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Dr. Siyu Shi: Investor at F-Prime & Healthcare Venture Capital
Friday, 14 June, 2024
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Siyu Shi, MD, MBA. Dr. Shi is an investor at venture capital firm F-Prime Capital. She has over 10 portfolio companies, across healthcare sub sectors including MedTech, IT, and therapeutics, in which she led or co-led the investment. She also collaborates with Eight Roads, F-Prime’s sister company, based in Asia to work with Chinese startups. She talks about her experience both as an internal operator and an outside investor and why she ultimately chose F-Prime. This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in becoming a physician entrepreneur and in understanding how a hard science background can be useful for a career in finance. Follow us on Twitter @doctorsinbiz to meet more creative doctors! This episode was hosted and edited by David Park. Timestamps (01:10) Why choose a business career over residency? (02:25) Working as a founder vs. investor (03:40) Transferable skills of science to venture capital investing (05:10) F-Prime’s investment capabilities and range (06:04) Eight Roads and working with Chinese startups (07:59) Sourcing startups (08:40) F-Prime’s differentiator within the VC industry (09:51) AI hype (11:11) Engrail Therapeutics: most recent investment (13:10) Startup accelerators at Stanford (15:52) Assessing entrepreneurial DNA (16:44) IPO successes (19:02) Advice for future investors and founders (19:55) Weightlifting
