Please Join us for VC Office Hours with Ambar Bhattacharyya from Bessemer Venture Partners. Ambar will be answering questions and providing insight from the VC's perspective from 3:00 to 5:00 PM on September 6th. You should come talk to Ambar if you are in the Healthcare or HealthTech spaces, specifically if you are an early- or growth-stage venture, as this is Ambar's area of focus.

There will be a sign up sheet available in the Venture Cafe to reserve your time slot with Ambar.

"Ambar Bhattacharyya is a vice president in BVP’s Cambridge, MA office.  He focuses on investments in early- and growth-stage healthcare companies and has been closely involved in Bessemer's investments in Verastem (IPO), OvaScience, Liazon, Fractyl Laboratories, and Accuvein. He is also actively involved in BVP’s investments in Cerulean andOxagen. Prior to joining Bessemer, Ambar worked as an associate at Bain Capital Ventures. There, he helped make investments in companies such as Ameritox, Accelecare, LinkedIn (IPO), iPay Technologies (acq. by Jack Henry), TargetSpot, and VMLogix (acq. by Citrix). Before Bain Capital, Ambar was the assistant to the CEO at MinuteClinic, a company that runs health clinics staffed by nurse practitioners inside retail settings and was acquired by CVS.  He began his career at Bain & Co. where he worked on projects across various industries, including healthcare, business services and technology, as well as for non-profit clients at The Bridgespan Group.  After attending business school, Ambar interned with the City of Fremont, CA, where he helped the city develop its clean-tech strategy."

*This event occurs at the Venture Cafe located at the Cambridge Innovation Center, One Broadway, 4th Floor. Visitors must comply with Venture Cafe attendance policies (see http://bit.ly/vc-credo for more details.)