Payal Agrawal Divakaran

Payal is a Partner at [.406 Ventures](https://www.406ventures.com/), where she co-leads the digital health investing practice. .406 Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm with over $1.3B under management. Since its founding in 2006, .406 Ventures has never wavered from its strategy of investing in early-stage enterprise-focused startups in digital health, cybersecurity, and data & cloud. Every member of the firm has deep operating or investing experience in these segments. .406’s world-class founders and digital health companies are transforming healthcare technology and care delivery. Payal’s portfolio includes AristaMD, Better Life Partners, Diana Health, Equip, Heartbeat Health, Laudio, Nomad Health, Redox, Wayspring, WelbeHealth, and Wellist. Before joining .406 over seven years ago, Payal co-founded a company called SpotRocket while at Harvard Business School (HBS). Prior to that, she worked at Eventbrite, Spectrum Equity, and J.P. Morgan. Payal received her MBA, with Distinction, from HBS and her BS in Electrical Engineering and minor in Management from MIT. She is a Boston native and a die-hard Celtics, Patriots, and Red Sox fan. She and her husband and two kids live in Brookline.