
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at VZVC. Investing in companies solving humanity’s biggest problems, led by founders hell bent on bending the curve.
Dr. Pande is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz ("a16z") and the founding General Partner of a16z's bio funds, where he leads the firm’s investments at the cross section of biology, computer science and engineering, including areas such as machine learning /compute in medicine (e.g., Freenome, Cardiogram, TwoXAR, BioAge), major game changing scientific advances (e.g., Apeel, Rigetti), and ways to fundamentally improve how health care is performed (e.g. Patient Ping, Q.bio, Omada Health). A visionary leading the convergence of biology and computer science, Dr. Pande is the founder of the Folding@home Distributed Computing Project for disease research which pushes the boundaries of the development and application of computer science techniques (such as distributed systems, machine learning, and exotic computer architectures) into biology and medicine, in both fundamental research as well as the development of new therapeutics. In translating these advances, he has also been a founder and advisor to many startups in Silicon Valley.
a16z.com
freenome.com
berkeley.edu
insitro.com
schrodinger.com
counsyl.com
apeel.com
San Francisco Bay Area
General Partner
Andreessen Horowitz
• www.linkedin.com/company/a16z
Sep 2015 - Present
Professor In Residence/Distinguished Visiting Professor of Computer Science
Andreessen Horowitz
• www.linkedin.com/company/a16z
Sep 2014 - Nov 2015
Menlo Park, CA
Member Board Of Directors
insitro
• www.linkedin.com/company/insitro
Mar 2018 - Present
Member Board Of Directors
Devoted Health
• www.linkedin.com/company/devoted-health
Sep 2018 - Present
Member Board Of Directors
Apeel
• www.linkedin.com/company/apeel
Oct 2016 - Present
Member Board Of Directors
Nautilus Biotechnology
• www.linkedin.com/company/nautilus-biotechnology
May 2018 - Present
Member, Scientific Advisory Board
Schrödinger
• www.linkedin.com/company/schr-dinger
Jan 2014 - Present
Founding Director
Folding@home
Oct 1999 - Aug 2019
Cofounder and Chairman of the Board
ReaniMed
Jan 2012 - Dec 2014
Palo Alto, CA
bioagelabs.com
omadahealth.com
stanford.edu
devoted.com
alpbio.com