Samir Batra

Managing Partner

HIP · Silicon Valley, California, United States

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HIP - a venture capital firm that uses a unique multi-disciplinary collaborative ecosystem model to fund innovation in healthcare. A firm with a TRUE NORTH of conducting the most detailed and complete early stage diligence in the industry - HIP has grown to over 275 investors (including 90 institutional including 18 health system strategic investors). HIP endorses a startup for investment ONLY after its extensive diligence and deploys capital through it's deal by deal investment vehicle, and the HIP Fund I. In parallel - institutional investors in HIP deploy capital through their own structures and funds based on their independent decision but heavily weighed by the collective HIP endorsement and powerful HIP model/process. As of Jan 2026 - HIP portfolio has 16 healthcare technology companies spanning early, growth and late stages. With over 75% having received multiple rounds of funding from the HIP ecosystem. Background: What started as a dinner and wine invitation for a few seasoned…

Founder & Ceo

BAHA Enterprises · San Francisco Bay Area

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At BAHA our mission is clear: "to help accelerate growth for health tech companies". BAHA (Bay Area Healthcare Advisors) is a boutique venture and advisory firm (based in the Bay Area) for early stage/growth investors and companies in healthcare. We believe that every successful healthcare business needs 3 things - 1) Money obviously; 2) great advice, strategy, network, partners, planning and execution; 3) pure unadulterated data from users, buyers and customers Through our vast expertise, knowledge and access to our network and partners we bring you: *Investor Connect: advising and connecting health tech companies to those with capital to invest *Strategic Advisory Services: guiding and advising you in all critical facets of your growth (i.e. G2M, PS, BD, Partnership Strategy) *End User Testing and Validation Platform and Community: In Healthcare, Buyers, End-users and ultimately Customers of technology have very different expectations and objectives of solution delivery and user expe…

Board Director - Early Investor

Nudj Health · Pasadena, California, United States

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Member of Board of Directors and Early Investor. Nudj Health, a lifestyle medicine company, provides a tech-enabled service that integrates behavioral health treatment virtually with cardiology, oncology, and primary care providers nationwide to improve patients’ mental health and social determinants of health, make lifestyle changes, and improve health outcomes.

Advisor

Xploro® · Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Advisor to an awesome company met through KidsX: Xploro: artificial intelligence, augmented reality and games to reduce stress and anxiety and improve pediatric patient outcomes

Advisor

Texas Health Catalyst at UT Austin Dell Medical School · Austin, Texas, United States

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Advise and work with the Texas Health Catalyst team that provides researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs customized guidance on product development from industry and clinical experts as well as milestone-based seed funding.

Advisory Committee & Startup Health Advisor

American Telemedicine Association · San Francisco Bay Area

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- Drive strategy, roll out and MC of Innovators Challenge for ATA 2022-present - Collaborate on strategy around targeting startup health technology companies and community - Provide guidance and advise around ATA Conference and outreach - Serve as Social Media Ambassador - ATA Connector

Mentor (Coach) and Investor Network at Kidsx

Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

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- Provide mentorship and coaching across 13 selected companies - Active member of the Investor Network KidsX is a global ecosystem of pediatric innovators, anchored by a consortium of over 40 children’s hospitals from North America, Europe and Australia motivated to partner with early stage digital health companies to transform pediatric care. The organization brings together the top children’s hospitals and talented digital health companies to build, test and deploy software solutions to make pediatric care exceptionally effective, safe, efficient and convenient for children and families.

Mentor

Techstars Los Angeles Accelerator · Los Angeles, California, United States

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Providing mentorship and advice to healthcare related startups at Techstars LA. Mentoring @Alva Health!

Advisory Board

The Millennium Alliance · Greater New York City Area

The Millennium Alliance Advisory Board is a group of world renowned industry leaders and visionaries, who are tasked with providing invaluable input and expertise. The Board ensures that the Millennium Alliance continue's to deliver the highest-level of business transformation to their members.

Member, Advisory Board & Resource Advisory Council

The Beryl Institute

Advisory board member to provide insights and input on the direction of the Beryl Institute, review current resources and offer suggestions on new opportunities. The Beryl Institute is the global community of practice and premier thought leader on improving the patient experience in healthcare. The Institute serves as a reliable resource for shared information and proven practices, a dynamic incubator of leading research and new ideas and an interactive connector of leaders and practitioners. http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.theberylinstitute.org/resource/resmgr/Press_Releases/Press_Release_-_Resource_Adv.pdf http://www.theberylinstitute.org/news/67603/Patient-Experience-Advisory-Board-Announced-by-The-Beryl-Institute-.htm