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Pooja Sikka

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General Partner at Meridian Health Ventures · Venture Partner at APEX Ventures · Venture Partner at Cross-Border Impact Ventures

London, England, United Kingdom

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About

Venture Partner and practising medical doctor with over 20 years in health and life sciences; former Partner at Octopus Ventures and former head of EY UK's healthcare corporate venture portfolio, having invested over $60m in early-stage companies. Holds an MBA from Imperial College London and an MBBS.

Experience

  1. Meridian Health VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. Meridian Health VenturesAdvisor and IC member2022 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
  3. Cross-Border Impact VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  4. APEX VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2022 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  5. National Association of Primary Care (NAPC)Council Member and Faculty Membercurrent2019 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  6. StepcareDirectorcurrent2019 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  7. NHSGeneral Practitionercurrent2010 — present
  8. NHSGP Commissioner for Children's Services2011 — 2012
  9. NHSNHS Doctor2005 — 2011London, United Kingdom
  10. Mango SciencesBoard Director2021 — 2022Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  11. Octopus VenturesPartner, Octopus Ventures2020 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
  12. TenX HealthCo-Founder & General Partner2019 — 2022London, United Kingdom
  13. EYManagement Consultant & Ventures Team2013 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  14. The Dental Suite DocklandsCo-Founder2010 — 2016
  15. BMJ GroupClinical Lead, BMJ Quality2011 — 2012London, United Kingdom
  16. Hurley Group, NHSLocal Medical Director / Lead GP2011 — 2012

Skills & more

Project Management14NHS Commissioning10Tender Management8Management Consulting2Venture Capital1User Experience (UX)Product DevelopmentTurnaround Experience2Start-up VenturesPrimary Health Care2New Business Development2

From Pooja's professional profile.

Colleagues at Meridian Health Ventures

Aditi Babel
Investment Team at Meridian Health Ventures
Daniel Dickens
Co-Managing Partner at Meridian Health Ventures
Dr. Aditi Babel
Associate, Innovations in Mental Health at Meridian Health Ventures
Dr. Nadine Haram
Co-Managing Partner at Meridian Health Ventures
Dr. Patrik Bächtiger
Venture Partner, Meridian Health Ventures I at Meridian Health Ventures
Dr. Pooja Sikka
General Partner at Meridian Health Ventures
Elena Dikova
Investment Team at Meridian Health Ventures
Jing Wei Luo
Head of Legal and Operations at Meridian Health Ventures

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Who is Pooja Sikka?
Venture Partner and practising medical doctor with over 20 years in health and life sciences; former Partner at Octopus Ventures and former head of EY UK's healthcare corporate venture portfolio, having invested over $60m in early-stage companies. Holds an MBA from Imperial College London and an MBBS.
Where does Pooja Sikka work?
Pooja Sikka is General Partner at Meridian Health Ventures.
Where did Pooja Sikka go to school?
Pooja Sikka studied at Imperial College London (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); King's College London (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)); King's College London (BSc Intercalated, Psychology and Neuropharmacology).

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