Dr. Meenakshi Jhala is an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, Co-Founder of Tiny Ventures, and Chief of Staff at Synthax. Her mission is to have a global positive impact on human life — operating across clinical medicine, research, and investment.

In this episode we cover:

• Meenakshi's journey from medical school to the intersection of medicine, research, and VC
• How working with Millbleep and publishing research in BMJ Innovations opened her eyes to health tech
• Her time as a venture analyst at RISE, a digital health VC fund
• Why she believes doctors make great investors — and what skills from medicine transfer directly to the world of startups and VC
• The founding story of Tiny Ventures and its unique competition format: teams of four conducting live due diligence in front of senior VC judges
• The real challenges of building community from scratch — venues, judges, and juggling an obs & gynae rotation
• How to pitch partnerships when you don't have capital, and the value of bringing talent and senior VCs into the same room
• Her role at Synthax, building a voice-first operating system for specialty clinics in the US
• Identity and conviction as a founder — why believing in yourself isn't a soft skill
• The importance of operating as your future self, not your present self

Connect with Meenakshi: LinkedIn

Links mentioned: Tiny Ventures | Synthax

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