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Jeffrey Lu is an experienced entrepreneur, corporate executive, and investor in technology and life sciences. He is currently co-founder and CEO of Engine Biosciences, which builds upon novel experimental biology and data science developed previously at MIT, Harvard, Mayo Clinic, and UCSD to decipher biological complexity for breakthrough drug discovery and other applications. As a private investor, he has led deals in a large number of early and growth stage companies, serving as board director and/or advisor and resulting in notable IPOs and trade sales. He has previously built two companies towards highly profitable exits at a total combined valuation of US$450M. Earlier in his career, Jeff was a consultant at Bain & Company, where his clients included private equity and large corporates in healthcare, TMT, financial services, and travel, and prior to that he worked at a technology-focused hedge fund. He received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania.