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Nikhil Puri

Nikhil Puri

Managing Director atSignet Healthcare PartnersNew York
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Nikhil Puri is a Managing Director at Signet Healthcare Partners, joining in 2016. He previously led business development for Pfizer's Global Established Pharmaceuticals and worked at Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns.

What Nikhil can write

Writes checks of$10M to $30M+
Comes in atSeries BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
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Signet Healthcare Partners writes $10M to $30M+ checks, larger than 97% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Lehman Brothers · investment banker
  2. Bear Stearns · investment banker
  3. Pfizer · responsible for worldwide business development of Global Established Pharmaceuticals
  4. Pfizer
  5. Signet Healthcare Partners · Managing Director
    Now

Investments named in public bios

Curida GroupLaxai Life SciencesLeading PharmaGBI (fka Goodwin Biotechnology)GBI

Focus

pharmaceutical industryhealthcare investment bankingbusiness developmentinorganic growthpharmaceutical

Education

New York University, Masters of Business AdministrationUniversity of Mumbai, bachelor's degree in commerce

Also at Signet Healthcare Partners

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Ashley FriedmanManaging Director
James Gale
James GaleFounding Partner & Managing Director
Emad Piracha
Emad PirachaVice President
Audrey Liu
Audrey LiuAssociate

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Alejandro Sanchez
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Who is Nikhil Puri?

Nikhil Puri is a Managing Director at Signet Healthcare Partners, joining in 2016. He previously led business development for Pfizer's Global Established Pharmaceuticals and worked at Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns.

How much does Nikhil Puri invest?

Nikhil Puri invests through Signet Healthcare Partners, which writes checks of $10M to $30M+ at series b.

How do I pitch Nikhil Puri?

A warm intro from a founder Signet Healthcare Partners backed works best.

What did Nikhil Puri do before Signet Healthcare Partners?

investment banker at Lehman Brothers; investment banker at Bear Stearns; responsible for worldwide business development of Global Established Pharmaceuticals at Pfizer; Pfizer.

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