Priya Oberoi

Overview

Priya Oberoi is the Founding General Partner of Goddess Gaia Ventures, Europe's first dedicated women's healthcare venture capital fund. She established the firm in 2021 with the mission to address the significant underfunding and underrepresentation in women's health sectors. The fund focuses on investing in pre-Series A companies that offer innovative solutions across the spectrum of women's health, wellness, and femtech, aiming to create a positive societal impact while achieving strong financial returns. Goddess Gaia Ventures operates with a thesis-driven and tech-agnostic approach, targeting a £100 million debut fund. The firm has already completed 11 initial investments and has a leadership team with a track record of investing in over 150 companies, achieving a combined disclosable multiple on invested capital of 16x. The team includes industry veterans such as James Benedict, Alexandra Lemacon, and Maria Molland. The fund's strategy emphasizes scaling portfolio companies from European markets into the United States, leveraging the larger market opportunities and the world's largest technology ecosystem. Priya's background includes founding and managing Oberoi Capital Partners, a boutique private placement and private equity investment firm, where she provided fundraising expertise and strategic business advice across various asset classes and investment strategies. She is also a structured finance and derivatives lawyer, having attained of-counsel recognition in 2010 at Clifford Chance, a leading international law firm. Her personal experiences, including surviving cancer and living with an autoimmune disease, have fueled her passion for improving women's healthcare through innovation and investment.