Dr. Vijay Barathan serves as Partner, Global at Optum Ventures with a clinical background and focuses specifically on scaling healthcare innovation globally, particularly bridging capital with emerging healthtech ecosystems in India and Asia rather than staying US- or Europe-centric. His investment thesis emphasizes data-rich, analytics-led innovations in high-cost clinical settings like operating rooms, combining clinical outcome improvement with operational efficiency, and he extends beyond capital provision to serve in board director roles as an ecosystem steward.