Dr. Hirak Parikh is a principal and has been on the investments team of JJDC since 2021. He is based out of the Boston Innovation Center in Cambridge, MA. He also initiates and manages equity investments across medtech in eastern North America for Johnson and Johnson. In addition to serving on several boards of portfolio companies, he is very active in the local venture ecosystem.

Prior to his role at JJDC, he served as fund manager for the Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund, a seed-stage fund since its inception in 2016. He has invested in life-sciences start-up companies across multiple categories: therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, and health IT/digital technologies.

Dr. Parikh earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in biomedical engineering as well as two master’s degrees in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in electronics and telecommunication engineering from the University of Pune in India.

In his spare time, Dr. Parikh likes to read, play the guitar, dabble in B/W photography, and run marathons.