Zain Kassam
Dr. Zain Kassam is the Chief Medical Officer at Seed Health. He is an entrepreneur, investor, senior biotechnology executive, and physician-scientist at the intersection of medicine, biological engineering, and computer science. He co-founded and led a healthcare company that scaled to become a national supplier, delivering life-saving treatments to over 75,000 patients. Dr. Kassam co-founded and built a first-in-field biotechnology company that resulted in an upsized IPO on the NASDAQ with peak market capitalization of $1B and secured leading pharmaceutical partnerships for AI-enabled drug discovery. He has led Phase I-III clinical trials with top-tier academic collaborators across multiple therapeutic areas. Dr. Kassam is a mentor at Creative Destruction Labs, an investment committee member of the UCeed Health and Child Health Funds, and a steering committee member of the national MaRS-adMare Therapeutic Accelerator. He has experience with diverse technologies serving on the Board or as an advisor to venture capital firms, foundations, and private healthcare companies.