Nil Gural built her path through startup science, consulting, and now investing, with research roots in liver-stage malaria and engineered liver models, including work that grew malaria parasites in a dormant form for the first time and built a testing platform for potential anti-relapse drugs. That mix shows up in her Polaris investments in technical platform companies like Crossbow Therapeutics, EpiBiologics, Satellite Bio, August Bio, Tavo Biotherapeutics, and FIRE1, and in her public talks aimed at helping science-heavy founders understand what investors look for.
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Polaris Partners operates three specialized funds under one platform—core venture for healthcare and life sciences, a growth fund exclusively for profitable founder-owned B2B SaaS companies with $4-20M revenue who want to retain significant ownership, and an innovation fund that systematically turns academic biomedical research into companies with help from world-class scientists. With nearly 30 years focused heavily on healthcare, the firm has backed 400+ companies and helped bring 50+ therapies to market, while building a cross-Atlantic and Asia-Europe bridge for biotech formation through offices like 65LAB in Singapore.
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