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Reetika Bhardwaj

Associate at ARCH Venture Partners

Greater Chicago Area

Overview 

Reetika Bhardwaj is a Senior Associate at ARCH Venture Partners in the Greater Chicago Area, with a background in business development, scientific communications, and marketing. She has played a key role in supporting various startups and ventures, including serving as a Board Observer for companies like Pretzel Therapeutics and Moleculent. Bhardwaj holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and has made significant investments in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sectors, focusing on Series A and seed-stage companies in the Midwest region.

Work Experience 

  • Board Observer

    2024 - Current

  • Senior Associate

    2019

ARCH is a venture firm that focuses on life science discoveries to prevent, detect, and cure disease.

  • Board Observer

    2021

Pretzel Therapeutics mission is to develop groundbreaking therapies to reverse mitochondrial dysfunction through mitochondrial biology.

Raised $72,500,000.00 from University of Cambridge Enterprise, Karolinska, Google Ventures, Mubadala Capital Ventures, Angelini Ventures, Invus, EIR Ventures, HealthCap, ARCH Venture Partners and GU Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2023

Protillion Biosciences specializes in the design and development of protein-based drugs.

Raised $18,000,000.00 from Illumina Ventures and ARCH Venture Partners.

  • Innovation Fund Associate

    2019 - 2020

    • Perform due diligence on a Sleep disorder therapeutics and a pediatric insomnia device company; analyzing potential market, reviewing technology, and assessing development milestone • Advised advisory committee to invest $250K per startup from a $20 M seed fund ; the companies were successfully funded • Served in a venture capital associate role in order to equip the Shultz Innovation Fund Advisory Committee to make investment decisions

UChicagoTech launched the Innovation Fund in 2010 to accelerate the commercialization of promising.

  • Investment Banking Associate (M&A)

    2019 - 2019

Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.

  • I-Corp Fellow

    2018 - 2019

    Business Development Lead for early stage startups in the field of Neuroscience- Alzheimer and Sleep Apnea

  • Scientific Advisor and Business Development

    2015 - 2018

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