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Nil Gural

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Principal at Polaris Partners

New York

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About

Nil Gural is a principal at Polaris Partners, which she joined in 2022, where she works on biotech and healthcare investments. She previously was a manager in Bain & Company's healthcare practice covering pharma and medical devices, and earlier was part of the founding team at Glympse Bio, contributing to its platform technology. She holds a PhD from the Harvard-MIT HST program, where she was an HHMI fellow, and a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.

Invests in

BiotechHealthtech

Experience

  1. Polaris PartnersPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
  2. Polaris PartnersSenior Associatecurrent2022 — presentNew York, United States
  3. Bain & CompanyManager2021 — 2022New York, United States
  4. Bain & CompanyConsultant2019 — 2021New York
  5. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Student2013 — 2018Greater Boston

Skills & more

Public Speaking4Management3Research5Microsoft Office4Data Analysis5Matlab4PowerPoint3Teaching3Cell Culture3Project Management2RNAseq2

From Nil's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

August BioEpiBiologicsTavo Biotherapeutics

Investor

Crossbow TherapeuticsFIRE1Satellite Bio

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Polaris Partners

Alan Crane
Entrepreneur Partner at Polaris Partners
Alexandra Cantley
Managing Partner at Polaris Partners
Alicia Taylor
Investment Director at Pembroke VCT
Amir Nashat
Entrepreneur partner at Polaris Partners focused on healthcare investing and portfolio company executive roles
Amy Schulman
Managing Partner at Polaris Partners
Annie Wihongi
Executive Assistant and Office Manager at Polaris Partners
Brian Chee
Managing Partner at Polaris Partners
Brian Lewis
Director, Legal & Investment Analytics at Polaris Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Nil Gural?
Nil Gural is a principal at Polaris Partners, which she joined in 2022, where she works on biotech and healthcare investments. She previously was a manager in Bain & Company's healthcare practice covering pharma and medical devices, and earlier was part of the founding team at Glympse Bio, contributing to its platform technology. She holds a PhD from the Harvard-MIT HST program, where she was an HHMI fellow, and a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.
Where does Nil Gural work?
Nil Gural is Principal at Polaris Partners.
What does Nil Gural invest in?
Nil Gural invests in Biotech, Healthtech.
What boards does Nil Gural sit on?
Nil Gural holds tracked board seats at August Bio, EpiBiologics, Tavo Biotherapeutics.
What companies has Nil Gural invested in?
Investments tracked here include Crossbow Therapeutics, FIRE1, Satellite Bio.
Where did Nil Gural go to school?
Nil Gural studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering); Washington University in St. Louis (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering).

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