Deena Shakir
Partner·Lux Capital
Bio
Professional summary
Deena Shakir is a Partner at Lux Capital. Lux's official profile states that she invests across stages and sectors, with focus areas including women's health, digital health infrastructure, health equity, foodtech, and fintech, and that she seeks mission-driven founders. Before Lux, the official profile says she was a Partner at GV, led product partnerships at Google for health, search, and AI/ML, directed social impact investments at Google.org, and served as a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of State under Secretary Clinton. The profile also notes degrees from Harvard and Georgetown, a lecturer role at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and affiliations with the National Venture Capital Association, Kauffman Fellows, Aspen Finance Fellows, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Sector
Thesis
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with mission, measurable impact, and market scale, especially for health, fintech, foodtech, or underserved-founder/customer themes.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference her focus on transformative technologies that improve lives and livelihoods.
- 2For health companies, connect to women's health, health equity, or digital health infrastructure.
- 3For AI-enabled products, connect to her Google health, search, and AI/ML partnership background.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Official profile states she is a Lecturer in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Board Director for the National Venture Capital Association.
Official profile notes frequent public speaking and media commentary across business, technology, and health outlets.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Lux CapitalPartnerUnknown – Present
- GV (Google Ventures)PartnerUnknown – Unknown
- GoogleProduct Partnerships Lead (Health, Search, AI/ML)Unknown – Unknown
- Google.orgDirector, Social Impact InvestmentsUnknown – Unknown
- U.S. Department of StatePresidential Management FellowUnknown – Unknown
Education
- Harvard UniversityB.A., Social Studies and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
- Georgetown UniversityM.A., Unknown
- Stanford Graduate School of BusinessUnknown, Unknown
Skills
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