Vijay Pande — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at VZVC, a new venture firm for the AI + Bio era.
Previously a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Founder of its Bio + Health fund, which managed over $3 billion.
Founder of the Folding@home Distributed Computing Project for disease research, applying computer science techniques to biology and medicine.
Co-founded Globavir Biosciences in 2014, an infectious disease startup.
Adjunct Professor of structural biology, computer science, biophysics, and chemistry at Stanford University.
Serves on the boards of companies including Apeel Sciences, Freenome, Insitro, and Scribe Therapeutics.
Awarded fourth place in the 1988 Westinghouse Science Talent Search for his project on simulating space-based missile defense.

Biography

Vijay Pande, PhD, is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at VZVC, a new venture firm dedicated to the AI + Bio era. In this role, he invests in companies addressing significant global challenges, led by founders committed to impactful innovation. Prior to VZVC, Dr. Pande was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he founded and led the firm’s Bio + Health practice.