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Vikram Bajaj

Director and Interim President at Xaira Therapeutics

United States

Overview 

Vikram Bajaj is the Managing Director at Foresite Capital Management, with a background in biophysics and chemistry, and a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has held key leadership roles at various prestigious institutions and companies, including being the Chief Scientific Officer at Google Life Sciences and co-founding Foresite Labs. Bajaj has an impressive track record of investing in and advising innovative companies in the life sciences sector, such as Xaira Therapeutics, Alumis, and Tesseract Health, while also contributing to advancements in biotechnology and health IT through his diverse roles in academia and industry.

Work Experience 

  • Director and Interim President

    2023 - Current

Xaira Therapeutics is an integrated biotechnology company driving advances in artificial intelligence.

Raised $1,000,000,000.00 from Lux Capital, SV Angel, Two Sigma Ventures, F-Prime Capital, R-Squared Ventures, Foresite Capital, Byers Capital, ARCH Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates.

  • CEO and Co-Founder

    2018

Foresite Labs is a biotechnology company.

  • Managing Director

    2017

    We provide capital and support to help companies with transformative products and services become healthcare leaders.

Foresite Capital is a healthcare and life sciences investment firm.

  • (Consulting) Associate Professor of Radiology

    2014

  • Non-Executive Director

    2021

  • Member, Scientific Advisory Board

    2017 - 2021

  • Chief Scientific Officer

    2016 - 2017

Grail is a healthcare company that develops pan-cancer screening tests designed to detect cancers at an early stage.

Raised $2,004,655,040.00 from CPP Investments, Huangpu River Capital, Illumina and PSP Investments.

  • Advisory Board Member, College of Chemistry

    2015 - 2021

    http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/about/ The College of Chemistry is comprised of the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Both disciplines provide the opportunity and means for meeting major scientific and technological challenges, such as addressing climate change, increasing the world's food supply, synthesizing new materials, and discovering and delivering important drugs. The college prides itself on a balanced approach to science, with research areas ranging from experimental to theoretical. Faculty in both departments are engaged in teaching and research in a wide range of applications and subdisciplines.

  • Research Scientist (Principal Investigator)

    2011 - 2015

  • Proj. Scientist (Principal Investigator)

    2011 - 2021

  • Chair, Science Board

    2016 - 2017

    Co-founder and Chair of the Science Board, Verily

  • Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer

    2013 - 2016

    Google Life Sciences (Verily)

Verily is an Alphabet health tech company focused on research, care, and health financing to deliver on the promise of precision health.

Raised $3,500,000,000.00 from Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.

  • Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Founder, Google Life Sciences

    2013 - 2016

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

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