Chitra Nawbatt

Chitra Nawbatt is an investor and strategic advisor to several venture capital and private equity-backed portfolio companies in the areas of consumer, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, and media. Chitra’s unique multi-industry and multidisciplinary expertise powers her work as an investor and business builder, with a track record as a value creation and growth leader.

Recently, Chitra was the Global Head of Health Assurance and Innovation at General Catalyst, a leading global venture capital firm. She led the expansion and execution of General Catalyst’s Health Assurance thesis to transform the healthcare industry to make quality care more affordable and accessible. This involved developing new investment theses, and originating and executing investments. Chitra created and led an inaugural value creation and ecosystem business development function. She originated, commercialized, and managed strategic innovation partnerships for General Catalyst and its 75+ portfolio companies to accelerate value creation. Chitra spearheaded collaboration and network effect between stakeholders, such as C-Suite customers and portfolio companies, to deliver growth through multi-portfolio company integrated solutions in areas such as patient/consumer intelligence, data and AI, risk & fintech, and workforce transformation.