THENA Capital is a team of operators, sector experts, and committed champions of healthcare innovation, working alongside founders to build companies that truly change lives.
Founding Managing Partner
Esther is a seasoned venture capital investor and healthcare strategist with over 15 years of experience backing and advising MedTech companies across the UK, Europe, and the US. With an MBA from Oxford, she brings expertise in operational scaling, commercial partnerships, and venture deal-making that drives companies from early traction to strategic growth.
She has structured successful collaborations with major industry players, supported founders through market expansion and exit readiness, and served as a trusted board advisor and mentor through leading innovation networks. Esther excels in helping teams build scalable models that deliver commercial success while transforming the healthcare experience.
Esther’s focus: empowering founders who are reshaping care for patients and clinicians.
Founding General Partner
Pamela is an award-winning MedTech investor and healthcare operator with deep scientific, regulatory, and commercial expertise. Holding a PhD in Medical Sciences and an Executive MBA from Oxford, she has led clinical trial and regulatory pathways, driven commercial launches in pharma and MedTech, and managed institutional investments, with a strong track record of value creation.
She has guided successful exits from both sides of the table, as operator and investor, including trade sales, secondaries, and IPOs. A recognised founder champion, Pamela partners closely with teams from incubation to scale, turning breakthrough innovation into impactful products that reach patients faster.
Pamela’s mission: bring the future of healthcare to patients, clinicians, and consumers - today.
Founding General Partner
Tatum is a MedTech and digital health investor with a decade of hands-on experience driving commercial growth and US market expansion for high-performance consumer health brands. With an MBA from USC, she blends investment insight with operational execution, delivering results across customer acquisition, partnerships, and go-to-market strategy.
She has helped scale iconic companies in the UK and US, built strong community-centric brands, and leveraged cross-industry relationships to accelerate adoption of innovative health solutions. At THENA she partners closely with founders to unlock access, equity, and impact in healthcare.
Tatum’s commitment: democratising better health by backing solutions built to scale globally.
THENA Capital is strengthened by our Fellows Network, a powerful community of industry experts, clinicians, and operators who bring real-world insight and hands-on support to the founders we back. Built through decades of relationships and our Future of HealthTech community, our fellows help us see around corners: contributing to diligence, unlocking commercial pathways, and accelerating outcomes for our portfolio. It’s more than a network, it is a force multiplier for transformational MedTech companies.
We have created The Future of HealthTech Hub with the unifying ambition to build a world where healthcare is accessible, equal and advanced in supporting wellbeing. Tech and innovation sit at the very heart.
An online community and in-person events foster a collaborative network of founders, investors, policymakers, and industry experts who together have the power to create transformative change.
This is not an offer to sell any direct or indirect interest in THENA Capital, the fund or any other entity, and is not soliciting an offer to purchase any direct or indirect interest.
THENA Capital LLP is an Appointed Representative of The Fund Incubator Limited (FRN 208716), which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority