Vikram Chaudhery, PhD
PARTNER
M&A Strategist
Vikram is a Partner at Genoa Ventures with experience as a business executive, life sciences investor, management consultant, and entrepreneur.
Prior to joining Genoa, Vikram served as Head of Life Sciences at Lam Research where he led overall strategy, partnership/business development, and venture investment functions for life sciences, focusing on next generation ‘omics technologies. His investments included Nanostring, Omniome, Antheia, and MissionBio.
Prior to Lam, Vikram led the Life Sciences Tools practice at McKinsey & Co. and was an expert technical contributor to the Personalized Medicine practice. In his work, Vikram collaborated with pharmaceutical, diagnostics, medical device, and biotechnology companies to bolster operational efficiencies and drive new business development. He began his career as a co-founder of Krayons Marketing.
Vikram holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and biological systems engineering from the University of Illinois where he also earned a Master of Science in electrical engineering, biological systems engineering, and biosensor fabrication. He has co-authored 25 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
Vikram joined Genoa to dive deep into solving challenges within the focus area he believes in while having broad exposure to the diverse applications of the biology and technology convergence. With Genoa, Vikram is able to use his operational acumen to maximize the breadth of his impact. Vikram especially appreciates the Genoa scientific approach to investing, where the team is able to investigate and cultivate a culture of entrepreneurs and operators that invest together.
