The client perspective
“Seema is a multi-dimensional coach and mentor. She is an active listener, a collaborative problem solver, and generous to share her deep network. Seema is empathetic and encouraging but mainly challenging and inspiring. Seema’s knowledge of the space is very current and relevant. Our plan is much tighter thanks to Seema’s involvement.”
Peggy Sammon, CEO of GeneCapture
“"We're grateful for the early support from Activation Capital’s Pathfinder program. The focused coaching delivered by Seema and Fat Robin helped us to clarify our business plan, refine our pitch, and connect with funding, partners, and new opportunities."
Julia Halterman, CEO of SalivIQ Diagnostics
“Seema bought disciplined thinking to our venture studio work. She helped clarify how data and AI fit credibly within our broader thesis and was instrumental in prioritizing opportunities and decisions across the pipeline. She is practical, commercially grounded, and unafraid to ask the questions that matter. the result was better focus and stronger internal alignment.”
Marcel Botha, CEO of 10XBeta Venture Studio
"We came to Fat Robin without a clear commercial roadmap — and honestly, we didn't fully appreciate how much that was holding us back. They helped us build out our pricing strategy, identify the right distribution channels, and develop a partnership pipeline that actually converted! The sales training was a particular standout — I noticed an immediate shift in how our team showed up in conversations, and it translated into real revenue. If you're a healthcare venture trying to find your commercial footing, I'd point you to Fat Robin without hesitation."
Tim Spong, CEO of Vistapath
“Seema and Fat Robin are a true partner in the best sense of the word. She challenges us to think bigger, strengthens how our programs support founders, and pushes us to continuously improve. Seema brings practical insight on commercialization, program design, and founder development, along with ideas and connections that create real value for our ecosystem. We have tremendous confidence in her ability to guide entrepreneurs and deliver meaningful impact for the life science founders in our programs. Fat Robin puts our startups on a path to success.”
Jim Pannucci, VP Entrepreneurship & Ecosystem
“We were working on a very niche topic and wanted to get a sense of an approach to entering a new and extremely complicated market. Seema was very helpful in framing Covidence’s approach to a potential new market in ways that refined our strategy. Seema is extremely knowledgeable in the global healthcare industry and can provide deep expertise and actionable frameworks on how best to target different stakeholders in this category. I am looking forward to working with Seema on our next project.”
Sid Galeda, CRO of Covidence
“Seema was instrumental in helping Heretto understand the challenges and opportunities for our solution in healthcare markets. She extracted meaningful hypotheses and insights in discovery conversations with our customer base and then conducted high-value stakeholder interviews to better understand the competitive market and define the market potential for Heretto in medical devices. Based on this work, Heretto refined our commercial go-to-market pushing forward with high revenue and fast-cycle sales opportunities. Seema’s consulting approach is to offer budget-friendly, fast-turn actionable insights that lead to business results. We valued her health-tech expertise.”
Patrick Bosek, CEO of Heretto
