Fuelling the ventures that will reshape global healthcare

Why we exist

Synthesis Capital exists to address a structural gap in the market: world-class health and medtech innovation across the Asia-Pacific region, yet too little specialist capital and company-building support to help the best ventures scale globally.

What we do

We back leading Asia-Pacific healthcare startups early. From pre-seed to Series A+, we invest where technical breakthroughs begin and where capital can have the
greatest impact.

We deploy staged capital aligned to milestones, supporting companies as they navigate technical, regulatory and commercial risk.

The Synthesis Capital model addresses critical funding gaps and supports companies at key inflection points as they scale.

A thesis of inclusive flourishing

We fuel and develop ventures across the
4 dimensions of our investment thesis:

We fuel and develop ventures across the 5 dimensions of our investment thesis:

Health & Wellbeing Technologies

Advancing physical and mental health through medtech, biotech and digital health, with a focus on prevention and early intervention.

Health & Wellbeing Technologies

Advancing physical and mental health through medtech, biotech and digital health, with a focus on prevention and early intervention.

Augmenting Technologies

Expanding human capability, autonomy and participation through technologies that increase freedom, choice and selfmanagement.

Augmenting Technologies

Expanding human capability, autonomy and participation through technologies that increase freedom, choice and selfmanagement.

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The First 1000 Days of Life

Supporting early-life health across fertility, paediatrics, maternal care, neonatal care, early nutrition, childhood development and parental engagement.

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The First 1000 Days of Life

Supporting early-life health across fertility, paediatrics, maternal care, neonatal care, early nutrition, childhood development and parental engagement.

Longevity & Social Care

Designing technologies and services that enable inclusive, sustainable models of care, supporting prevention, restoration and long-term wellbeing.

Longevity & Social Care

Designing technologies and services that enable inclusive, sustainable models of care, supporting prevention, restoration and long-term wellbeing.

A different kind of venture model

Through our partnership with the MedTech Actuator, Synthesis Capital investments are powered by one of the Asia-Pacific's most established healthtech commercialisation ecosystems.

This integration allows us to engage earlier and invest with greater conviction, supporting companies through key inflection points of growth. It provides a structured pathway for developing and scaling healthcare ventures, with access to regional markets, expertise and networks.

By combining capital with active risk management and milestone-based scaling, we have built an investment model designed for success and for the realities of healthcare innovation.

The MedTech Actuator ecosystem is a source of ventures, a means to accelerate their development, and a pathway through which investment outcomes can be realised.

Our Team

Empowering ventures. Transforming lives.
Meet the team behind Synthesis Capital.

Dr Vishal Kishore Co-Founder

Dr Vishaal Kishore

Managing Partner

Pioneering health innovator with a track record in venture financing and M&A, economic innovation, entrepreneurship, and health system strategy.

Dr Vishal Kishore Co-Founder

Dr Vishaal Kishore

Managing Partner

Pioneering health innovator with a track record in venture financing and M&A, economic innovation, entrepreneurship, and health system strategy.

Dr Buzz Palmer

Partner

Experienced health entrepreneurship leader with a background spanning venture capital, product development and international business scaling.

Dr Buzz Palmer

Partner

Experienced health entrepreneurship leader with a background spanning venture capital, product development and international business scaling.

Tom Bentley

Partner

Global social innovation expert with experience across public policy, advisory and investment in complex systems.

Tom Bentley

Partner

Global social innovation expert with experience across public policy, advisory and investment in complex systems.

Robert Wickham

Partner

Veteran tech leader with extensive operating experience at Salesforce, Oracle, BCG and startups across the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific; former MIT Alumni Association President.

Robert Wickham

Partner

Veteran tech leader with extensive operating experience at Salesforce, Oracle, BCG and startups across the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific; former MIT Alumni Association President.

Makenzie Thomas

Portfolio Manager

Ecosystem builder with a multinational career focused on venture development, program management, and health entrepreneurship.

Makenzie Thomas

Portfolio Manager

Ecosystem builder with a multinational career focused on venture development, program management, and health entrepreneurship.

Rebecca Davies AO DCSG FAICD

Investment Committee Member

Experienced board leader and former senior lawyer with deep governance expertise across healthcare, research, government and not-for-profit sectors.

Rebecca Davies AO DCSG FAICD

Investment Committee Member

Experienced board leader and former senior lawyer with deep governance expertise across healthcare, research, government and not-for-profit sectors.

Yi Xuan Yong

Investment Analyst

Healthcare and deep tech-focused analyst, working at the intersection of innovation, investment and impact.

Yi Xuan Yong

Investment Analyst

Healthcare and deep tech-focused analyst, working at the intersection of innovation, investment and impact.

Financial returns through health impact

Great healthtech companies do not choose between commercial rigour and meaningful impact.
They are built on both.
Commercial discipline

The milestones, decisions and pathways that move ventures toward market readiness and long-term commercial success.

Health impact

A clear focus on the needs, behaviours and systems that solutions are designed to improve, and the lives they can change.

Synthesis Capital connects both. Through our ecosystem of capital, partners and expertise, we support exceptional ventures to become companies that shape the future of health, and deliver returns that demonstrate impact and investment can be mutually reinforcing..

FOR FOUNDERS

Supercharge your commercialisation journey

If you are building in health, we want to
hear from you.

We back founders developing deep healthtech innovations with the potential to deliver largescale impact.

Our focus is on deep technology, where success depends on navigating scientific, regulatory and commercial complexity.

We partner with teams with grit and who can benefit from access to a global network of expertise, insight and support.

Synthesis Capital is more than an investor. We are a long-term partner, working alongside founders as they translate innovation into real-world solutions and scale.

We don't just fund startups. We back the next generation of world-leading healthtech founders.

FOR INVESTORS

Investing in tomorrow's health innovations, today

Synthesis Capital invites investors to participate in this next phase of health innovation.

We invest in health technologies with the potential to reshape healthcare systems, focusing on opportunities where early-stage capital and disciplined execution can drive meaningful growth.

We invest across the Asia-Pacific, leveraging strong regional fundamentals and global exit potential.

Investment structures are designed to be tax-efficient, with potential eligibility for ESVCLP-related incentives (subject to investor circumstances and regulatory approval).

At Synthesis Capital, returns are driven by turning health innovation into real-world outcomes, aligning commercial success with measurable impact in global markets with real room to scale.

Ready to build the future of health?

Your journey starts here