Murali Venkatesan

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Global Head of Danaher Ventures, Vice President of Business Development, Board Director at Danaher Corporation

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Murali Venkatesan is the Global Head of Danaher Ventures, where he leads the companys investment strategy in early-stage life sciences and diagnostics. A scientist and inventor with a Ph. D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, he plays a key role in major acquisitions and serves on the board of numerous private companies.

Murali has a deep passion for impacting human health on a global scale. This drives his professional focus and is reflected in his speaking engagements on healthcare transformation, such as his talk at the Global Health Exhibition in Riyadh. He actively mentors young scientists and entrepreneurs, encouraging them to be bold in tackling significant challenges.

He is an inventor on over 20 patents and has co-authored numerous scientific publications, including one detailing a nanopore-based method for DNA methylation detection as a pathway to early cancer detection.

Personality Overview

Dynamic But Sincere

Driven But Considerate

Decisive But Friendly

They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)  They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product

Topics They Care About

Early-Stage Innovation
As Head of Danaher Ventures, he leads strategic investments in early-stage companies, nurturing external innovation to solve critical challenges in healthcare and biology.
Genomic Medicine
His background includes leading teams at Illumina that enabled the $1000 genome and his venture portfolio focuses on transformative platforms for cell and gene therapies.
Global Health Transformation
He is a featured speaker at global health conferences and is committed to supporting initiatives like Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 to build resilient, patient-centered healthcare systems.

Media Appearances

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Work History

3-2025
Global Head of Danaher Ventures, Vice President of Business Development, Board Director at Danaher Corporation
1-2022 - 9-2025
Head of Danaher Equity Ventures (Americas, Europe) and VP, Science & Technology, Innovation at Danaher Corporation
5-2019 - 1-2022
Vice President, Innovation and Business Development at Danaher Corporation
1-2022
Member Board of Directors at Nuclera
2-2025
Member Board of Directors at Signify Bio

Education

2021 - 2021
Stanford Executive Program (SEP) from Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2005 - 2011
PhD from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Insights For Selling To Murali

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘your decision will’, ‘you will impact’ etc.
  • Build a trustworthy relationship while keeping the product center-stage
  • During followups, use calls or text if needed, they should be fine

DONT's

  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly
  • Don’t be very informal during the early interactions even if they are being so themselves
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a formal approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Murali is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Murali

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Murali move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Murali take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Murali

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