Deena Shakir

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.