Varun Govindan

Principal at Foxglove Seed Fund · Healthcare

Foxglove Seed Fund

Chennai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

9+ years experience

Christ University

English, Hindi, Tamil

Investing

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Overview

Principal at Foxglove Seed Fund, backing healthcare companies. Sit on 4 boards. Most at home with regulation and biotech. Weekend cricket, weekday chai.

Good reasons to reach out

Founders building in healthcare
Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Second opinions on healthtech decisions

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Crypto token projects
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Best reached early in the week

Skills

healthtechregulationventure capitalbiotech

InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $500k cheques into pre-seed healthcare in MENA

Cheque size: $500k
Stages: Series A
Sectors: Healthcare
Geographies: LatAm
Lead or follow: Any
Decision time: Within a month
How I help: Fundraising strategy for the next round

Typically lead or co-lead. We reply to every founder.

Chennai, India · remote OKbiotechhealthtechventure capital

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Experience

Principal
Jun 2022 - Present
Foxglove Seed Fund · 4 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Led or co-led 15 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later.
- Sit on 7 boards.
- Backed 30 founders at pre-seed and seed.
Engagement Manager
Sep 2019 - Jun 2022
Freshworks · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Led a cost programme that saved a client $37 million.
Senior Consultant
Jun 2018 - Sep 2019
Northgate Solutions · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Ran commercial diligence on 6 deals.
- Designed the operating model for a 17 thousand-person transformation.
Engagement Manager
Aug 2017 - Apr 2018
Flipkart · 8 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
- Led a cost programme that saved a client $72 million.

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Education

Christ University
BBA, Engineering
2013 - 2017

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