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Srinivas Akkaraju

samsaracap.com

Dewpoint board member and Samsara BioCapital founder and managing general partner. Previously worked at Sofinnova Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners, Panorama Capital, J.P. Morgan Partners and Genentech. Holds a Stanford medical degree and immunology PhD and Rice biochemistry and computer science degrees. Srinivas Akkaraju is listed by Samsara BioCapital as Founder & Managing Partner. Also known as Srini, he founded the platform after investment roles at Sofinnova, NewLeaf, Panorama and JPMorgan, and corporate-development work at Genentech. His education combines medicine, immunology, biochemistry and computer science.