Nitin Bhargava

Nitin Bhargava is a Limited Partner at HC9 Ventures based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to entering venture capital, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Product and Segments Officer at Elevance Health. He previously held the role of Senior Vice President for Employer Markets at Blue Shield of California. Earlier in his career, Bhargava was President for Great Lakes Markets at Aetna, managing operations across five states, overseeing more than 370,000 members, and generating $1 billion in annual revenue. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and currently co-invests alongside partners like Helen Ciesielski. Leveraging over 25 years of executive healthcare and technology experience, his current focus targets pre-seed and seed-stage investments ranging from $100,000 to $5 million across health IT, artificial intelligence, and SaaS sectors.