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    Pick winners and make impactful investment decisions

    11 April 2025 • by Jim Pulcrano in Podcasts

    IMD's Jim Pulcrano interviews Ruchita Sinha, General Partner of venture capital firm AV8 Ventures, and explores her approach to early-stage investing. ...

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    In Jim Pulcrano’s interview with Ruchita Sinha, a partner at AV8 Ventures, he explores her journey from science to venture capital and her approach to early-stage investing. She discusses AV8’s focus on AI-driven innovation in healthcare, enterprise tech, and financial services, and shares insights on evaluating founders, what distinguishes a good company builder, navigating tough situations, and making impactful investment decisions beyond just picking winners.

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    Jim Pulcrano

    Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management

    Jim Pulcrano is an IMD Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management. His current projects include teaching in Lausanne, London and Silicon Valley, research on disruption, and various strategy, networking, customer-centricity, and innovation mandates with multinationals in Europe, Asia, and the US. At IMD, He is Director of the Venture Capital Asset Management (VCAM) program and teaches on the Executive MBA (EMBA), Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP), and full-time MBA programs.

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    Ruchita Sinha

    General Partner, AV8 Ventures

    Ruchita leads healthcare investing at AV8 and has spent her professional career in the healthcare industry as a scientist, operator, investor, and advisor to healthcare and life science startups. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, a Master's in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Bachelor's in Biochemistry from Mount Holyoke College.

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