Vijay Barathan

About

Vijay is a Partner of the Global Team at Optum Ventures, based in London. Before Optum Ventures, Vijay was a Life Science Partner with Catapult’s Life Sciences Fund, leading and managing investments across life sciences with a specialist focus on digital health. Previously, he was also the Chief Investment Officer at a healthcare IP commercialization company focused on digital health, diagnostics, and therapeutics investments. Vijay also spent time as a healthcare investment banker at Peel Hunt and Piper Jaffray, looking after listed healthcare clients and undertaking IPO, M&A, private placement, and secondary fundraising transactions. Vijay began his career in medicine and worked as a doctor for the NHS. He qualified from Guy’s Kings and St. Thomas Medical School in London and holds an MBBS in Medicine and a B.S. in Development Neurobiology. He is passionate about cricket, a keen photographer and a massive fan of Oasis.

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