Founder & Managing Partner
Dr. Srinivas Akkaraju is the founder and managing general partner at Samsara BioCapital. Previously, he served as General Partner/Managing Director at Sofinnova Ventures, New Leaf, and Panorama Capital, and as Partner at J.P. Morgan Partners. Previously he was a Senior Manager in Business Development at Genentech. Dr. Akkaraju received his M.D./Ph.D. in Immunology from Stanford University, and undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and Computer Science from Rice University. Dr. Akkaraju is a director of Scholar Rock, Mineralys, Alumis, Inventiva Pharma, and several private biotechs. Previously, he was a board director of Seattle Genetics, Principia, Chinook, Syros, Intercept, Eyetech, ZS Pharma, Synageva, and other public biotechs.