Darshana Zaveri is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Catalyst Health Ventures (CHV). See contact routes.
Darshana Zaveri is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Catalyst Health Ventures (CHV), a Boston-based venture capital firm where she leads investments and capital raising while serving on the boards of all portfolio companies. Prior to joining CHV in 2007, she was an Investigator at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and worked in drug development for oncology and metabolic disease at Genome Therapeutics and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. CHV’s investment thesis targets early-stage opportunities in medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, and life science tools that offer “mechanical solutions for mechanical problems” in major areas like cardiovascular disease, oncology, and women’s health. The firm typically acts as the first institutional investor, supporting companies from seed through Series B and beyond, with a preference for high gross margin products that show early clinical or preclinical evidence. Notable portfolio companies led by Zaveri include Augmenix, nVision Medical (both acquired by Boston Scientific), Maxwell Health (acquired by SunLife), Aria CV, PanTher Therapeutics, and Avive. Zaveri distinguishes her approach by focusing on engineering-bas
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