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Saumitra Thakur

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Managing Director at MedMountain Ventures
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Saumitra Thakur is the Managing Director at MedMountain Ventures, where he combines his expertise as a physician and an investor. He holds an MD from NYU and an MBA from Stanford, focusing on scaling early-stage healthcare ventures. People who have worked with him describe him as intelligent, innovative, and diligent.

Outside of his dual career, Saumitra is passionate about coaching entrepreneurs and helping them build connections for success. His personal interests include writing and exploring the applications of big data. He is also an experienced public speaker on technology within the healthcare sector.

He has spoken to diverse audiences, including the US Special Operations Command, about machine learning in healthcare.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Topics Saumitra cares about

Healthcare Ventures
As a physician-investor and Managing Director at MedMountain Ventures, he is focused on identifying and scaling early-stage healthcare companies.
AI in Healthcare
He has spoken at academic conferences and to organizations like the US Special Operations Command about applying machine learning in medicine.
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Career

Work history

4-2019
Managing Director
MedMountain Ventures
10-2019
Board Observer
Pocket Naloxone Corp.
8-2022
Board Observer
Inherent Biosciences, Inc.
10-2020 - 12-2021
Director
Epitel
6-2017 - 6-2020
Resident Physician, Internal Medicine
UCLA Health
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Media appearances

Saumitra Thakur (MedMountain Ventures). Featured in Spotify
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How to Find the Right VC – Saumitra Thakur, Managing Director of MedMountain Ventures. Featured in Digital Thoughts Podcast
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Education
2014 - 2016
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2011 - 2017
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
New York University
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