Why Doctors Make Great Investors

About this episode

Dr. Meenakshi Jhala discusses her journey from medicine to venture capital and the unique skills doctors bring to investing.

Dr. Meenakshi Jhala is an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, Co-Founder of Tiny Ventures , and Chief of Staff at Synthax . Her mission is to have a global positive impact on human life — operating across clinical medicine, research, and investment. In this episode we cover: Meenakshi's journey from medical school to the intersection of medicine, research, and VC How working with Millbleep and publishing research in BMJ Innovations opened her eyes to health tech Her time as a venture analyst at RISE, a digital health VC fund Why she believes doctors make great investors — and what skills from medicine transfer directly to the world of startups and VC The founding story of Tiny Ventures and its unique competition format: teams of four conducting live due diligence in front of senior VC judges The real challenges of building community from scratch — venues, judges, and juggling an obs & gynae rotation How to pitch partnerships when you don't have capital, and the value of bringing talent and senior VCs into the same room Her role at Synthax, building a voice-first operating system for specialty clinics in the US Identity and conviction as a founder — why believing in yourself isn't…

People in this episode

Host: Leo Tyson

Guest: Dr. Meenakshi Jhala

Topics covered

• health tech
• venture capital
• medical investment
• founder identity
• community building
• pitching partnerships

Keywords

• doctors as investors
• venture capital
• health tech
• Tiny Ventures
• Synthax
• community building
• pitching
• medical research

Sponsors

Progyny Global

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tiny Ventures, Synthax, Millbleep, BMJ Innovations, RISE

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