RB

Reetika Bhardwaj

ARCH Venture Partners

Greater Chicago Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $150,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Senior Associate

    2019

    Associate 2020-2022 Senior Associate 2023-now - Dedicated to company building and direct investing into disruptive life sciences companies across indications, technologies, and modalities -Source and evaluate investment opportunities across biotech and life sciences that have signifcant impact on human health -Create new ventures and operate within portfolio companies. Investments: Pretzel, AIRNA, Moleculent, Protillion, Metsera, KoreAx, Cytrellis Operations: Walden, Tenvie, Cytrellis, Pretzel

  • Board Observer

    2021

    -Investment and company formation of Pretzel -Business development, Competitive intelligence

2022

  • Board Observer

    2022

    -Direct Investment, syndicate formation -Business development, strategy, operations, competitive intelligence, and chief of staff duties for early stage RNA editing company, from seed through Series B -Indication selection, TPP

  • Board Observer

    2024

    - Direct investment - Portfolio support

  • Board Observer

    2023

  • Board Member

    2021

    - Investor relations -Commercial operations and strategy

  • Innovation Fund Associate

    2019 - 2020

    • Perform due diligence on a Sleep disorder therapeutics and a pediatric insomnia device company; analyzing potential market, reviewing technology, and assessing development milestone • Advised advisory committee to invest $250K per startup from a $20 M seed fund ; the companies were successfully funded • Served in a venture capital associate role in order to equip the Shultz Innovation Fund Advisory Committee to make investment decisions

2019 - 2019

  • Investment Banking Associate (M&A)

    2019 - 2019

  • I-Corp Fellow

    2018 - 2019

    Business Development Lead for early stage startups in the field of Neuroscience- Alzheimer and Sleep Apnea

2015 - 2018

  • Scientific Advisor and Business Development

    2015 - 2018