Aparna Krishnan

CEO

India8 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

Co-founder of a pioneering digital health venture.
Led investments in healthtech startups with significant funding.
Expert in early-stage venture development and strategy.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthtech and Life Sciences expert with a focus on early-stage investments and venture development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyDigital HealthEarly Stage InvestmentFinancial AnalysisMarket AnalysisResearch And Development (r&d)Biomedical SciencesMicrobiologyData Analysis

Other Skills

Adobe Design SuiteAnalytical SkillsBusiness Model InnovationCommunicationContent CreationDeal ExecutionEarly Stage VenturesFinancial ModelingGrantsmanshipHealthcare IndustryInvestment AdvisoryInvestment ValuationLeadershipLife SciencesManagement

About

Biomedical researcher turned digital health enthusiast, passionate about exploring the evolving early-stage healthtech and life sciences ecosystem in India and SEA. Started my career researching highly pathogenic infectious diseases for bio-safety purposes with the US Dept of Defense. Pivoted to digital health shortly after my graduate studies, spending time learning about the evolving healthcare startup ecosystem in India, first as an investor and then as a venture builder. Keen to leverage my expertise in this space to help drive fundamental innovation and maximize impact across India and SEA. Excited to connect with like minded folks!

Experience

8 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 8 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 8 mos

Current Experience

Durva life

Co-Founder and CEO

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

2070 health

New Ventures | Leadership Team

Apr 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

2070 Health is India's first venture studio, focused on building innovative and impactful digital health companies across 100+ whitespaces (raised $30M)
Core member of leadership team involved in operations, strategy and growth initiatives for the studio
Worked with promising entrepreneurs to design new ventures by building playbooks comprising of business opportunity ideation, innovative operational models, product roadmap, GTM & growth strategy
Cultivated new venture playbooks across Healthcare Tech Services (Reveal HealthTech), Women's Health and Pediatric Care (stealth)

Business StrategyContent CreationHealthcare IndustryOperationsEarly Stage VenturesDigital Health+6

Season two ventures

Investment Associate

Mar 2020 – Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Season Two Ventures (now under the banner of McLaren Strategic Ventures) is a $100M fund investing in early-stage B2B startups across fintech, healthtech and logistics
Focus sectors: Healthtech & Insuretech
Led & participated in investment and portfolio management for investments in health insurance claims management space (Vitraya | round size: $5M) and genomics-based precision oncology solution for cancer patients across Asia (4Basecare | round size: $2M)
Board Observer: 4Basecare

Content CreationLife SciencesEarly Stage InvestmentHealthcare IndustryDigital HealthFinancial Analysis+4

Pwc india

Trainee | Management Consulting - Healthcare

Sep 2019 – Mar 2020 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Built 5Y financial plan and GTM strategy for global digital health player's $30M investment in elder care
Detailed market diligence for VC fund looking to invest in India's healthcare EHR startup

Healthcare IndustryMarket AnalysisDigital HealthFinancial AnalysisTherapeuticsStrategic Thinking

Duke university

Graduate Student Researcher | Dept of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Aug 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · Durham, North Carolina, United States · On-site

Extracted essential biological targets involved in influenza viral pathogenesis through data mining
Selected to present early findings to cohort of peers and experts at conference/poster session

Data AnalysisResearch and Development (R&D)Molecular MicrobiologyTherapeuticsBiomedical Sciences

Argonne national laboratory

Scientific Researcher | Microbiology

Jun 2015 – Jun 2017 · 2 yrs · Howard Taylor Ricketts Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois · On-site

Identified novel disease mechanism for BSL 3+ infectious agent to mitigate potential epidemic spread and address national biosafety measures (funded by the US Dept. of Defense)
Secured funding by presenting findings to large scientific consortium from National Institute of Health

MicrobiologySelect-Agent TrainingData AnalysisCommunicationGrantsmanship