About
Kush Desai is an Associate at IQ Capital, where he focuses on biotech investments. His investment interests center on companies working at the intersection of biology and engineering.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- IQ CapitalAssociatecurrent2025 — present
- IQ CapitalResearch Associate2023 — 2025
- Nucleateco-MD, London2022 — 2024
- IQ CapitalBio + Health VC Fellow2022 — 2023
- ZX VenturesSummer Intern2021
- Sands CapitalSummer Associate2019Washington, District Of Columbia
- McKinsey & CompanyDiscover 20192019Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Skills & more
Microsoft Office1Teamwork5Research2GermanMicrosoft ExcelLeadership1Public Speaking1
Languages English · French · German · Gujarati
- Trading Education Certificate (TEC) — Imperial College Investment Society
- Investment Banking Fundamentals — Imperial College Finance Society
From Kushaal's professional profile.
Colleagues at IQ Capital
Alex Wilson
Partner at IQ Capital
Archie Muirhead
Partner at IQ Capital
Catherine Knott
Executive Assistant/Operations at IQ Capital
Céline Caraffa
Research Associate at IQ Capital
Conor McCarthy
Head of Finance at IQ Capital
Ed Stacey
Managing Partner at IQ Capital
Elaine Hegarty
Chief of Staff at IQ Capital
George Glatz
Principal at IQ Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kushaal Desai?
- Kush Desai is an Associate at IQ Capital, where he focuses on biotech investments. His investment interests center on companies working at the intersection of biology and engineering.
- Where does Kushaal Desai work?
- Kushaal Desai is Associate at IQ Capital.
- Where did Kushaal Desai go to school?
- Kushaal Desai studied at Imperial College London (PhD, Synthetic Biology and Bioengineering); Harvard Medical School (Visiting PhD, Microbiome Engineering); Imperial College London (MS, Computational Biology - 1st (4.0)).
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