CEO
Shivan Bhavnani is a healthcare investor focused on building the future of mental health. He is a Partner at Evio VC, where he backs early-stage mental, behavioral, and brain health startups. He also founded GIMBHI, an research and consulting firm that supports investors and innovators in brain, behavioral, and mental health. GIMBHI's insights have been featured by Nature, Axios, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Bessemer Venture Partners, and many organizations.
Shivan brings over ten years of experience across venture capital, biotech, and credit. He’s led investments in digital health and mental health startups, developed theses on generative AI in psychiatry, and worked closely with major healthcare influencers including former World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim. At Two Bridge Capital and Noetic Fund, he sourced and evaluated hundreds of deals.
Before becoming a VC, Shivan spent time in the financial world, authoring 1,500+ reports and articles at S&P Global and working on debt capital markets at Moody’s and Willis Towers Watson.
His academic path includes an MBA from Duke University (with a healthcare focus) and a BA in Economics and English from Wesleyan University. In addition, he completed an innovation fellowship at Columbia University's Psychiatry Department. He is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).
Currently, he is a regular speaker at global conferences on healthcare innovation and published voice in the field. He received a book deal to cover the entire landscape of AI applications on mental healthcare. In addition, he has been chosen for nonprofit leadership as the co-chair of Healthtech Hunches, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the One Mind Accelerator, and others.
