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Healthcare Founder Directory

Founders revolutionizing healthcare, biotech, and life sciences.

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John Zhao
@johnzhao94

Former VP Product & GM at Athelas and co-founder of Qatter, now founder of Blossom building AI copilots and agents for mental healthcare.

FundedProduct
6 VCs
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Navya B.
@navyadotbio

Bioengineering grad from UMD doing research at NYU Langone, now building biocomputers at Laminae. Writes about biotech's future and focuses on synthetic biology and synthetic morphology.

ResearchStudent
6 VCs
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Soham Sankaran
@sohamsankaran

Founder and CEO of PopVax, an Indian biotech company developing mRNA vaccines and therapeutics using computational protein design. Previously served as an advisor at Pashi.

TechnicalResearchContent
5 VCs
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Alexey Strygin
@strygah

Founder of a stealth startup focused on AI-powered longevity drug discovery. Previously worked at Insilico Medicine and Gero, both companies in the AI-driven drug discovery and aging research space.

Founder
5 VCs
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Dr. Simon
@goddek

Biotech scientist and senior researcher at SINTEF, focused on health optimization and off-grid living. CEO of BlueCycling and co-founder of developonics, combining research expertise with entrepreneurial ventures in biotechnology and sustainable systems.

TechnicalResearch
5 VCs
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Engy Ziedan
@engyziedan

Applied health economist at Indiana University turned co-founder of Protege, building data that unlocks AI capabilities in healthcare.

Research
4 VCs
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Devan
@dshahh

Founder and CEO of Rnav8, working to democratize access to engineered RNA therapeutics for any disease. Shares insights on medicine, biotech, and finance.

Finance
4 VCs
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Connor Sweeney
@_connorsweeney

Building Baba Care, a healthcare technology company.

Founder
4 VCs
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Nick Reber
@nickpreber

CEO & Founder at Garner Health, using data, incentives, and AI to rebuild the healthcare system.

Founder
3 VCs
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Emily Colman
@emilyrcolman

Founder launching an AI-native pharmacy focused on personalized medicine. Part of Y Combinator's S26 batch.

Funded
3 VCs
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