Deena Shakir
General Partner at Lux Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2022 - Current
Partner
2019 - 2022
With over $5B AUM, we are an interdisciplinary team that pairs equally well with Nobel laureates and techno punks. We connect with misfits, contrarians and iconoclasts who thrive in the chaos of breakthrough-making and hate being told what to do. I am particularly interested in supporting gritty entrepreneurs building breakthrough companies enabling human and environmental health, access, and productivity.
Lux Capital is an investment firm that invests in counter-conventional, seed-stage science and technology ventures.
Lecturer in Management
2021
Board Member
2022
National Venture Capital Association advocates for policies that promote long-term investment and encourage innovation.
Board of Directors
2021
Co-led Series D with Dragoneer, joining existing investors Sequoia, Oak, Icon Ventures
Maven is a digital health platform that works with health plans and employers to offer virtual services for women’s and family health.
Raised $417,100,000.00 from Icon Ventures, General Catalyst, Dragoneer Investment Group, Sequoia Capital, Lux Capital, StepStone Group and Oak HC/FT.
Board of Directors
2021
Led seed and co-lead Series A in leading company developing an AI platform to improve fertility care and outcomes.
Alife develops artificial intelligence tools to assist physicians in increasing a patient's chances of pregnancy success.
Raised $31,500,000.00 from Farvatn Venture, Union Square Ventures, Maveron and Lux Capital.
Lead Investor
2022
Summer Health is a pediatric telehealth startup.
Raised $19,150,000.00 from Lux Capital, Sequoia Capital, 7wire Ventures, Shrug Capital, BoxGroup, Leaps by Bayer, Metrodora Ventures and Pivotal Ventures.
Board of Directors
2021
Led $25M Series B in March 2021
SteadyMD is a B2B telehealth infrastructure provider that powers high-quality telehealth experiences for companies in all 50 states
Raised $35,000,000.00 from Cencora.
Board of Directors
2022
Trial Library is an oncology clinical trials company.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Incite.org, NEXT VENTŪRES, Unseen Capital, Lux Capital and Karman Ventures (fka Moving Capital).
Board of Directors
2022
Waymark is a company dedicated to improving access and quality of care for people receiving Medicaid.
Raised $107,000,000.00 from New Enterprise Associates, CVS Health Ventures, Lux Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.