Deena Shakir is a Partner on the investing team at Lux Capital, a venture capital firm investing in counter-conventional, early-stage science and tech ventures, with $2.4B AUM. She is particularly interested in breakthrough approaches in health, home, and access that can positively transform lives. Prior to joining Lux, Deena was a partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures), supporting a portfolio of more than 300 companies. She also directed social impact investments at Google.org, and led strategic partnerships for early stage products in healthcare, research, machine intelligence and search at Google. Deena serves on the Boards of several non-profits including Tarjimly, TechWadi, and AMIDEAST. She is a Kauffman Fellow and a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member.