Aparna Krishnan
InvestorAssociate at Season Two Ventures · Venture Partner at Verge HealthTech Fund
South Asia
About
Aparna Krishnan is co-founder and CEO of Durva Life, a women's health brand. She also serves as a venture partner at Verge Healthtech focused on India, where she works with early-stage healthtech companies from pre-seed through Series A.
Experience
- Durva LifeCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2024 — presentMumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Verge HealthTech FundVenture Partnercurrent2024 — present
- 2070 HealthNew Ventures | Leadership Team2022 — 2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Season Two VenturesInvestment Associate2020 — 2022Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- PwC IndiaTrainee | Management Consulting - Healthcare2019 — 2020Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Duke UniversityGraduate Student Researcher | Dept of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology2017 — 2019Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Argonne National LaboratoryScientific Researcher | Microbiology2015 — 2017Howard Taylor Ricketts Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois
- Syngene International LimitedProject Intern | Biology & Project Management2014Bangalore, India
Education
- University of ChicagoBachelor of Arts - BA, Biological Sciences2011 — 2015
- Duke UniversityMaster's Research, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology2017 — 2019
Skills & more
ManagementStrategic ThinkingCommunicationLeadershipTeamworkStrategyAnalytical SkillsFinancial ModelingTherapeuticsOperationsContent CreationHealthcare Industry
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Digital HealthMicrobiologyGrantsmanshipMolecular MicrobiologyData AnalysisBiomedical SciencesResearch and Development (R&D)Market AnalysisEarly Stage InvestmentDeal ExecutionMarket ResearchEarly Stage VenturesLanguages French · Hindi · Tamil
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Shared employers
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Also worked at PwC India12
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Also worked at Duke University65
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Also worked at Argonne National Laboratory7
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