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Chitra Akileswaran’s Startup, Cleo, Announced A $10.5 Million Series A Round

June 14, 2018

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2009 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Chitra Akileswaran is putting her MBA and MD to work in Cleo, the startup she cofounded with Shannon Spanhake. The company, which supports working parents as they transition back to the workforce, announced a $10.5 Million Series A round in June of 2018. Read about their work in Forbes here. ∎

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Chitra Akileswaran

President and Chief Executive, East Bay Medical Group at Alameda Health System
Chitra Akileswaran is the child of immigrants from India. Fellowship awarded in 2009 to support work towards an MD in Medicine at Harvard University

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