
Shiv Bhavnani
Partner
Evio VC
Founder
GIMBHI
Shivan Bhavnani is a Partner at Evio VC, an early-stage venture fund investing in companies reinventing mental healthcare. In 2019, he founded GIMBHI (Global Institute of Mental & Brain Health Investment), a research and advisory firm that has driven $30M+ in funding toward mental, behavioral, and brain health startups, with insights featured in Axios, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, and Behavioral Health Business. He was previously an investor at Two Bridge Capital, Vynn Capital, and the Noetic Fund, and completed a fellowship at Columbia's Department of Psychiatry. Shivan holds a BA from Wesleyan and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business