Meridian Health Ventures

Daniel Dickens is Managing Partner at Meridian Health Ventures, a transatlantic, NHS-backed venture fund focused on MedTech and digital health, which launched in July 2021 with anchor partners including Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital, and King's College London. He was previously Managing Director of the Helix Centre, a healthcare innovation lab based within Imperial's Faculty of Medicine, and earlier held roles at the venture builder Participle and as Director of Services at onefinestay. He co-founded HelpArgentina in Buenos Aires, holds an MBA from the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, and completed his undergraduate studies at Williams College.

Nadine Haram is a reconstructive plastic surgeon and the founder and CEO of Proximie, a software platform launched in 2016 that allows physicians to remotely participate in surgical procedures. She serves as Director of Clinical Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and as Co-Managing Partner of KHP Ventures, and has held roles with the Royal College of Surgeons Future of Surgery Commission and BAPRAS Innovation UK. In 2017 she delivered a TED Talk on augmented reality in surgery, and in 2018 she received the British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her work in surgery and medicine.

Madhav Mahendra is a Principal at Meridian Health Ventures, an NHS-backed venture capital firm, where he focuses on early-stage healthcare technology investments intended to scale within the NHS and internationally. His investment interests include innovations aimed at improving patient outcomes and updating healthcare systems technology. He holds an MBA from Imperial College and is a Venture Fellow through the Royal Academy of Engineering and Imperial.

Aditi Babel is a Family Medicine Doctor at Healthcare Central London who also works as a healthcare venture investor and startup advisor. She has more than six years of clinical experience, a Master's in Genomics, and membership in the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, along with prior experience at Pfizer, Certara, and StoreGene, spanning genomics, digital health, women's health, and biopharma. Outside of medicine and investing, she is a singer-songwriter active in the London open mic circuit and on streaming platforms.