# Shashi Shankar

> Shashi Shankar is the co-founder and CEO of Novellia, a New York-based, AI-enabled health data platform that turns patients' scattered medical records into clean, longitudinal stories that biopharma companies can actually use. After nearly a decade at Genentech and Roche, he started Novellia in response to his grandfather's death from cancer, when his family found there was no single place to see the man's complete medical history. The company raised an $18M Series A led by Spark Capital and Shankar was named to Worth Magazine's 2025 AI & Health Access Pioneer list.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Novellia
- **Organizations:** Novellia, Genentech, Roche
- **From:** Texas, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Dartmouth College, Global Commercial Strategy (Executive Education), INSEAD
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Novellia, an AI-enabled health data platform used by leading biopharma companies, Named to Worth Magazine's 2025 AI & Health Access Pioneer list, Novellia named Best Electronic Health Record Service in the 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Awards

## Career timeline

- **~2010s** — Spent nearly a decade in healthcare roles at Genentech and Roche
- **2020** — Completed Global Commercial Strategy executive education at INSEAD
- **2023** — Co-founded Novellia with Elliot Katz to unify patient health records
- **2025** — Named to Worth Magazine's 2025 AI & Health Access Pioneer list
- **2025** — Novellia earns Best Electronic Health Record Service in the 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Awards; named a Digital Health New York '10 Startups to Watch'
- **2026** — Novellia announces $18M Series A led by Spark Capital; total funding reported at $28M

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Novellia, an AI-enabled health data platform used by leading biopharma companies
- Named to Worth Magazine's 2025 AI & Health Access Pioneer list
- Novellia named Best Electronic Health Record Service in the 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Awards
- Novellia named a Digital Health New York '10 Startups to Watch' for 2025
- Launched Project EVEREST, a cross-industry breast cancer care initiative backed by Daiichi Sankyo, Genentech, and AstraZeneca
- Raised an $18M Series A led by Spark Capital

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Novellia announced an $18M Series A led by Spark Capital, with total funding reported at $28M.
- **2025-06** — Named to Worth Magazine's 2025 AI & Health Access Pioneer list.

## Links

- Website: https://novellia.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashirshankar/

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Last updated: 2026-06-05