What happens when a GP trainee with zero finance knowledge decides to break into healthcare VC — and ends up co-founding a clinician-led angel syndicate?
In this episode, we speak with Dr Meenakshi Jhala, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at King's College London, Chief of Staff at Syntax, and co-founder of Tiny Ventures and DX Capital — a clinician-led angel syndicate dedicated to funding the innovations healthcare actually needs.
• 🩺 Why guideline-driven medicine felt like being a tomato in a greenhouse — and what made her look beyond clinical training
• 📈 How she broke into healthcare VC as a fifth-year medical student with no finance background, conducting due diligence at Rise Asset Management
• 🤝 The relationship-building philosophy that unlocked every role she's ever had — and why 100% of her work has come through connections
• 🚀 Building Tiny Ventures as an accelerator for aspiring investors and launching DX Capital to fund what clinicians know actually matters
• 🧠 Why doctors can't just be badge collectors — and the difference between execution and ambition
• 💡 How she balances clinical practice, research, a startup, and an angel syndicate without attaching emotion to any of it
Meenakshi's story is a masterclass in curiosity, execution, and building a career that's genuinely yours — not the one the system designed for you.
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