Lavanya Anandan, Ph.D.

Company Builder, Startup Advisor & Angel Investor | Life Sciences & Biotech Innovation | Ex-Head of New Ventures, Merck Group

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 1 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2025
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Investing Member/ LP - Women's Health
Sep 2025
Portfolia is the most powerful community of women and men investing in the companies we want in the world. Our collective investments are changing health, active aging & longevity, sustainability, education, and the overall venture capital landscape while also backing diversity. Our currently open funds are Femtech III, focused on enhancing the wellness of all women, and advancing innovation in womens health; and Active Aging & Longevity II, focused on significant opportunities and challenges in aging well, as well as those focused on new strides and technologies in the field of longevity. We drive change while creating wealth. If youd like to join us, email investorrelations@portfolia.com, and our Investor Relations Team will contact you.
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2026
Council Member, Women's Health Innovation
Jan 2026
Springboard accelerates the growth of entrepreneurial companies led by women through access to essential resources and a global community of experts. We are a leading network of influencers, investors, and innovators dedicated to building high-growth companies led by women who are transforming industries. The measure of our success is in the results. Since we started in 2000, 950+ Springboard portfolio companies have created more than $76B in value, 28 IPOs, and 10 unicorns.
2025
Executive in Residence (XIR)
Oct 2025
As part of our public mission, UC San Francisco strives to translate our scientific discoveries for public use and benefit. Whether it’s a new drug molecule, diagnostic, medical device or digital health application, our goal is to ensure the best new therapies and technologies can make their way to the patient as efficiently and safely as possible.
Investing Member/ LP - Women's Health
Sep 2025
Portfolia is the most powerful community of women and men investing in the companies we want in the world. Our collective investments are changing health, active aging & longevity, sustainability, education, and the overall venture capital landscape while also backing diversity. Our currently open funds are Femtech III, focused on enhancing the wellness of all women, and advancing innovation in womens health; and Active Aging & Longevity II, focused on significant opportunities and challenges in aging well, as well as those focused on new strides and technologies in the field of longevity. We drive change while creating wealth. If youd like to join us, email investorrelations@portfolia.com, and our Investor Relations Team will contact you.
Venture Partner
Mar 2025
AiiM Partners backs technology companies making industries more resource-efficient — across digital infrastructure, energy, and supply chains. We lead rounds, take board seats, and get our hands dirty. Two decades of domain expertise. A team thats invested together for seven years. And a spot on BlueMarks 2025 Practice Leaderboard to prove performance and purpose arent mutually exclusive.
2021
Senior Director, Head of New Business Ventures - Life Sciences & Healthcare
Oct 2021
This channel is not intended for U.S. and Canadian visitors. Merck operates in the U.S. and Canada as EMD Serono in Healthcare, MilliporeSigma in Life Science and EMD Electronics in Electronics. An unaffiliated and unrelated company, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, US holds the rights in the trademark MERCK in the U.S. and Canada. _______________________________ We are Merck, a leading global science and technology company headquartered in Germany. We are curious explorers, courageous pioneers, and ingenious inventors. Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Life Science, Healthcare, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and the planet. We believe in the positive power of science and technology. It has determined our actions since 1668 and inspires us to continue researching for a future worth living. As a family-owned company with over 350 years of experience, we stand for sustainability, responsibility, and innovative strength. We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive company that values and fosters the talents and abilities of our employees. Thats why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. Work your Magic and join Merck. Legal Disclaimer: www.merckgroup.com/en/legal-disclaimer.html Data Privacy Declaration: www.merckgroup.com/en/privacy-statement
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