Summary
Wasim Malik is a venture builder and investor with 12+ years at the crossroads of healthcare, life sciences and digital technology, currently leading early-stage investments and new venture creation as Managing Partner at Iaso Ventures. He combines deep academic roots—a PhD in Electrical Engineering and postdoc in computational neuroscience—with C-level digital strategy experience at Roivant and leadership roles at Harvard Medical School/Mass General and the Broad Institute. Wasim serves on multiple startup and nonprofit boards, mentors accelerator cohorts, and actively advises companies translating biomarkers, sequencing analytics and neurotechnology into commercial products. He’s equally comfortable in the lab and the boardroom, having moved from wireless systems and software engineering to shaping digital R&D, partnerships and investment theses for precision psychiatry and other healthcare verticals. An investor and mentor in Boston’s ecosystem, he often leverages academic-industry networks to de-risk science-driven startups and accelerate clinical adoption.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering at University of Oxford
Postdoc Computational Neuroscience, Postdoc Computational Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Executive Education Building a Business, Executive Education Building a Business at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Executive Education Venture Capital and Private Equity, Executive Education Venture Capital and Private Equity at Harvard Business School