Francisco Gimenez
VCPartner, 8VC
Stanford biomedical PhD investing in biotech and AI
San Francisco, CA1 notable investments
SeedSeries ASeries B+
BioHealthcareAIData
Background
Francisco Gimenez is a Partner at 8VC focused on Bio-IT and Enterprise AI investments. He holds a PhD in biomedical informatics from Stanford, where he won the Martin Epstein award at the American Medical Informatics Association in 2014 and was the Stanford School of Medicine commencement speaker in 2015. He holds a BS in EECS from UC Berkeley. Prior to 8VC, he was Resident Data Scientist at Formation 8 and founded Catenus Science. His portfolio includes Big Hat Biosciences.
Investment Thesis
Fund data-driven biotech and enterprise AI companies at the crossroads of biology and computation
Investment Focus
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B+
Sectors
BioHealthcareAIData
Based in: San Francisco, CA (North America)
Notable Investments
Last updated: Jun 11, 2026