Sunil Maulik has over forty years of experience in Silicon Valley. He provides expertise on product design and go-to-market (commercialization) strategy. He has been part of five startups, with two IPOs and two acquisitions, and has been CEO and co-founder of three startups. He is an advisor to the DoE (Department of Energy) and the NIH (National Institutes of Health) via their SBIR programs.
Sunil has been a mentor and advisor to over 500 startups via SBIR/STTR programs, as well as via Stanford/SPARK, Plug-and-Play HealthTech, FundRx and Larta.org. Sunil helped start five companies, with two IPOs (OXMOL; TRPS) and two acquisitions (GeneEd, AlphaPoint.) He is a partner at the Japanese-American venture advisory AZCA Inc. Sunil is a member of the advisory boards at The Hive, Larta.org, California Life Sciences (CLS) and LA BioMed. He has been an adjunct professor at U.C. Berkeley for over 10 years, and guest-lectured at the Stanford d-school, Santa Clara University, and the University of Amsterdam.
His expertise includes:
- Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning – CrowdSmart.ai, IntelliGenetics, GeneEd
- Bioinformatics/Genomics/Drug Design – Oxford Molecular, DoubleTwist, Tripos
- Digital Health/Neuroscience – Akros Pharma, RabbleHealth, Think-Now, Sidekick Health
- Internet of Things – People Power, CareDaily.ai, 500Friends
- High-Energy Physics & Materials Science – Euclid Beamlabs, Direct Electron, Laser Prismatics, Robot Nose
Sunil has also been involved in several non-profits, including Ahimsa (Stanford), ImpactGoGo (Palo Alto, CA), and HIV education (SF General.)
