Biography

Payal is a Partner at .406 Ventures, where she co-leads the digital health investing practice. .406 Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm with ~$1B under management. The firm invests in enterprise-oriented start-ups in sectors including digital health, cybersecurity, and data & cloud. Payal’s portfolio includes AristaMD, Better Life Partners, Diana Health, Equip, Heartbeat Health, Nomad Health, Redox, Wayspring, WelbeHealth, Wellist, and Virtudent.

Previously, Payal co-founded a company called SpotRocket to help students discover high-potential start-ups to work for. Payal has also worked at Eventbrite, Spectrum Equity, and J.P. Morgan. Payal received her MBA, with Distinction, from Harvard Business School and her BS in Electrical Engineering and minor in Management from MIT. She is a Boston native and she and her husband, who is a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and two kids live in Brookline.