Uplaksh Kumar

Uplaksh is a venture partner at Foresite Capital. He is passionate about improving the human condition. He was the SVP of strategic operations and scale at GRAIL and launched Galleri, the product with the mission to detect many cancers early when they can be treated and cured. Before GRAIL he was the first head of operations at Verily. He has held various leadership positions at Life Technologies, BD, LONZA, and Qiagen. He co-founded RoosterBio, a regenerative medicine company developing research and clinical-grade stem cells.

Uplaksh is a proven business leader who has built and scaled up operations in the medical device, cellular therapy, life sciences, and biopharma space both nationally and internationally. In addition, he has successfully executed financing activities that include private investment and IPO.