Telosity Ventures’ Sahai is a Trailblazer in Tech Investing and Digital Wellness
I had the pleasure of interviewing Faye Sahai, Founding Managing Partner at Telosity Ventures.
Faye Sahai is Founding Managing Partner at Telosity Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in digital wellness and mental health.
Prior, she has 20+ years experience in healthcare, financial institutions, and insurance innovation and investment as an executive at Kaiser Permanente, Schwab, AIG, Blue Shield and Deloitte Consulting She has also founded 3 of her own startups.
Faye has served as an Advisor and Board member to over a dozen companies, including Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, UCSF Catalyst, ANA Innovation Advisory, Samsung Emerging Technology Advisory, Innovation Executive Forum, Summer Search, Autonomous ID, and Ascend Leadership NorCal Chair.
Faye has been recognized by Insurance Business Hot 100 and Elite Women in Insurance Business America, Tech for Good Women in Tech, Ascend Leadership Award, Computer World’s Top Premier IT Leaders, Stevie Awards Women helping Women, Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Kaiser Permanente Asian Community and Innovation Enterprise Best Ideation Award.
Thank you so much for joining us!
How did you break into tech investing?
At Kaiser Permanente, I lead the Innovation Fund and Innovation Lab exploring how technology is disrupting health care. I have assessed thousands of innovations, piloted hundreds and scaled new products and services such as Ginger.io, Omada Health,Vidyo, care anywhere apps, health sensors/wearables, blockchain smart contracts, and artificial intelligence. I have also founded 3 of my own startups.
What is it that excites you about investing?
The possibilities of helping millions of people with their mental health and wellness, disrupting the length of time of 11 years between initial symptoms and right treatment. The global wellness market is $4.75 trillion dollars.
What has been your biggest challenge when it comes to finding the “right deals”?
Strong teams that demonstrate differentiation and efficacy of their solution.
What major trends do you expect to see in technology innovation over the next 5 years that excites you?
Personalization — using data and artificial intelligence to understand individuals and their unique needs and recommend targeted possibilities to meet their preferences and track effectiveness/feedback.
If you had to share, “words of wisdom,” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be?
Pitch smarter, not harder. In Telosity Ventures Market Guide, we have many resources that will help startups with their pitches. You can find the market guide at https://www.telosity.co/.
How can our readers follow you on social media?
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/fayesahai/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/telosity-co/
- https://mobile.twitter.com/telosityco
This was very insightful. Thank you so much for joining us!
