deena Shakir is a partner at Lux Capital focused on human and population health, a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the author of Leena Mo, CEO. Before Lux, she was a partner at GV, led product partnerships at Google and directed social-impact investments at Google.org.
Deena Shakir is a partner at Lux Capital focused on human and population health, a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the author of Leena Mo, CEO. Before Lux, she was a partner at GV, led product partnerships at Google and directed social-impact investments at Google.org.
Career
Deena Shakir studied at Harvard University (Social Studies and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations) and Georgetown University (MA).
Partner at Lux Capital from 2019 to PresentInvests across healthcare, AI, automation, biotechnology, food technology, and financial technology.
Lecturer in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business until Present
Partner at Google Ventures from 2017 to 2019Worked as an investment partner at GV before joining Lux Capital.
Product Partnerships Lead at Google from 2012 to 2017Led product partnerships involving health, search, and AI and machine learning, and directed social-impact investments at Google.org.