Farah Champsi

Farah is an experienced life sciences venture capital investor. She is currently an advisor to a biotech venture capital firm and previously she served as a partner at Population Health Partners. From 2000 to 2020 she was a Managing Director and General Partner at Alta Partners, a leading biotech venture capital firm in San Francisco. During that time, Farah raised over $1 billion in venture funds and served as a board member of numerous successful public and private life sciences companies. Prior to Alta, Farah was a senior investment banker at Robertson Stephens & Company for 13 years, where she focused on biotechnology and other life sciences companies. During that time, she was responsible for building one of the most prominent life sciences investment banking franchises on Wall Street.

Farah holds a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College. She currently serves on the boards of Stanford Health Care and the Stanford Life Sciences Council. Previously, she served as a Trustee of Smith College and a board member of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals. She lives in Atherton, CA, with her husband, Jim Keene, and twin daughters.