Ritika Mahal

Ritika Mahal is currently a Principal at Sanofi Ventures, where she directs investment capital toward emerging life sciences companies. Prior to joining the firm in January 2023, she spent nearly five years executing investments at Bain Capital Life Sciences, serving as a Vice President from January 2021 to January 2023 and previously as an Associate. Before transitioning into the venture capital industry, Mahal worked at Biogen from 2014 to 2018, holding multiple operational roles spanning research and development strategy, corporate development, and commercialization. She holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Biotechnology from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and has served as a board director at the predictive analytics company pulseData. Her professional background combines corporate pharmaceutical strategy with institutional venture capital, maintaining a primary focus on early-stage inflection opportunities across the biotechnology sector.