Deval Lashkari

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Director Board of Directors at EditCo Bio

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Deval Lashkari is a Senior Partner and co-founder at Telegraph Hill Partners, focusing on life science and healthcare venture capital. With a PhD in Genetics from Stanford, where he worked on the Human Genome Project, he specializes in diagnostics, entrepreneurship, and commercializing novel technologies.

Outside of his venture capital work, Deval is an avid trail runner. He is actively involved with his alma mater, having served as Past President of the Stanford Medicine Alumni Association and participating in programs for minority undergraduate students during his graduate studies.

During his PhD, he contributed to the development of new technologies used in the original Human Genome Project at the Stanford Genome Technology Center.

Personality Overview

Status Quo Seeker

Late Adopter

Process Oriented

They are always well-planned and adopt a systematic approach.  They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. Being observant comes to them naturally.

Topics They Care About

Life Science Investing
As a co-founder and Senior Partner at a life sciences VC firm, he has over 25 years of experience investing in and commercializing novel technologies.
Biotech Board Governance
Actively represents Telegraph Hill Partners on the boards of numerous life science and biotech companies, including Panome Bio and formerly Akoya Biosciences.
Genomic Technologies
His PhD work at Stanford's Genome Technology Center involved developing new technologies for the Human Genome Project, a foundational interest.

Media Appearances

Deval has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2024
Director Board of Directors at EditCo Bio
5-2023
Director Board of Directors at n6 Tec
3-2023
Director Board of Directors at Panome Bio
5-2022
Board at Mosaic Biosciences
11-2021
Director Board Of Directors at Excellos

Education

PhD from Stanford University School of Medicine
Bachelor of Arts - BA from University of California, Berkeley

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Insights For Selling To Deval

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Expect them to be slow and cautious, encourage them to ask more questions
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control
  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them

DONT's

  • Don't push them too hard to make fast decisions, give them time
  • Don't use phrases like 'do not worry', 'i promise' etc.
  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Deval is

  • Proof of usage by others in the industry, case studies showing ROI are likely to work the best with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Deval

  • Often, they don't say no, or keep going about it in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Deval move?

  • They are some of the slowest movers and take their time reaching decisions.
  • Can Deval take some risk or not?

  • They have very low acceptance of risk even if they do not say it directly.

You And Deval

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