Dr. Rajesh Grover

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Grover is an immunologist, genetic pattern expert, innovator, serial entrepreneur, TV personality and a filmmaker. He has worked with National Institutes of Health, Scripps Research and was a board member of the American Nutrition Association. Dr. Grover was an Adjunct Professor in the Synthetic Biology and Bio-energy Group at J Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California where he shared his expertise in immunology and genetics.

As a trained neuroradiologist, he developed deep interest in brain, genetics and psychology early on in his career. Dr. Grover works as a strategic advisor to companies dedicated to health focused solutions, regenerative medicine, family offices and venture capital funds with emphasis on healthcare. He is a co-organizer of a family medicine conference focused on well being at iconic places such as Stanford, Harvard and Monaco. As a former leader and an executive board member of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Entrepreneur Challenge (a business plan competition), he has advised and consulted dozens of startups across consumer brands, drugs, diagnostics, health, food, mobile/software, and hardware on their business plans.

He has also been a Mentor board member for Indiebio, the world’s biggest biotechnology accelerator based in San Francisco. Dr. Grover also served as Co-founder of Nurish.me, a wellness based nutraceutical company focused on inflammation where he helped to accelerate go-to market strategies, strategic partnerships, marketing, distribution, corporate fundraising, and compliance. His research work has been published in top scientific journals such as Science, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), Nature Reviews, and American Journal of Transplantation. He holds multiple patents. His work has been featured on PBS, DER SPIEGEL Magazine, Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), Nature Reviews, American Journal of Transplantation, San Diego Union Tribune and various news outlets around the world. He is a featured expert on TV shows and community public speaking platforms geared towards communicating biomedicine for public engagement.

Above all, Dr Grover is passionate about the intersection of science, medicine and technology with business. In his capacity as both an entrepreneur and a mentor, he co-directed and co-produced a documentary film named “Risking Aspirations,” which explores young people's passions that drive them to face the challenges of entrepreneurship, and to succeed. His entrepreneurial philosophy is best captured in this quote “A breakthrough today was a crazy idea yesterday”. Dr. Grover holds a postdoctoral fellowship from Scripps Research, a doctorate in Biomedicine from Central Drug Research Institute, India and a master degree in Biomedical Engineering and Biochemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.