Valo Health
Valo Health is a biotech company that uses AI and data integration to accelerate drug discovery, particularly for cardiovascular treatments. It has raised $460M, including a Series C in October 2022, and employs 212 people.
The growth story
Valo Health grew from 193 to 212 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $460M along the way, most recently a Series C in October 2022.
About
Valo Health sells an AI-powered computational platform called Opal that integrates data across the drug development lifecycle. Its tools aim to reduce costs and failure rates in drug discovery, with an initial focus on cardiovascular treatments.
The company has raised $460M, including a Series C in October 2022, and employs 212 people. Its investors include Flagship Pioneering and HBM Healthcare Investments.
Founders and leadership
Valo Health’s largest function is research, with 85 employees. The company is led by a team with backgrounds in biotech and AI, and its headquarters are in Lexington, Massachusetts.
The Valo Health org chart
Brian Alexander (Chief Executive Officer) leads 60 mapped leaders with 8 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Research 68 (+8% YoY), Engineering 56 (+4% YoY), Information Technology 13 (0% YoY), Business Development 13 (-7% YoY), Operations 9 (0% YoY), Program and Project Management 7 (+75% YoY).
Talent flow
Valo Health hires heavily from TARA Biosystems, Harvard Medical School, and Pfizer. Alumni frequently move to Takeda, Flagship Pioneering, and GSK. The median tenure is one year.
Most common previous employers of Valo Health staff: TARA Biosystems (12), Harvard Medical School (10), Pfizer (10), Biogen (9), Forma Therapeutics (Now Novo Nordisk) (8), Numerate (7). Former Valo Health employees most often moved to Takeda (7), Flagship Pioneering (3), GSK (3), Novartis (2), Beacon Hill Strategy (2), DVLP Medicines (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Valo Health mafia
Valo Health alumni have founded 14 companies, including Medzown (38 staff), The Breakfast Club (16 staff), and Mindoro Capital Partners (15 staff).
14Jennifer Levin Carter MD, MPH, MBA, was Vice President and Head of Precision Health and Patient Engagement until 2020Andrew Kladder, was Talent Partner, Technology until 2023Jason Abelowitz, was FINANCE until 2021Jason Paragas, was Vice President External Innovation until 2020Michael Brady, was Associate Director, Corporate Strategy until 2022Hilary M Malone PhD, was Chief Operating Officer, Therapeutics until 2021
Kosta Haveles, was Vice President, Talent until 2022
David Tester, was VP, Data Sciences & Machine Learning until 2022
Apocalipsis P., was Associate Director, IT until 2025
Jennifer Hanley, was Chief Communications Officer until 2022
Ryszard Czerminski, was Principal Data Scientist, Computational Chemistry until 2022
Fangrui Wu, was Principal Scientist until 2023
Eric Lazear, was Senior Principal Scientist until 2023Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 45% direct, 41% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Valo Health: Data Analysis (78), Research Skills (63), Python (Programming Language) (62), Microsoft Office (58), R (Programming Language) (52), Cell Culture (50), Molecular Biology (50), Drug Discovery (49).
Where the team actually sits
Valo Health people are concentrated in Massachusetts, United States (55), Greater Boston (38), New York, United States (17), New York City Metropolitan Area (13).
Search footprint
Valo Health attracts about 1,003 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $2K a month if bought through ads. It gained 35 ranking keywords and lost 36 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.80 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Valo Health has 212 employees as of September 2026.
Valo Health has raised $460M in total, most recently a Series C round in October 2022.
Brian Alexander (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of Valo Health's reporting structure, with 8 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Valo Health staff are TARA Biosystems (12 people), Harvard Medical School (10 people), Pfizer (10 people).
Former Valo Health employees most often move to Takeda (7), Flagship Pioneering (3), GSK (3).
At least 14 companies have a founder who previously worked at Valo Health, including Medzown, The Breakfast Club, Mindoro Capital Partners.
Valo Health attracts about 1,003 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $2K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Valo Health staff are Data Analysis, Research Skills, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Office, R (Programming Language).
Valo Health staff are concentrated in Massachusetts, United States (55), Greater Boston (38), New York, United States (17).
Valo Health has about 68 people in Research, up 8% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Valo Health has about 56 people in Engineering, up 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 173 current and 239 former Valo Health profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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