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Amit G.

Corporate Development at Launch Therapeutics (Carlyle/Abingworth)

Amit G. is a Senior Associate at Launch Therapeutics, based in New York, NY. He is involved in healthcare investment and has a strong interest in entrepreneurship and public policy. Amit holds a degree from the University of Pennsylvania and has experience from previous roles at Gurnet Point Capital.12

In his current position, Amit contributes to the development and investment strategies for innovative therapeutic solutions. His background suggests a focus on leveraging investment to drive advancements in healthcare technologies.2

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Nov 16 · linkedin

I don't usually post on LinkedIn because the glut of anecdote-veiled self promotion makes me queasy. However, a friend just sent me a short Fortune Article with the following quote about Social Capital, a fund based in Palo Alto, which really impressed me.

"An interesting byproduct of the data-oriented approach was that CEO demographics skewed 42% female and majority non-white. (For context, female founders received 2.19% of venture capital funding in 2016.)".

A couple of weeks back I went to an entrepreneurship event on campus where a female student asked the male panel of VC's what they thought about the recent revelations about myriad sexual harassment cases that have been swept under the rug in silicon valley, and the continuing sexism in VC. The standard answer went along the lines of "I'm lucky I've never witnessed such things in my entire career"  or "There are just so few female founders that come through our pipelines." I believe these men were honest in their inability to source many female founders, but that's a symptom of their own flawed networks, rather than a drought of female talent. Hopefully objective funding mechanisms will reveal an abundance of aspiring female entrepreneurs and that will force VCs to be better at their jobs.

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New York, New York, United States