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Jay Rughani

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Jay Rughani is a partner on the Bio + Health investing team, where he focuses on software, data, and marketplace companies across healthcare and life sciences.

Prior to a16z, Jay worked at Flatiron Health (acquired by Roche). There, he helped to build some of the company’s first data & analytics software products used by biopharmaceutical companies to study real-world cancer care. He went on to develop numerous commercial partnerships with large biopharma companies, smaller biotechs, and other research organizations.

Previously, Jay advised large healthcare and technology organizations on corporate growth initiatives at Deloitte and supported various go-to-market, product, and fundraising efforts at DealerMatch (acquired by Cox Enterprises).

Jay received a B.A. in Mathematics & Economics at Emory University and grew up in Clearwater, FL, and London, UK.

Latest Posts

New Year, New Fund, New Opportunities in Bio + Health

by Vineeta Agarwala, Jorge Conde, Justin Larkin, Vijay Pande, Becky Pferdehirt, Jay Rughani, Judy Savitskaya, Daisy Wolf, and Julie Yoo
  • bio + health
  • announcements
  • gene editing including CRISPR
  • healthcare
  • therapeutics
  • when science becomes engineering

B2C2B in Digital Health, a founder’s playbook

by Jay Rughani and Julie Yoo
  • bio + health
  • Digital Health Builders
  • go to market
  • Company Building 101
  • founder/maker stories
  • healthcare

Platform-Partnership Fit: A Guide to Business Development for Bio Startups

by Jorge Conde and Jay Rughani
  • bio + health
  • go to market
  • the bio platforms playbook

Bio Eats World: We, The Patients

by Freda Lewis-Hall, Jay Rughani, and Julie Yoo
  • bio + health
  • Digital Health Builders
  • healthcare

From @JayRughani

Jay Rughani@JayRughani

If you would like to attend the next one, join the @bitsinbio slack community👇🏽. Meetups in Boston, DC, LA, London, NYC, SD, SF, & more. https://t.co/VCOhEYoMFt CC: @nlarusstone https://t.co/PqLMgCcDeS

Jay Rughani@JayRughani

Full house tonight @a16z for the Software Builders in Bio event with @bitsinbio + fireside chat with @sajithw @benchling 🙌 @JorgeCondeBio @vijaypande @nlarusstone @vintweeta @ZakDoric @daisydwolf @EllenTunoa @kkerames @atcz93 https://t.co/Bw8XrLz23b

Jay Rughani@JayRughani

It's time for a transparent marketplace for healthcare. @julesyoo & I are thrilled to announce that @a16z is leading the Series A in @TurquoiseHC, after also leading the Seed last year, to support @crsevern @ageitgey & team in building that future. https://t.co/R2bJAAxFTc

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