Dee Datta

Deepshikha (Dee) Datta is a biotechnology entrepreneur and venture capitalist.

Dr. Datta has worked in biomedical research, biotechnology startups, venture capital, business development and investment banking. Most recently Dr. Datta was an investor at the Column Group and a consultant to TPG Biotech. Previously she worked at DE Shaw & Co. and in healthcare investment banking at JP Morgan. Dr. Datta is a co-founder of Allozyne, a biotech startup developing next generation biologics.^[1][2][3]

Dr. Datta is also an accomplished classical dancer specializing in Odissi, a classical Indian dance form.^[4][5]

Background

Dr. Datta attended University of Delhi where she received a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. In 2003 she graduated with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) where she worked with Prof. Steve Mayo, Prof. William Goddard and Prof. David Tirrell. She graduated with an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2009.

Awards & Recognition

• 1999 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship
• 2000 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship
• 2002 IBM Fellowship
• 2005 FWE&E Trailblazer Award^[6]

References

1. ^ Seattle biotech incubator helps another young fledgling to fly
2. ^ Hot biotech startup makes its home here
3. ^ Accelerator Corporation Launches Allozyne
4. ^ Traditional Indian Dance Performance at Caltech
5. ^ An Evening of Odissi: Traditional Indian Dance
6. ^ Valley's women entrepreneurs honored