Mitun Ranka

Mitun is a Vice President at Spindletop Capital, an Austin-based investment firm focused on expansion and growth capital for rapidly growing healthcare companies. Mitun is responsible for identifying and evaluating new healthcare investments. Additionally, he works with the management teams of existing portfolio companies to identify and implement growth strategies that will build long term value in the healthcare and life science sectors.

Prior to Spindletop, Mitun worked at The Frankel Group, a boutique management consulting firm focused on the life science industry. While at The Frankel Group, Mitun worked on various types of analyses, such as drug valuations, growth strategies, and market assessments in a number of therapeutic areas with both pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Prior to consulting, Mitun was a research associate for the Plastic Surgery and Orthopedic Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. His research involved analyzing various stem cell differentiation techniques for use in cartilage repair.

Mitun earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, with a double minor in Biomedical Engineering and Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mitun also holds a Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University and a MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas.