Carina Namih

Carina holds a first class degree from Oxford University in philosophy, politics, and economics. 

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She sits on the curatorial committee of the Science Gallery London and the Venture Capital Committee of the British Venture Capital Association. 

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When not working with founders, Carina loves to hike (mostly in Suffolk), paint (usually oil portraits), and experiment in the kitchen (often inedible).

Carina is a General Partner at Episode1 Ventures, where she invests in seed-stage businesses based in the UK. 

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Prior to becoming an investor in London, Carina spent 5 years in San Francisco where she was the cofounder and CEO of HelixNano'one of the first companies to successfully apply machine learning techniques to genetic data for better cancer therapy'with a team from Harvard, backed by Y Combinator and Eric Schmidt. 

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Carina has also been an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Johnson & Johnson Innovation, a Venture Advisor at the Global Innovation Fund, and an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.

Carina is a member of Class 24, serving her fellowship at Episode1 Ventures.