Linda Avey
About Linda Avey
Linda Avey co-founded 23andMe in 2006 with Anne Wojcicki and Paul Cusenza, and served as co-president until 2009. Before that she spent about two decades in sales and business development in biopharma, including work on research programs at Affymetrix and Perlegen Sciences. Wikipedia and Crunchbase now list her as Linea Avey. She is based in Austin, Texas.
After leaving 23andMe in 2009, she started the Brainstorm Research Foundation, which focused on Alzheimer's disease research. In 2011 she co-founded Curious, Inc., a platform for gathering and exploring personal health data. From 2017 to 2023 she was co-founder and CEO of Precise.ly with Aneil Mallavarapu. The company announced seed investment from Rock Health and a partnership with Narayana Health in India in January 2020.
She is a member of the Board of Fellows at Stanford Medical School and joined the board of the Human Immunome Project in November 2023. She was also the founding independent board director of Rock Health. On X she lists advisory roles with Autism Impact Fund, Giant and Colossal Bio.
Public records of her personal investments are thin. Crunchbase lists two personal investments, TrustedRouter and The Portal. CB Insights records her as a seed participant in Experiment in June 2013, in a $1.2M round with many other investors. Dates and amounts for her own checks are not public.
Avey took part in TrustedRouter's $1.25M seed round, which Axios reported on August 31, 2026. Other investors in the round were Sam Lessin of Slow Ventures, Bill Tai and George Xing. TrustedRouter is a Miami-based AI routing startup. It gives developers access to more than 600 models from over 81 providers through one API, and its code is open source. It uses confidential computing so the router cannot see customer prompts.
Crunchbase and the Human Immunome Project describe Humain Ventures as investing in life and health tech and the AI-powered bioeconomy. Avey is a general partner there. Her one disclosed AI angel deal was a seed-stage infrastructure company, so she is not limited to health. No check size, fund size or stage rules are public.
- TrustedRouter: AI routing and API gateway across 600+ models; seed round of $1.25M announced August 2026.
- Experiment: seed participant in a $1.2M round in 2013 (per CB Insights).
- Precise.ly: precision health company she co-founded and led as CEO; seed from Rock Health announced in 2020.
- crunchbase.com/person/linda-avey
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Avey
- finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/exclusive-ai-startup-trustedr
- refreshmiami.com/news/trustedrouter-lands-1-25m-to-build-a-private-gat
- humanimmunomeproject.org/news/23andme-founder-linda-avey-joins-the-hum
- prweb.com/releases/precise_ly_to_bring_precision_medicine_to_india_thr
- past.pmwcintl.com/linda-avey
- cbinsights.com/investor/linda-avey
Investing activity
Linda Avey appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $1M. The most recent is TrustedRouter (Seed, $1.25M, Sep 2026).
Linda Avey most often invests alongside George Xing, Slow Ventures and Bill Tai, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Linda Avey
Does Linda Avey invest in AI startups?
Yes. She was named as an investor in the $1.25M TrustedRouter seed round, an AI routing startup, reported in August 2026. She is also a general partner at Humain Ventures, which backs life and health tech and the AI-powered bioeconomy.
What is Linda Avey's check size?
It is not public. No source gives her individual check sizes or the size of Humain Ventures.
What stage does Linda Avey invest in?
The deals on public record are seed rounds, including TrustedRouter in 2026 and Experiment in 2013. She has not published a stage preference.
Who is Linda Avey?
She is a biologist and entrepreneur who co-founded 23andMe in 2006 and served as its co-president until 2009. She later co-founded Curious, Inc. and Precise.ly. She now goes by Linea on X and in some listings.
How can founders reach Linda Avey?
Her public channels are LinkedIn and X (@lindaavey). She has not published a pitch process or an intake form.
Is Linda Avey an angel investor?
Yes. Linda Avey invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Linda Avey invested in?
Linda Avey's AI investments include TrustedRouter. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Linda Avey invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Linda Avey has invested at Seed, with a median round of $1M.
Who does Linda Avey co-invest with?
Linda Avey's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are George Xing (1 deal), Slow Ventures (1 deal) and Bill Tai (1 deal).