# Priyanka Jain

> Priyanka Jain is the co-founder and CEO of Evvy, a New York precision women's health company building the largest dataset on the vaginal microbiome. A former Head of Product at AI hiring startup pymetrics and a Stanford Mayfield Fellow, she pivoted from making hiring fairer to closing the gender health gap. Under her leadership Evvy launched the first CLIA/CAP/CLEP-certified at-home metagenomic vaginal microbiome test, raised a $14M Series A, and landed Jain on Forbes 30 Under 30 and Inc.'s Female Founders lists.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Evvy
- **Organizations:** Evvy, pymetrics, UN Foundation Girl Up, XPRIZE Foundation, Acumen Fund
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S.; Mayfield Fellow; President, Stanford Women in Business, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Evvy and built the first CLIA/CAP/CLEP-certified at-home metagenomic vaginal microbiome test detecting 700+ microbes from a single swab, Raised a $14M Series A (≈$19M total funding) in a challenging fundraising environment, Forbes 30 Under 30

## Career timeline

- **Teens** — Helped launch the UN Foundation's Girl Up campaign
- **Stanford** — Mayfield Fellow and President of Stanford Women in Business
- **~2016-2020** — Head of Product at pymetrics; built a 70+ person tech team from pre-revenue to 100+ enterprise clients
- **2021** — Co-founded Evvy with Laine Bruzek and Pita Navarro
- **2023** — Raised a $14M Series A; launched expanded testing, diagnosis, and treatment platform
- **2026** — Named with co-founders to Inc.'s 2026 Female Founders 500

## Achievements

- Co-founded Evvy and built the first CLIA/CAP/CLEP-certified at-home metagenomic vaginal microbiome test detecting 700+ microbes from a single swab
- Raised a $14M Series A (≈$19M total funding) in a challenging fundraising environment
- Forbes 30 Under 30
- Inc. Top Female Founders / Female Founders 500 (2026)
- Worth Magazine WORTHY 100 (2025)
- Steering Committee, Innovation Equity Forum (Gates Foundation & NIH)
- XPRIZE Foundation Innovation Board; Acumen Fund Junior Council chair; UN Foundation Girl Up spokesperson

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Named with Evvy co-founders to Inc.'s 2026 Female Founders 500
- **2025-01** — Recognized on Worth Magazine's WORTHY 100
- **2024-11** — Featured in 'The story of Evvy' video on building the largest vaginal microbiome dataset

## Links

- Website: https://www.evvy.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pjain16
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/EvvyBio
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljrs3SVOtv4
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/priyankajain/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/evvybio

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Last updated: 2026-06-03