Investing Profile

Vijay Pande

VCInvestorFounder
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at VZVC. Investing in companies solving humanity’s biggest problems, led by founders hell bent on bending the curve.
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Networks Vijay is a member of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
177 CONNECTIONS
Princeton University Network
124 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
91 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
91 CONNECTIONS
Andreessen Horowitz Network
59 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
VZVC Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
39

Vijay Pande is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Vijay Pande's Investments On Record (17)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Levels
Series AAug 2024$10M
Series AJan 2023$7M
Series AApr 2022$38M
SeedNov 2020$12M
$68M
Co-investors: Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Arielle Zuckerberg (Long Journey Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Kevin Weatherman (KW Angel Fund), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), Laurel Touby (Supernode Ventures), Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Michael Arrington (CrunchFund), Andrea Funsten (Basecamp Fund), David Rosenthal (Wave Capital), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Omar Darwazah (AAF Management Ltd.), Ben Gilbert (Pioneer Square Labs), Stephen Hays (What If Ventures), Conor Sharpe (Backed VC), Scott Banister, Bradley Horowitz, Moshe Lifschitz, Matthew Dellavedova, Brendan O'Driscoll, Mario Gabriele, Matteo Franceschetti
Q Bio
Series UnknownJul 2024$27M
Series BFeb 2020$40M
$84M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Stephen Hays (What If Ventures), Ling Wong (Highbury Group)
Function Health
Series AJun 2024$53M
$53M
Co-investors: Anastasia Budinskaya (NFX), Andrew Costa (RX3 Growth Partners), Kevin Hart
Elegen
Series BMay 2024$35M
$35M
Co-investors: Cain McClary (KdT Ventures)
BioAge Labs
Series DFeb 2024$170M
Series CDec 2020$90M
Series BJan 2019$23M
Series AJul 2017$11M
$290M
Co-investors: James Healy (Sofinnova Investments), Ling Wong (Highbury Group)
Devoted Health
Series EDec 2023$180M
Series DOct 2021$1.2B
Series CApr 2020$450M
Series BOct 2018$300M
$2.1B
Co-investors: Carl Byers (F-Prime Capital Partners), Tabreez Verjee (Uprising), Ling Wong (Highbury Group)
Genesis Therapeutic
Series BAug 2023$200M
Series ADec 2020$52M
SeedNov 2019$4M
$260M
Co-investors: Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures)
Asimov
Series BJan 2023$180M
SeedDec 2017$5M
$180M
Co-investors: Jorge Conde (Andreessen Horowitz), Jamie Goldstein (Pillar VC)

Vijay Pande's Experience

Miller Fellow University of California at BerkeleyPresent
Programmer, Employee #1/partner Naughty DogPresent
Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Structural Biology, and of Computer Science Stanford UniversityPresent
General Partner Andreessen Horowitz2015 - Present
Founding Director Folding@home1999 - Present
Professor In Residence/Distinguished Visiting Professor of Computer Science Andreessen Horowitz2014 - 2015
Director, Program in Biophysics Stanford University2008 - 2015

Vijay Pande's Education

Kent Gardens
Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD Physics
Princeton University BA Physics