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Samir Kaul
Samir Kaul invests in AI, health, sustainability, food, and advanced technology as a founding partner and managing director at Khosla Ventures. Before venture capital, he led the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative; at Flagship Ventures he helped launch biotech companies including Helicos BioSciences and Codon Devices.
- Based in
- Menlo Park
Khosla Ventures
Feb 2006 — Present
Founding Partner and Managing Director
Samir is a Founding Partner and Managing Director at Khosla Ventures, where his interests lie in AI, advanced technology, health, sustainability and food.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Until Present
Board Member and Development Committee Chair
Michael J. Fox Foundation
2025 — PresentBoard Member
Primer
Oct 2021 — Present
Investor
Flagship Pioneering
Jun 2002 — May 2006
Partner
Incubated Helicos BioSciences and helped launch Codon Devices. Earlier led Arabidopsis genome research at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR).
Codon Devices
2004 — Nov 2005Founding Chief Executive Officer
Led the synthetic biology startup at its founding; John Danner succeeded him as CEO in November 2005.
University of Maryland
MS, Biochemistry
University of Michigan
BS, Biology
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