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Sundeep Peechu

Sundeep Peechu

Managing Partner·Felicis

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Bio

Professional summary

Sundeep Peechu is a Managing Partner and founding member of Felicis. His official Felicis profile identifies Health & Bio and Artificial Intelligence as focus areas and lists notable investments across AI, healthcare, security, fintech infrastructure, and companies that reached public markets. Before joining Felicis in 2010, he joined Intel through the acquisition of Sarvega, where he had been an early employee working on security infrastructure design. His educational background includes computer science degrees from IIT Madras and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, plus an MBA from Stanford.

Investment focus

Stage, sector, and overall fit

Stage

venture-backed startups; exact preferred stage not stated on profile

Sector

Health & BioArtificial Intelligence

Thesis

Health & BioArtificial Intelligencesecurity infrastructure and cybersecurity-adjacent companiesfintech and data infrastructure

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

MercorCoalitionPlaidKomodo HealthGinkgo BioworksMatterportRecursion PharmaWishJuniper SquarePermitFlowPrenuvoSlingshot

How to approach

Framing and angles for outreach

Pitch framing

Best suited for founders building technically ambitious AI, healthcare, bio, security, or vertical AI businesses with potential for venture-scale outcomes.

Personalization hooks

  1. 1Reference his stated interest in AI and health/bio, especially AI applied to healthcare workflows or scientific progress.
  2. 2Connect the company’s ambition to his long-term technology optimism and preference for high-risk, high-reward businesses.

Recent signals

What the partner has said or done recently

  • Official Felicis profile lists recent perspectives and portfolio posts related to Arena, PermitFlow, Mercor, vertical AI, healthcare administration, and AI productivity.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • FelicisManaging PartnerJun 2010 - Present
  • PrenuvoBoard MemberSep 2021 - Present
  • MercorBoard ObserverOct 2024 - Present
  • PicnicHealthBoard MemberAug 2020 - Present

Education

  • Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA/Studies
  • University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMS, Computer Science

Skills

SaaSMobile

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