Sydney physician, founder and angel investor Dr Amandeep Hansra has joined the CSIRO’s deep tech funding fund Predominant Sequence as a principal.
Dr Hansra, a Bondi GP, has been typically follow for practically twenty years and co-founded the funding syndicate Australian Medical Angels, in addition to founing Artistic Careers in Medication, which supplies consulting providers to governments, hospitals, startups, corporates and traders.
She was CEO and medical director of Telstra’s telemedicine enterprise ReadyCare; in addition to serving as chief medical officer for Telstra Well being. She continues as a director on a number of boards, together with the Australian Medical Affiliation (NSW) and Coviu World.
Predominant Sequence common companion Invoice Bartee stated Dr Hansra will assist deliver innovation to life not solely in healthcare however throughout all industries.
“We’re so excited to welcome Amandeep to the funding workforce. Her huge expertise makes her the appropriate voice for us,” he stated.
“We’re wanting ahead to witnessing her affect on the fund and the neighborhood as she applies her medical background to fixing among the world’s greatest issues, together with feeding a rising inhabitants, and unlocking the potential of synthetic intelligence and machine studying.”
Dr Hansra stated she’s seeking to higher join her medical background with creating affect on mass scale,
“As a health care provider, you need to guarantee higher well being outcomes, not only for the affected person in entrance of you, however to have a bigger affect, even on a world degree via innovation,” she stated.
“Australia punches above its weight in analysis and is accountable for some world-class improvements, however to ship them, we have to make investments extra critically. I’m excited to affix a workforce the place I may also help construct an funding pipeline that may allow these improvements to flourish and commercialise in a sustainable means.”
Her appointment as a principal follows on from the current promotion of Gabrielle Munzer to companion on the VC final month
Predominant Sequence has now invested in 42 corporations.
