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Noreen Brar

Sr. Strategist at R/GA Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Noreen Brar is a Senior Strategist at R/GA in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background in venture capital, financial analysis, and market research. She has held notable roles at SteelSky Ventures as an Investment Principal and Plug and Play Tech Center as an Associate Analyst. Brar's career highlights include her current position as a Senior Strategist at R/GA, where she leverages her expertise in due diligence, valuation, and product development. Additionally, her experience as an Investment Principal at SteelSky Ventures showcases her proficiency in impact investing and health & hospital services sectors.

Work Experience 

  • Sr. Strategist

    2021 - Current

R/GA Ventures is R/investment GA's arm that assists industry leaders in capitalizing on disruptive technologies.

  • Associate

    2020 - 2021

  • Analyst

    2019 - 2020

Plug & Play Topeka is a Venture Capital company that offers corporate Innovation, open Innovation, and accelerator Programs.

  • Investment Principal

    2020 - 2021

    - Sourced and evaluated startups to assess company fit, led diligence calls, and completed due diligence on 6 startups resulting in investment - Assisted portfolio companies with conceptualizing new marketing tactics and business opportunities within women's health - Led SteelSky Fellows/Internship program managed 30+ students across 3 universities to provide portfolio support

SteelSky Ventures is an early stage VC fund investing in Women’s Health.

  • Analyst

    2018 - 2019

    Patented SPEAR platform removes immunilogical barriers to generate off-the-shelf and organ replacements to avoid long-term medication, repeat transplants and associated patient deaths. • Lead market research on relevant competitors in targeted delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic agents, identify market opportunities, and define current product • Guided product development by conducting thorough investigations into the FDA approval process • Conducted customer interviews, analyzed market penetration points and developed future acquisition strategy

Vivita Technologies develops biomaterials for regenerative medicine, intending to alleviate the scarcity of donor organs and tissues.

Raised $1,500,000.00 from National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

  • Consultant

    2015 - 2019

    Targeted delivery of chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer patients • Organized and collected data, to derive insights and provide actionable recommendations for product development • Crafted marketing strategies for targeted doses of chemotherapy to the peripheral vasculature • Designed improved internal processes to reduce on-boarding time for future board members

RenovoRx is developing innovative solutions for targeted delivery of fluids to selected sites in the peripheral vascular system.

Raised $32,319,774.00 from Boston Scientific, Astia Angels, b2venture and Golden Seeds.

  • Undergraduate Student Researcher

    2016 - 2018

    Under Dr. Annaliese Franz, emphasis on organic chemistry

  • Undergraduate Researcher

    2017 - 2018

    Under Dr. Amber Boydstun, emphasis on American Politics

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