Megha Unhelkar
Megha Unhelkar is a Director of Venture at Connecticut Innovations, focusing on life sciences investments. She has experience in venture creation, portfolio strategy, and drug development, and previously worked at Flagship Pioneering and other organizations.
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Connecticut Innovations (CT Innovations) writes $250K to $1M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.
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- BASF · bench scientist
- Celgene · bench scientist
- Charles River Associates · consultant
- Yale University · Blavatnik Fellow
- Flagship Pioneering · associate director of strategy and portfolio analytics
- Connecticut Innovations · Director, VentureNow
- Connecticut Innovations · Director, Bioscience InvestmentsNow
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Who is Megha Unhelkar?
Megha Unhelkar is a Director of Venture at Connecticut Innovations, focusing on life sciences investments. She has experience in venture creation, portfolio strategy, and drug development, and previously worked at Flagship Pioneering and other organizations.
How much does Megha Unhelkar invest?
Megha Unhelkar invests through Connecticut Innovations (CT Innovations), which writes checks of $250K to $1M at pre-seed, seed, series a.
How do I pitch Megha Unhelkar?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Megha in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Connecticut Innovations (CT Innovations) backed works better.
What did Megha Unhelkar do before Connecticut Innovations (CT Innovations)?
bench scientist at BASF; bench scientist at Celgene; consultant at Charles River Associates; Blavatnik Fellow at Yale University; associate director of strategy and portfolio analytics at Flagship Pioneering.
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