Nishant Rastogi is the inaugural Managing Director of Lupus Ventures. In this role, he leads all investment activities and fund operations, including the Investment Committee and Scientific Advisory Network.
Nishant is a life sciences investor with more than a decade of experience in venture capital and private equity. He has served as a Board Director and operating partner for many biotech and medtech companies, supporting their achievement of regulatory, clinical, and financial milestones to advance science and improve standard of care across many areas of medicine – including cardiology, pulmonology, urology, neurology, immunology, and others. He has led over $200m in structured equity and debt investments, and participated in > $1b in follow-on financings, company creations, private placements, M&A and licensing transactions, globally.
Prior to Lupus Ventures, Nishant served as VP & Head of Transactions at New Rhein Healthcare Investors, an international private equity firm led by former C-suite pharma executives. As a founding member, he played an integral role in the fund’s evolution and growth and was involved in investments in Theranica, Alveus Tx, American Injectables, Corsair Pharma. Butterfly Medical, Softhale (acquired), Neuraptive, and others.
Prior to New Rhein, Nishant was the founding associate at Broadview Ventures, a Boston-based venture capital fund focused on cardiovascular innovation. He was involved in investments in FineHeart, Apama Medical (acquired), Vectorious (acquired), and others. Nishant began his career in finance as an analyst at Fidelity Investments. He currently advises several disease research organizations on fund formation, and the role of venture capital and philanthropy in advancing new medicine and health equity.
Nishant earned a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College, and an MBA in Healthcare & Finance from Northwestern University. He has completed several employer-sponsored continuing education programs – including medical science coursework at Harvard, and a certificate in climate change and health from Yale.
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