JR

Jay Rughani

Investment Partner at Andreessen Horowitz | Health + Bio

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $40,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Investment Partner | Health + Bio

    2020

    Investing in AI & Data companies across healthcare delivery and life sciences. Health Software Investments: Komodo Health, Midstream Health, Pearl Health, Tennr, Thatch Health, Thyme Care, Turquoise Health, Topography Health. Bio Software Investments: Biodock, Inductive Bio, Orchestra Bio, Valar Labs.

  • Partner

    2018 - 2020

    Co-developed our business development network for healthcare & life sciences. Facilitated numerous partnerships between a16z portfolio companies and leading healthcare & life sciences organizations.

2015 - 2018

  • Data Partnerships

    2016 - 2018

    Developed multi-year commercial partnerships with life sciences organizations that leverage Flatiron’s oncology data platform for novel cancer research. Flatiron Health was acquired by the Roche Group in April 2018 for ~$2B.

  • Data & Analytics Products

    2015 - 2016

    Helped to build some of Flatiron’s first subscription software & data products for life sciences companies, as part of an amazing cross-functional team of software engineers, medical oncologists, biostatisticians, medical informaticists, and data scientists. Primarily worked in R-Shiny, MySQL, & Tableau.

2012 - 2015

  • Strategy & Operations Consulting

    2012 - 2015

    Supported corporate growth initiatives for Healthcare (Life Sciences, Health Plans, Healthcare Providers, Government Agencies) and Technology (Consumer Electronics, Material Sciences, Enterprise Software) companies. Client engagements in the U.S., Germany, and Brazil.

2011 - 2012

  • GTM Strategy & Business Development

    2011 - 2012

    Supported the 3 founders on various go-to-market, product development, and fundraising efforts. Joined as early employee (<5 FTEs) and helped scale business through to $28.3M series A investment. After scaling to 150 employees & 16 strategic partners, DealerMatch was acquired by Cox Automative (owner of Autotrader.com, Manheim, & Kelley Blue Book) in 2014.

  • Co-Founder

    2009 - 2010

    Started a nutritional sports drink company with my college roommate. Made plenty of mistakes, but learned a ton along the way.