Nikhil Pooviah
Private Equity Investor at Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd.
Profile
Nik is a medical doctor turned entrepreneur based in the United States.
He currently works as the co-founder of digital health startup Elly (backed by Google, Snap, Bayer and Morgan Stanley).
He practiced and trained as a Radiation Oncology physician in Sydney, Australia for 8 years prior to founding his first Australian startup CancerAid (backed Cedars-Sinai Health System and Techstars).
Nik has experience building and operating digital health startups from Australia and scaling them into overseas markets.
Having previously been successful on Shark Tank, he also excels at pitching, storytelling and refining the value proposition for startups.
Nik plans to leverage his wide US investor network (1K+) to help our portfolio companies expand into the US market and beyond.
Nikhil Pooviah active positions
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Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd.
Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd. is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | Private Equity Investor | 30/04/2021 |
Former positions of Nikhil Pooviah
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Elly Health, Inc.
Elly Health, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Elly Health, Inc. operates as a digital therapeutics company. The firm has developed an empathetic voice companion for patients living with chronic disease. The company was founded by Simon Holland and Nikhil Pooviah in February 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. | Founder | - |
CancerAid Pty Ltd.
CancerAid Pty Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services CancerAid Pty Ltd. develops and operates mobile application for cancer management. The company was founded by Nikhil Pooviah and Raghav Murali-Ganesh in August 2015 and is headquartered in Camperdown, Australia. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Training of Nikhil Pooviah
University of Melbourne | Undergraduate Degree |
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Private companies | 3 |
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CancerAid Pty Ltd.
CancerAid Pty Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services CancerAid Pty Ltd. develops and operates mobile application for cancer management. The company was founded by Nikhil Pooviah and Raghav Murali-Ganesh in August 2015 and is headquartered in Camperdown, Australia. | Technology Services |
Elly Health, Inc.
Elly Health, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Elly Health, Inc. operates as a digital therapeutics company. The firm has developed an empathetic voice companion for patients living with chronic disease. The company was founded by Simon Holland and Nikhil Pooviah in February 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. | Health Services |
Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd.
Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd. is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | Finance |
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