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Justin Larkin

Justin Larkin

Justin Larkin, MD, is a partner on the Bio investing team, focusing primarily on health technology companies that are transforming the way patients, payors, and providers experience and deliver healthcare. 

Prior to joining a16z, Justin led the Strategy and Ops org at Verily (formerly known as Google Life Sciences), working across their portfolio of care delivery, software analytics, and med device business lines. Prior to that, Justin was a co-founder and the product / clinical lead at Wellsheet, a venture-backed health IT company focused on using ML to streamline physician workflows within electronic health records.

Justin holds an MD from the University of Pennsylvania where he was a John Morgan Scholar and a founding member of PennHealthX, an endowed program for cross-disciplinary training in clinical medicine and health technology / entrepreneurship. Justin also holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, as well as a BS / BA from BYU in Developmental Biology and Portuguese, respectively.

Latest Posts

Risk-based Contracting for Value-based Care, a Founder’s Playbook

by Justin Larkin and Julie Yoo
  • bio + health
  • Digital Health Builders
  • go to market
  • healthcare
  • videos

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

Bio Eats World: The Problem with Urgent Care

by Vineeta Agarwala, Justin Larkin, and Lauren Richardson
  • bio + health
  • Digital Health Builders
  • a16z Journal Club
  • digital health
  • healthcare
  • insurance

Doubling down on direct contracting; Can discovery be engineered? Clubhouse FOMO, and more

by Justin Larkin and a16z editorial
  • bio + health
  • care delivery
  • healthcare
  • insurance
  • when science becomes engineering

From @justin_larkinMD

Justin Larkin, MD@justin_larkinMD

Welcome to the team @willshrank! https://t.co/uLgLljsDzd

Julie Yoo@julesyoo

Anyone who has worked w @WillShrank knows how much energy, thoughtfulness, & pragmatic optimism he brings to the game. Thrilled to have him support our team, portfolio companies, and ecosystem partners as @a16zBioHealth Advisory Partner. https://t.co/p2DY6v7kzG

martin_casado@martin_casado

0/ Most first time founders screw up their board by optimizing for the wrong things. Having built multiple of my own (and screwed up) and having sat on dozens more, here are a few things to keep in mind 👇

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