Ali Tamaseb

Ali Tamaseb brings the perspective of an entrepreneur and previous startup founder, as well as a highly technical academic researcher to DCVC. Tamaseb has walked in the shoes of many of the scientist-turned-entrepreneurs that we back and has first-hand experience with the challenges they face. At DCVC, he works on a broad spectrum of areas ranging from computational health/bio to cybersecurity. More specifically, Tamaseb likes to identify early-stage highly technical and defensible startups in diagnostics tools, neuro-technology, precision medicine, synthetic bio and bio-logic, disruptive healthcare models, financial technologies, alternative data, next-generation computing, cryptography and blockchain.

Tamaseb received a B.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering from Imperial College London and graduated from the SIGM program at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He did research in the fields of neuroscience and human-computer interaction. Tamaseb has 6 publications, including one book, holds a number of patents, and has won medals in national and international olympiads and innovation fairs. Tamaseb was an honoree of the British Alumni Award, and Imperial College President’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement. Tamaseb and his work has been featured in BBC, Guardian, Forbes, The Telegraph, and others. Tamaseb has given talks and been on panels at major events and conferences including two TEDx talks.