Nina Kandilian is Vice President of Life Science and Healthcare Venture Capital Relationship Management at Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank, where she manages relationships with traditional venture capital firms focused on healthcare and life science investments.
Prior to joining SVB, Nina led product marketing and strategy at various healthtech startups and was part of the founding team at the MassChallenge HealthTech startup accelerator program. There, she helped hundreds of healthcare startups scale through meaningful partnerships with corporations and the venture capital community.
Nina began her career at the Mass General Brigham health system, working in various product and digital transformation roles. She earned her MBA from Babson College and her bachelor’s degree from Suffolk University.