Public/Private Partnerships to Fund Innovation with Abid Siddiqui of BARDA
This week on Inclusive Collective, startup advisor and advocate, Abid Siddiqui, chats with Nadia & Rob about accelerator and incubator programs designed for founders, how the government strives to be forward thinking in the entrepreneurial space and his observations on inclusion in the startup ecosystem.
About Abid:
Abid has over 15 years of experience working across finance, commercial strategy and operations, and product management. He currently serves as a strategic advisor to the innovation division at the Biomedical Research & Development Authority (BARDA), which is part of the US federal government's pandemic and emergency response team. In this role he is responsible for advising how the organization builds and funds early-stage Biotech and Digital Health companies that will shape the future of healthcare delivery and emergency response. Prior to working with the BARDA team, Abid spent the early part of his career working in corporate finance at organizations such as KPMG and Baker & McKenzie. He subsequently went on to join as the first employee at a technology startup called Bytecubed where he was responsible for building out and leading the finance and business operations functions for the company. ByteCubed was later acquired by Intellibridge. After exiting Bytecubed, Abid went on to lead the design and launch of a data analytics product at a venture backed digital health startup called ZappRx, which ended up being acquired by AllScripts. Abid holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and an MBA from Babson College.
Hosted by Nadia Butt & Rob Hadley
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