Maneesha Ghiya is managing partner at FemHealth Ventures, the ‘go-to’ in women’s health venture capital. She has been investing in health care for over 20 years as a venture capitalist and an investor at hedge funds. Her personal medical experience inspired her to launch FemHealth Ventures. Previously, Ghiya held health care-focused investment roles at JPMorgan Partners, Kingdon Capital, and Highline Capital. She has invested more than $1 billion in public and private health care companies within therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health. Ghiya is a judge for Harvard Business School startup competitions and board member for the University of Pennsylvania Management & Technology Program. Featured in The Wall Street Journal as one of Nine Women Shaping Venture Capital’s Today and Tomorrow, Ghiya was also selected for PEI Media’s Women of Influence in Private Markets.
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Untapped market opportunities, coupled with the recognition that many diseases exclusively affect women, or affect them differently than men, are drawing venture capitalists i...