# Samir Batra > Passionate About Building Companies - Startup Entrepreneur (4 Times) Now Venture Capitalist After a successful career as a management consultant in the healthcare space, spent 14 years building and exiting 3 healthcare tech start-ups (acquisition, sale to private equity and IPO). THEN- built a venture capital firm from ground up (bootstrapped) to help other innovators make their dreams come true with investment capital and much needed advice and direction. HIP VC - is an opportunistic venture firm that uses a collaborative ecosystem model to deploy capital in early stage healthcare startups and also supports growth capital for late stage businesses. We are on a mission to fund innovations that will help us have healthier lives: Things I can advise on: -Startups -Sales and marketing strategy -Strategic partnerships -Raising Capital from venture capital, individuals etc. -Small business creation -How to manage a business as a solopreneur -How to raise a fund -Building a tech enabled business -Healthcare operations -Selling to hospitals and health systems -Working with Co-Founders -Building a team -Building advisory boards -Career navigation I am very passionate about sharing all of my learnings (the good and the bad) with others and hearing about other entrepreneur journeys. Let me help you achieve your professional dreams. ## Offerings - Video call (15 min): $150.00 ## Links - [Expert profile](/SamirBatra) - [Avatar](https://media.intro.co/avatars/1100436ov1Szj8F.jpg) - [Marketplace](/marketplace)