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Bikram Bakshi

Bikram Bakshi

Co-founder and CEO at ColoWatch

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Updated Nov 9, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 9, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Bikram Bakshi

Bikram Bakshi is co-founder and CEO of ColoWatch, a healthcare technology company focused on colorectal cancer screening. A 2026 University of Pennsylvania event identified him as a partner with Blue Venture Investors. He helped lead the work to build Healthcare.gov, the federal health insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act.

From 2012 through 2017, he served on UnitedHealth Group’s executive leadership team. During those years, he joined Optum’s Office of the CEO, led its government business, and ran its international operations as CEO.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Bikram Bakshi in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

ColoWatch, Inc. Current
Co-Founder and CEO, director
2026 – Present · Gaithersburg, MD
ColoWatch gives imaging centers a standardized virtual colonoscopy service with cloud delivery and specialist radiologist review.
Blue Venture Investors Current
Partner
UnitedHealth Group
2012 – 2017
Optum
CEO
2012 – 2017

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Bikram Bakshi works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

ColoWatch, Inc. · Form D/A, Nov 9, 2026
Mark Klein
Mark Klein
Co-Founder and President, director

Sources

  1. SECColoWatch, Inc. Form D/A, filed Nov 9, 2026
  2. P5University of Pennsylvania Venture Lab profile
  3. P7ColoWatch filing