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Himanshu Sharma
Investor at J.P. Morgan
New York, New York
Overview
Himanshu Sharma is a healthcare growth equity investor based in New York, with a background in bioinformatics and genomics. With experience at prestigious firms like J.P. Morgan and McKinsey & Company, he holds an MBA from The Wharton School and has led investments in healthcare and life science sectors.
Sharma's career highlights include serving as a lead for Watson for Genomics at IBM and holding roles such as Senior Associate at Nina Capital and AV8 Ventures, showcasing his expertise in healthcare investing and bioinformatics.
Work Experience
Healthcare and life science growth equity investor
2024 - Current
J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital invests in early-stage biotherapeutics and late-stage healthcare companies. We seek to work tirelessly alongside entrepreneurs to transform the future of healthcare. The intersection of biology, engineering and computation requires a team with experience across the spectrum.
J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation provides commodity risk management solutions in both the physical .
Board Observer
2025
Associate
2022 - 2024
Healthcare Private Equity practice
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Senior Associate
2022 - 2022
Helping build companies at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Sourced a pre-seed startup in the surgical communications space, leading to closing the pre-seed round (~€1.2M) Helped with due diligence of a seed stage startup, leading to closing the seed round (~€2M) Led 3 investment thesis with a focus on cardiology, healthcare x Fintech, and vbc in oncology
Senior Associate
2021 - 2022
Investing member of the digital health team Sourced and led diligence on 1 deal (series A), led diligence on 1 (Series B), and part of 2 other deal teams (Seed, Series A) in healthcare tech and services
AV8 Ventures is an early stage investor in enterprise software, fintech & insurtech, and biotech & healthcare companies.
Summer Investing Fellow
2021 - 2021
Part of Northpond Healthcare Tech Team. Focused on Data Liquidity and Digital Cardiology areas
Northpond Ventures is a private equity and venture capital that focuses on science-driven projects in life sciences and technology.
Fellow, Healthcare Investment
2020 - 2021
Sourced early-stage start-ups and founders across the healthcare tech space Conducted due diligence on companies in clinical informatics, PRO, Genomics/Diagnostics, VR tech, and NLP in Healthcare Developed Investable hypothesis on automated billing/coding and Symptom checker space Conducted end-to-end diligences from founder pitches, writing investment memos, to updating deal flow in CRM system
Point72 Ventures is an every-stage global VC fund that focuses on fintech, deep tech, and enterprise investments.
MBA Associate intern
2020 - 2020
Conducted due diligence on live venture capital and growth equity deals by looking at the overall market and competitive landscape in virtual clinical trial space; $5M potential investment in a $15M financing Prepared data for presentations to the limited partners for fundraising objectives for Agent Capital Fund II Led sourcing and market development for companies that match the investment criteria; Leveraged pitchbook and set up meetings with founders to facilitate deals and set up a pipeline for 2020/21
A biotech venture capital firm.
Product Lead
2019 - 2020
Analyze client organization’s processes and workflows to show how Watson technology will positively impact patient care Lead change management activities from project initiation to post go- live optimization to assure adoption Facilitate opportunities of collaborations by brokering trust and understanding among key health/healthcare stakeholders (e.g., academic medical centers, medical associations, non-governmental health agencies, etc.)
IBM is an IT technology and consulting firm providing computer hardware, software, infrastructure, and hosting services.
Scientific Project Manager
2018 - 2019
Managed 5 accounts , including company’s largest client, by developing processes to optimize delivery of company’s product, maintaining communications with clients to understand their needs, and implementing strategic solutions to ensure client satisfaction Leveraged technical, scientific, and business skills to collaborate with company’s international teams and lead projects to improve product offering Collaborated with Business Development Managers to lead technical trainings and product demonstrations for new and existing clients