Mascha Bonk

I hold two master’s degrees in Management and Finance from Nova SBE and the University of St. Gallen. My entrepreneurial journey started in a London tech start-up during my undergraduate studies. I then left to gain work experience in banking and strategy consulting. However, driven by an intrinsic motivation to maximise my impact, I ultimately returned to the start-up world.

When I look at all of my previous work experiences, none have shaped me as much as an internship at a university hospital, which I did while still in high school. As rewarding as it was, it was physically and mentally demanding. Since then, I’ve admired the people who work in healthcare and love that I can now work with start-ups that support those people and improve our healthcare system.

I’m a good combination of my parents. My father is a mathematician, and I inherited my analytical side from him, whereas my mum is a doctor, and that’s probably where my interest in care comes from.

Before joining Ananda, I expected investing to be a numbers’ business. But especially with early-stage venture capital, it’s actually a people’s business. Sure, there are some important KPIs, but they are much less decisive than your belief in the founder and the team they build.