Parag Shah
Founding Managing Director & CEO

Parag has over 25 years of experience in finance, operations, and venture capital, and is highly experienced in providing comprehensive capital structure solutions to private and public companies in the life sciences industry.

Parag co-founded K2HV in 2018, since which time the firm has committed more than $2 billion in debt and equity capital to life sciences and healthcare companies through more than 50 financing transactions. Parag previously served as the Senior Managing Director and Group Head of the Life Sciences practice at Hercules Capital, where over approximately 10 years, he and his team committed around $2 billion in capital to venture and growth stage companies in the life sciences industry. Prior to that, Parag was Senior Vice President and Group Head of Imperial Bank’s Life Sciences practice, which was acquired by Comerica Bank. He also served as an Assistant Vice President at BankBoston (acquired by Fleet), where he focused on mergers and acquisitions finance.

Parag currently serves as Chairman of eCare Vault, an early-stage software company that allows real-time privacy-compliant collaboration for person-centered Care in the education and health sectors. He is also a charter member of TiE, one of the leading global entrepreneurial organizations.

Parag is a graduate of MIT where he received an M.S. in Technology, Management, and Policy and B.S. in Molecular Biology. While at MIT, Parag conducted molecular biology research at the Whitehead Institute.