Deena Shakir

Deena Shakir is an American venture capitalist. She has served in a number of senior management roles in American corporations.

Deena Shakir
Shakir (2022)
Born	(1985-10-20) 20 October 1985 (age 39)
Alma mater	Harvard University (BA) Georgetown School of Foreign Service (MA)
Occupation	Venture Capitalist
Known for	Venture capital
Spouse	Mehdi Alhassani
Children	3
Website	https://deenashakir.com/

Early life

Shakir was born to Iraqi immigrants, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1][2] She graduated with a BA in Social Studies from Harvard University and a master's degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.

Career

Shakir had a career as a journalist, where she worked at Al-Arabiya. She has also served briefly in a fellowship and entry-level position at the Aspen Institute and USAID. ^[3] From 2012 to 2017, she served as a manager at Google.org (the division of Google responsible for charitable work).^[4] From 2017 to 2019, she was a Partner by GV.^{[citation needed]} She is a contributing columnist at Forbes magazine.

Since 2014, she has been an angel investor for numerous start ups. As of 2019^[update], she is serving as a partner at Lux Capital.^[5] She was named one of the 'Nine Women Shaping Venture Capital’s Today' by Wall Street Journal and as one of the '30 Leaders Under 40 in Healthcare' by Business Insider.^[6][7] She spoke at the Fortune magazine Most Powerful Women Summit.^[8]

Board Positions

Deena Shakir serves on the board of Maven Clinic, SteadyMD, Alife Health, Shiru, Allstripes, adyn, and H1.^[9]