About
Ruchi Dana is a Partner at MFV Partners and a Board Member of Dana Group, where she oversees strategy across the GCC and Arab world region. She has previously worked on healthcare investments at Golden Seeds and New Silk Route Growth Capital, and co-founded three companies: Jugaad, a last-mile logistics provider in the UAE; Pik A Venture, a crowdfunding accelerator for South-East Asia; and One Big Family, an app for the elderly. She holds an MD from AMU and an MBA and PMP from Stanford University, and serves as President and COO of Duluth Medical Technologies, a robotic medical device startup.
Experience
- MFV PartnersPartnercurrent2021 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- Harper Court VenturesPartnercurrent2025 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- DANA Group (www.danagroups.com)Partner and Executive Board Membercurrent2008 — presentDubai, United Arab Emirates
- OrisDXBoard Observercurrent2025 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- Aikenist TechnologiesInvestor and Mentorcurrent2021 — present
- Duluth Medical Technologies Inc.President, COO, Board Membercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Global Women in VCGlobal Women in VC Channel Lead : Healthcare and Family officecurrent2020 — present
- California State University, ChicoBoard Member : Cybersecurity for Executives, California State University, Chicocurrent2020 — presentCalifornia, United States
- Loyal VCAdvisorcurrent2020 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- MBX CapitalVenture Advisorcurrent2020 — presentSan Diego, California, United States
- FundRxVenture Partnercurrent2019 — present
- Pik A VentureCo-Foundercurrent2012 — presentPalo Alto, California
- Jugaad.aeCo Founder2016 — 2019
- American Middle Eastern Dialogue at Stanford (AMENDS)Public Speaker2012 — 2013Stanford
- Golden SeedsSummer associate2012Greater New York City Area
- Stanford Byers Center for BiodesignStanford Biodesign Global Exchange Grant for Trip to China2012San Francisco Bay Area
- New Silk RouteSumer Intern2011Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Sawai Man Singh Hospital, JaipurClinical Research Associate2007
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA, General Management2011 — 2013
- Aligarh Muslim UniversityDoctor of Medicine - MD, Medicine
- MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence)Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Leaders
- MIT Sloan School of Management
- Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya
- Indian High School, Dubai
- Indian Community School , Libya
Skills & more
Management21Strategy26Leadership11Experienced Speaker1Board Level3Non-Executive Director1Portfolio Optimization1Investment Management1Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital99Corporate Development46Private Equity99
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HealthcareMedical DevicesMedicalLean ManufacturingOperations ManagementMedicineFinancial ModelingDue DiligenceBusiness StrategyValuationInvestmentsManagement ConsultingLanguages Arabic · English · Hindi
- TiE Women_Winner — TiE Silicon Valley
- GSV Bootcamp Certified Healthcare and Biotech Lead — GSV Ventures
- Kauffman Fellow Techstars Venture Deal 2020 — Kauffman Fellows
- Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh on Blitzscaling — LinkedIn
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
From Ruchi's professional profile.
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,317
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Aligarh Muslim University1
Also attended MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence)1
Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management491
Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorOlaInvestor at Investinor
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