Othman Laraki

Othman Laraki

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Co-founder and CEO

Bio

Othman Laraki, MS, MBA, is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Color, a health technology company building public health infrastructures such as scaled and efficient testing to contain the COVID-19 pandemic or using genomics for population health.

Previously, Othman co-founded Mixer Labs and developed its GeoAPI platform, a powerful location engine for developers. After the company was acquired by Twitter in 2009, he served as the social media network’s Vice President of Product and helped expand its user base from 50 to 200 million unique accounts. Before this, Othman spent several years at Google, where he played an integral role developing front-end products, including the Chrome browser.

Othman is a long-time investor and advisor to leading companies such as Pinterest, AngelList, Slack and Instacart, and serves as a board member for ESI Group and Frontier Medicines. He holds degrees in computer science and management from Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Primary Organization

Color

Color

Founded

2013

Investment

0

Lead investment

0

Exits

0

Employees

501-1000

Industry

Biotechnology, Apps, Health Care, Personal Health, Genetics, Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Jobs history

2

American Cancer Society

Board Member

2022 - Current

Frontier Medicines

Board Member

2019 - Current

Board and Advisor Roles

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Profile Resume

Othman Laraki is the Co-founder and CEO at Color, based in United States, North America. With a background in Biotechnology, Othman Laraki has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Othman Laraki studied MBA Financial Engineering @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.

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Investment portfolio

Othman Laraki has made 33 investments. Their Latest investment was Pre Seed Round - YardStream on Dec 15, 2023

Number of investment

33

Number of exits

14

Personal investment

33

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundMoney Raised
Mar 09, 2021
Detail Detail
Pre Seed Round - Detail
2.0M
Apr 06, 2022
Evernow Evernow
Series A - Evernow
28.5M
Oct 03, 2022
Exponential DeFi Exponential DeFi
Seed Round - Exponential DeFi
14.0M
Dec 15, 2023
YardStream YardStream
Pre Seed Round - YardStream
500.0K

Partner investment

0

There is no partner investment available on this profile

Exits

12

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