Shashi ShankarFounder

United States - New York, New York

We’re building Novellia to fix a foundational flaw in American healthcare: the patient - the person at the center of everything - doesn't control their own health record.

I started Novellia after losing my Tata (grandfather) to a late cancer diagnosis made worse by fragmented medical records. Watching critical pieces of his story sit trapped in disconnected systems - inaccessible and impossible to make sense of when it mattered most - was devastating. That experience turned an abstract healthcare problem into a personal calling. I left a career I loved at Genentech/Roche to dedicate my life to building the solution I wish my family had.

Today, Novellia is building America’s leading system of record for patient health - a free, AI-enabled platform that gives patients a complete, longitudinal view of their medical history and powers next-generation real-world evidence for life sciences.

Patients all across the U.S. use Novellia to access and understand their health data. Leading biopharma companies partner with us to solve mission-critical challenges that legacy data solutions can’t - from biomarker testing variability to therapeutic risk stratification and beyond.

We're backed by some of the world's best investors, our data + research have been recognized by ASCO, AACR, and SABCS, and we've won multiple awards (Fierce Pharma Outstanding Innovation for Drug Development; MedTech's Most Innovative EHR Solution in the World; named a “Top 10 Startup to Watch” by Digital Health New York; etc.). But what matters most is the trust we’ve earned from both patients and partners as we build the infrastructure layer for modern healthcare.

Outside (or alongside!) Novellia, you can catch me running somewhere near the water, getting my butt kicked on a mountain hike, or with my nose buried in a book. Big fan of toasts, late dinners, and making new friends (especially four-legged ones).