# Ke Cheng

> Ke Cheng is a scientist and entrepreneur who founded HistoWiz, served as its CEO from 2012 to 2022, and later founded Onco0. Her public career spans laboratory research, automated research services, Y Combinator, and participation in the New York and Miami startup communities.

- **Role:** Founder at Onco0; Founder and Board Member at HistoWiz
- **Organizations:** HistoWiz, Onco0, Harvard University, Memorial Sloan Kettering, EPFL / ISREC
- **Education:** Cornell University, PhD research; institutional affiliations span Cornell, MSKCC and Harvard, Harvard / Pier Paolo Pandolfi laboratory
- **Known for:** Founded HistoWiz and led the company through its early customer development and Y Combinator participation., Led HistoWiz when it announced a $32 million Series A in October 2021., HistoWiz reported more than 1,000 customers by October 2021.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Public founder biographies date completion of her PhD research in Pier Paolo Pandolfi’s laboratory to 2009.
- **Before 2012** — Worked as a scientist at CGIX and undertook a postdoctoral fellowship with Douglas Hanahan at ISREC in Switzerland.
- **2012–2013** — Founded HistoWiz; corporate and founder histories use 2012, while several operating histories use 2013.
- **2014** — Spoke about starting HistoWiz at Columbia University on October 29.
- **2016** — HistoWiz participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 batch.
- **2018** — Named a judge for the spring hackNY student hackathon.
- **2019** — Discussed HistoWiz on the Digital Pathology Podcast, episode 5, released November 17.
- **2021** — HistoWiz announced a $32 million Series A led by Vivo Capital on October 19.
- **2022** — Moved from CEO to President and Board Member when Linh Hoang was appointed CEO on October 25.
- **2023** — Offered assistance to Miami startups affected by the SVB collapse and moderated Nucleate Florida’s September 7 panel.
- **2025** — ELabNYC publicly highlighted her as the founder of HistoWiz and Onco0.

## Achievements

- Founded HistoWiz and led the company through its early customer development and Y Combinator participation.
- Led HistoWiz when it announced a $32 million Series A in October 2021.
- HistoWiz reported more than 1,000 customers by October 2021.
- Published research in journals including Nature and Blood.
- Founded Onco0.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — ELabNYC highlighted Cheng as founder of HistoWiz and Onco0 in a Women’s History Month post.

## Links

- Website: https://onco0.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ke-cheng-b18537

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Last updated: 2026-10-21