Mahni Ghorashi

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Mahni Ghorashi
Mahni Ghorashi
Mahni Ghorashi
BornJuly 12, 1983
Knoxville, Tennessee, US
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Yale University
OccupationEntrepreneur

Mahni Ghorashi is an American entrepreneur, investor and educator.[1][2][3]<[4][5][6]

Early life and education[]

Mahni Ghorashi was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He attended Farragut High School, received BS degrees from MIT in 2005,[7] attended the PhD program in English at Yale,[8] and received an MBA from Vanderbilt University.

Early career[]

Ghorashi started his career as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, where he founded and help grow a number of ventures to exit in Silicon Valley, including Bina (acquired Roche),[9] Trapit (acquired ScribbleLive), and LiteScape (acquired Dell).[10] In 2014, Ghorashi co-founded Clear Labs,[11] a private genomics testing company headquartered in San Carlos, California, United States. It conducts high-throughput DNA sequencing tests to determine if food samples contain the genetic materials of specific pathogens.[12] It can also verify a food's ingredients, its GMO status, or whether it has been contaminated by human or animal DNA.[13][14]

Clear Labs was founded by Ghorashi and Sasan Amini,[15] both of whom left their jobs at genomics companies to start Clear Labs.[16] They acquired $6.5 million in series A financing in 2015.[17] In 2017, the company closed a $16 million Series B funding round and followed by another $21 million round in October 2018.[18] The company raised a follow-on round of $18M in May 14, 2020 and $60M Series C for a total of $123.5M.[19][20][21] The company was listed as one of Forbe's 25 most innovative Ag-tech startups.[22]

Public Policy, Investment and Education[]

Mahni currently serves in the role of Chief Strategy Officer at Launch Tennessee, the state of Tennessee's early-stage venture economic growth engine, to sit on the executive team.[23] Launch Tennessee stimulates the statewide economy by facilitating capital formation, market building and providing the needed resources to ensure sustainable growth for entrepreneurs and investors. As Chief Strategy Officer, Ghorashi oversees state-wide venture capital and portfolio investments, state-wide entrepreneurial incubators, university and government-lab tech-transfer and licensing programs, university engagement, private sector and policy outreach.[24][25][26]

He's guest-lectured on entrepreneurship at Stanford and MIT Universities.[27]

Personal life[]

Mahni is a classical pianist, having studied piano with faculty of the Juilliard School.[28]

References[]

  1. ^ "Clear Labs Aims To Be Google Search For GMOs In Packaged Food". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  2. ^ "Food analytics startup Clear Labs raises $13 million from Wing, GV, Tencent, more". VentureBeat. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  3. ^ "Ilya Tokhner". Vanderbilt University. Owen Center for Entrepreneurship. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  4. ^ Ehlinger, Maija (2020-11-19). "Innovation Has Deep Roots in Tennessee. Now, The Rest of the Country Is Taking Note". Hypepotamus. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  5. ^ "Author: Mahni Ghorashi". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  6. ^ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2017/03/16/clear-labs-mahni-ghorashi-food-safety.html. Retrieved 2020-12-17. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "Author: Mahni Ghorashi". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  8. ^ "LaunchTN". ne-np.facebook.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  9. ^ "Roche acquires Bina Technologies and enters the genomics informatics market". sequencing.roche.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  10. ^ "3686now Presents: Deep Roots: Building a High-Performance, Diverse and Connected Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Tennessee". www.3686now.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  11. ^ "Clear Labs closes $21M funding round to advance food safety solutions". Food Dive. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  12. ^ "Evolving pathogen testing methods offer better, faster alternatives". www.foodengineeringmag.com. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  13. ^ Leopold, Todd (26 October 2015). "10% of vegetarian hot dogs contain meat, says analysis". CNN. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  14. ^ Bromwich, Jonah Engel (2015-11-05). "No, Hot Dogs Do Not Contain Human Meat (Published 2015)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  15. ^ "Clear Labs Aims To Be Google Search For GMOs In Packaged Food". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  16. ^ Grant, Rebecca (2015-10-23). "The Company That Wants to Test Your Hot Dog's DNA". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  17. ^ "Clear Labs Aims To Be Google Search For GMOs In Packaged Food". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  18. ^ Cathy Siegner. "Clear Labs closes $21M funding round to advance food safety solutions". Food Dive. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  19. ^ "Clear Labs Overview". PitchBook Data. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  20. ^ "Clear Labs raises $18 million to expand its automated next-generation sequencing platform for COVID-19 diagnostics". Tech News | Startups News. 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  21. ^ "Food safety tester Clear Labs raises $60M to chase COVID-19 variants". FierceBiotech. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  22. ^ Sorvino, Chloe. "The 25 Most Innovative Ag-Tech Startups". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  23. ^ "Meet the Team". Launch Tennessee. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  24. ^ "3686now Presents: Deep Roots: Building a High-Performance, Diverse and Connected Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Tennessee". www.3686now.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  25. ^ Ehlinger, Maija (2020-11-19). "Innovation Has Deep Roots in Tennessee. Now, The Rest of the Country Is Taking Note". Hypepotamus. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  26. ^ "Author: Mahni Ghorashi". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  27. ^ "3686now Presents: Deep Roots: Building a High-Performance, Diverse and Connected Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Tennessee". www.3686now.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  28. ^ "3686now Presents: Deep Roots: Building a High-Performance, Diverse and Connected Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Tennessee". www.3686now.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
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