Raihan Faroqui, MD — VP of Partnerships, Confido Health
Bio: I am an NYC-based physician and business development/partnerships executive with a decade of 0→1 Seed-Series B healthtech startup operating experience. I was in the first 2-10 hires at 4 Seed + Series A AI B2B SaaS or B2B2C Tech-enabled services startups that raised $90M+ from top healthcare VC funds and angel investors. I lead partnerships at Confido Health - a Series A startup deploying agentic AI assistants for specialty physician clinics, built to expand patient access. Our AI Agents help patients book new appointments, verify insurance, refill medications, pay bills, receive guidance before and after procedures - all with 0 phone hold time. Across early-stage startups, I've shaped the clinical and financial ROI story through GTM, BD, payor/provider partnerships, comms, and AI product strategy — sourcing and closing $30M+ in deals across hospitals, practices, ACOs, health plans, IDNs, CINs, MSOs, post-acute, and senior care, while designing AI tools with engineers across the provider tech stack.