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Pooja Sikka

Investor

Venture Partner at Cross-Border Impact Ventures

London, England, United Kingdom

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

Education

  1. Imperial College LondonMaster of Business Administration (MBA)2011 — 2012
  2. King's College LondonBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)1999 — 2005
  3. King's College LondonBSc Intercalated, Psychology and Neuropharmacology2001 — 2002
  4. Old Palace School of John Whitgift1993 — 1999

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 Cross-Border Impact Ventures

Annie Theriault
Managing Partner at Cross-Border Impact Ventures
Annie Thériault
Managing Partner at Cross-Border Impact Ventures
Cyriac Alappat
Principal at Cross-Border Impact Ventures
Donna Parr
Managing Partner at Cross-Border Impact Ventures
Femke Smeets
Managing Director of Emerging Markets at Cross-Border Impact Ventures
Hamza Kayani
Investment Analyst at Cross-Border Impact Ventures
Hannah Sharpe
ESG and Health Impact Associate at Cross-Border Impact Ventures
Issy Gordon
Investment Director at Cross-Border Impact Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Pooja Sikka work?
Pooja Sikka is Venture Partner at Cross-Border Impact Ventures.

Same school

Also attended Imperial College London484

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Shared employers

Also worked at NHS37

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