Anika Gupta Vatsa, PhD
Principal
Google Ventures
GV principal investing in biotech companies developing new medicines.
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Bio
Professional summary
Frederique Dame is a General Partner at GV. Her official GV profile lists consumer, life sciences, AI, growth, and seed/early stage as investment areas. GV says she helped start the firm’s Women’s Health team and leads the cross-functional team investing in that space. Before GV, she led product and engineering efforts at Uber as it scaled from 80 employees to more than 7,000, and earlier built social products at Yahoo!, Photobucket, and SmugMug. She holds master’s degrees from University College London and Télécom SudParis.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Seed / Early StageGrowth
Sector
ConsumerLife SciencesAIWomen's health
Thesis
Disruptive technologies in the consumer spaceWomen's healthAI-enabled consumer and healthcare products
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Allara HealthCaraway HealthCheckmateDaydreamFoundKindbodyLaurelMidi HealthNanitNectar SocialOula HealthTMRW
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a product-led consumer, AI, or women’s health thesis, showing deep user insight, scalable execution, and a founder relationship mindset.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference her philosophy that long-term relationships translate to long-lasting companies.
- 2Connect the pitch to her operating experience scaling Uber’s driver and operations systems globally.
- 3For health companies, reference her role helping start GV’s Women’s Health team.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
GV announced its investment in Nectar Social in 2025 in a post written by Frédérique Dame.
GV’s current profile for Dame links 2025 public appearances and coverage around women’s health, digital health, AI, and consumer commerce.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- GVGeneral Partner2018 - Present
- UberProduct and engineering leader
- Yahoo!Social products leader
- PhotobucketProduct leader
- SmugMugProduct leader
Education
- University College LondonMaster of Science, Spacecraft Technology and Satellite Communications
- Télécom SudParisMaster of Science, Telecommunications Engineering
Skills
Consumer productsProduct managementEngineering leadershipWomen's health investingAI investingMarketplace scalingFounder relationships
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