Shashi Shankar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Novellia, Inc., the only real-world data company built entirely on patient-consented health information, trusted by leading biopharma companies to uncover hidden insights in real-world patient data.

Prior to Novellia, Shashi spent nearly a decade at Genentech and Roche leading healthcare strategy, and holds an executive education credential in Global Commercial Strategy from INSEAD.

Shashi was personally motivated to found Novellia after his grandfather's cancer journey exposed the devastating consequences of fragmented medical records, a mission he carried from lived experience into enterprise innovation.

Named to Worth Magazine's 2025 AI and Health Access Pioneer list, Shashi leads Novellia's partnerships with a majority of the top 10 global pharma companies, securing several seven-figure, multi-year contracts.

Novellia raised $28M in total funding including an $18M Series A led by Spark Capital, and its platform helps patients unify up to 20 years of medical data in under 30 seconds, powering peer-reviewed research presented at ASCO and SABCS-AACR.