Pavan Choksi
Partner at Arkitekt Ventures
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Arkitekt Ventures is an early stage venture firm, with a mission to improve and advance human health. We partner with exceptional founders building the next generation of Health & Bio companies.
Venture Partner
2020 - 2021
Senior Associate
2020 - 2020
Investment Associate
2018 - 2020
Seed & Series A Investor
2021
CertifyOS is an API-first, UI agnostic, end-to-end network management platform for provider credentialing, enrollment, monitoring and licensing.
Certify is an API-driven platform automating all stages of provider network management: licensing, enrollment, credentialing, monitoring.
Raised $19,050,000.00 from Upfront Ventures, Max Ventures, General Catalyst and Arkitekt Ventures.
Investor
2022
Nanite is a next-generation non-viral gene delivery company developing a new class of programmable polymer nanoparticles for a range of modalities and indications. The company’s AI-driven platform, SAYER™, combines cutting-edge high-throughput experimental and computational methods to design fit-for-purpose delivery vehicles delivering a broad range of genetic cargoes with tissue specificity.
Nanite is a non-viral gene delivery company of the next generation.
Raised $9,800,000.00 from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Board Member, NYU Innovation Venture Fund
2022
NYU's pre/seed-stage venture capital fund invests in startups founded by, and/or commercializing technologies, innovations and intellectual property developed by, current NYU students, faculty, and researchers.
Investor
2021
QSimulate revolutionizes industry R&D with innovative quantum simulations to make meaningful contributions to the drug discovery process.
QSimulate is leveraging the power of quantum mechanics to solve industrial-scale problems like never before.
Raised $9,256,000.00 from Kyoto University Innovation Capital, UTokyo Innovation Platform and 2xN.
Pre-Seed & Seed Investor
2021
Handspring Health provides quality and evidence-based mental healthcare for children.
Handspring provides quality and evidence-based mental healthcare for children.
Raised $6,200,000.00 from Quantum Angels, NextView Ventures, VamosVentures, nvp capital, Arkitekt Ventures and 25madison.
Strategic Advisory Board
2019
The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) is a professional society serving individuals at the intersection of the global healthcare and technology communities. DiMe supports the development of digital medicine through interdisciplinary collaboration, research, teaching, and the promotion of best practices.
Co-Founder & VP of BD (Acq. by Commure)
2016 - 2023
Rx.Health was acquired by Commure in 2023. Served as VP of Business Development from 2016-2018. The platform we built has powered over 30M patient interactions and engages over 300,000 patients daily. Rx.Health is now Commure Engage
Rx.Health is changing the way both patients and provider think about digital medicine.
Raised $2,250,000.00 from Gyan Kapur, GSR Ventures, Cognizant and Mount Sinai Innovation Partners.
Advisor
2020 - 2023
Old Silver VC is an evergreen Langer family associated fund that makes early-stage investments in Biotech, Digital Health, AI, and Material Sciences.
Business Development
2020 - 2021
Capsule is a healthcare technology business rebuilding the pharmacy from the inside out, with an emotionally resonant experience, and technology that enables customized outcomes for doctors, hospitals, insurers, and manufacturers. Capsule has raised over $570 million from Durable Capital, T. Rowe Price, TCV, Thrive Capital, and Glade Brook Capital.
Capsule is an online CRM designed small businesses company.