Kelly Qiao

Senior Principal·B Capital

Hong Kong, China

Bio

Professional summary

Kelly Qiao is a Senior Principal at B Capital, where she leads healthcare investments across Asia. She focuses on biotech, medtech and digital health, and has invested in or served on boards of companies including Insilico Medicine, ProfoundBio, Grit Biotechnology, Rona Therapeutics, Vivacta Bio, Spectrumedics Medical, Macrolux Medical and AlphaLife Sciences. Before B Capital, she worked in healthcare investing and operations, including Managing Director for global healthcare investment at Fosun and Executive Director at Vertex Ventures, after earlier roles at GlaxoSmithKline and Roche.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

Insilico MedicineProfoundBioGrit BiotechnologyRona TherapeuticsVivacta BioSpectrumedics MedicalMacrolux MedicalAlphaLife SciencesMediTrust HealthYuanxin Technology

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

B CapitalSenior Principal
FosunManaging Director, Global Healthcare Investment
Vertex VenturesExecutive Director
GlaxoSmithKlineDrug Discovery
RocheSales and Marketing

Education

Tsinghua UniversityPhD in Biology
Tsinghua UniversityBSc in Chemistry
The Chinese University of Hong KongMBA in Finance

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