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Deena Shakir

Deena Shakir is a venture capital investor and Partner at Lux Capital, where she invests in emerging technologies with a focus on digital health and AI for analog industries. Deena was previously a Partner at GV, a New Business Development Executive at Google, and a Presidential Management Fellow in Secretary Clinton’s office at the U.S. State Department during the Obama administration. A Forbes contributor[1], Shakir is also a frequent speaker, podcast guest, and has been featured in TechCrunch [2] , The Wall Street Journal[3], Fortune[4] and Crunchbase[5] , among others.

Education

Shakir earned a joint Bachelors of Art with honors in Social Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard and an MA from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service.

Early Life

Shakir was born to Iraqi immigrants and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area before attending Harvard for her undergraduate education. She has been financially independent since the age of 18, and self-funded her undergraduate and graduate degrees through a variety of merit scholarships and part-time jobs, including co-founding her first internet company[6] while still in college. Shakir was elected by her peers to deliver the Harvard 2008 Class Day speech: "From Baghdad to Boston: Dropping the Global H-Bomb"[7]which was received with acclaim.

Career

After a brief career in journalism anchoring[8] a bilingual Arabic-English news show for Al-Arabiya and interning with the BBC, Shakir served as a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. State Department under Secretary Clinton, where she led public-private partnerships and helped launch Global Entrepreneurship Summit. She was previously an Aga Khan Fellow at The Aspen Institute and an advisor at USAID.

Shakir joined Google in 2012, leading product partnerships for civic innovation at Google.org. From 2012-2017, she led product partnerships for early-stage products in healthcare, machine learning, Fiber, jobs, and search at Google, and also directed social impact investments at Google.org before joining GV as a Partner in 2017.

Shakir joined Lux Capital as a Partner in late 2019. She has led Lux’s investments in H1[9], Allstripes[10], Shiru[11], Mos[12], and Neo.tax[13], among others. She is a founding VC member[14] of the Valence Funding Network for Black entrepreneurs, and a public commentator on diversity and inclusion in venture capital and technology.

Board Roles

Shakir currently serves on the Boards of Directors of H1[15], Shiru[16], and Allstripes[17](fka RDMD). Shakir also serves on the Boards of several non-profits including Tarjimly[18], TechWadi, Technovation[19] and AMIDEAST. She has also previously served on the boards of the Arab Film Festival, the Asian University for Women, and The Harvard Arab Alumni Association.

Honors

Shakir is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 23) and a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member. She was the first Arab-American to be accepted to the Mellon Mays Fellowship[20] while an undergraduate at Harvard, and was also a Weissman Fellow[21], a Coca Cola Scholar, a U.S. Senate Youth Scholar, and an Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholar.

Speaking and Commentary

Conferences

  • Social Innovation Summit: (2019[22], 2018[23])
  • Pre-Money Conference: Failure Points (2018[24])
  • J&J Webinar on Precision Medicine/Diversity & Inclusion (2020[25])
  • Future of Food: (2020[26])
  • Allraise VC Summit: (2020[27])
  • TechWadi (2014[28])

Select Podcast Features

  • Investing in Category Defining, Frontier Industries with Rina Onur (2020[29])
  • Venture Stories: How COVID-19 is Transforming Digital Health with Erik Torenberg and Kristin Baker Spohn(2020[30])
  • Something Ventured with Keith Lindstrom (2020[31])
  • Venture Unlocked with Samir Kaji (2020[32])
  • Strictly VC with Connie Loizos (2020[33])

Select Profile Features

  • Forbes: “How This Lux Capital GP Went From The Obama Administration To Google To Investor—Plus, The Top 3 Characteristics Founders Should Look For In Investors” (2020[34])
  • Technovation Herstory Interview (2020[35])
  • Her Agenda Interview (2020[36])
  • AllRaise Profile (2020[37])
  • Golden State Lead By Example (2019[38])
  • 10 Arab Americans to Watch (2017[39])
  • Barakabits Profile (2014)[40]

Select Commentary

  • TC Feature on Valence Network for Black Founders (2019[41])
  • TC: Leading VC’s Discuss How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Future of Healthcare (2020[42])
  • Digital Health: Lux Capital's Deena Shakir Sees Space and Frontier Tech Going Mainstream Right Now (2020[43])
  • Why Elon Musk And Other Tech Billionaires Are Leaving Silicon Valley For Texas (2020[44])
  • Orrick - we can’t lose ground (2020[45])

References

  1. ^ Shakir, Deena. "Motherhood As A Startup Superpower: A Playbook Inspired By The Legacy Of RBG". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  2. ^ "UPDATE in Description | INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  3. ^ "Empowering Businesses for Big Impact - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  4. ^ "Failure Points w/Ha Nguyen, Deena Shakir, Khalid Halim, Eva Ho, & Aman Verjee - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  5. ^ "Precision Medicine and AI: Transforming Biomedical Research and Development". JLABS. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  6. ^ "UPDATE in Description | INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  7. ^ "Empowering Businesses for Big Impact - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  8. ^ "Failure Points w/Ha Nguyen, Deena Shakir, Khalid Halim, Eva Ho, & Aman Verjee - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  9. ^ "Precision Medicine and AI: Transforming Biomedical Research and Development". JLABS. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  10. ^ "Interview with Deena Shakir, LUX CAPITAL". Future Food-Tech Summit. 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  11. ^ "All Raise VC Summit 2020". All Raise. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  12. ^ "Tech Wadi 2014 Conference" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Lux Capital: Investing in Category Defining, Frontier Industries – cc:". Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  14. ^ "How Covid is Transforming Digital Health".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "UPDATE in Description | INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  16. ^ "Empowering Businesses for Big Impact - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  17. ^ "Failure Points w/Ha Nguyen, Deena Shakir, Khalid Halim, Eva Ho, & Aman Verjee - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  18. ^ "Precision Medicine and AI: Transforming Biomedical Research and Development". JLABS. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  19. ^ "Interview with Deena Shakir, LUX CAPITAL". Future Food-Tech Summit. 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  20. ^ "All Raise VC Summit 2020". All Raise. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  21. ^ "Tech Wadi 2014 Conference" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "Empowering Businesses for Big Impact - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  23. ^ "UPDATE in Description | INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  24. ^ "Failure Points w/Ha Nguyen, Deena Shakir, Khalid Halim, Eva Ho, & Aman Verjee - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  25. ^ "Precision Medicine and AI: Transforming Biomedical Research and Development". JLABS. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  26. ^ "Interview with Deena Shakir, LUX CAPITAL". Future Food-Tech Summit. 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  27. ^ "All Raise VC Summit 2020". All Raise. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  28. ^ "Tech Wadi 2014 Conference" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ^ "Lux Capital: Investing in Category Defining, Frontier Industries – cc:". Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  30. ^ "How Covid is Transforming Digital Health".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ^ "143 Deena Shakir of Lux Capital on her Amazing Journey; The Post-COVID Future". Something Ventured. 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  32. ^ Unlocked, Venture. "Venture Unlocked - Venture Unlocked ep 14 - Deena Shakir from Lux Capital speaks about firm culture, solving the diversity issue, and how portfolio management is a team sport". Google Podcasts. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  33. ^ "‎StrictlyVC Download: Lux Capital's Deena Shakir: Frontier Tech Is Going Mainstream on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  34. ^ Karpis, Paulina. "How This Lux Capital GP Went From The Obama Administration To Google To Investor—Plus, The Top 3 Characteristics Founders Should Look For In Investors". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  35. ^ "HERStory: Charting a path and pitching ideas with Deena Shakir". Technovation. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  36. ^ "Her Agenda | Bridging The Gap Between Ambition and Achievement for Millennial Women". heragenda.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  37. ^ Muppidi, Sri (2020-08-18). "Lux Capital Partner Deena Shakir's Unconventional Path". Medium. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  38. ^ "In the Ever-Evolving Bay Area, These Six Women Lead by Example". Golden State. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  39. ^ Karmo, Maimah; ContributorPublisher; Author, Bliss Magazine;; Fearless; CEO; Foundation, Tigerlily (2017-08-16). "10 Inspiring Arab-American Leaders To Watch In 2017". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-12-23. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  40. ^ "This Iraqi-American Went from Journalist, to Diplomat, to Working at Google". BarakaBits. 2014-06-13. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  41. ^ "Partners at Sequoia, GGV, General Catalyst and Greylock join Valence's VC initiative for Black founders". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  42. ^ "Leading VCs discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the world of digital health". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  43. ^ "Lux Capital's Deena Shakir sees space and frontier tech going mainstream right now". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  44. ^ "Why Elon Musk And Other Tech Billionaires Are Leaving Silicon Valley For Texas". Observer. 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  45. ^ "Learning from 2020: We Can't Lose Ground". www.orrick.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
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