Shradha Agarwal is a young Mentor, Investor and Co-founder of Outcome Health.

Shradha Agarwal has a lifelong passion for building organizations to connect people and information, as well as align profit and purpose, having started her first business at age nine.

^[1] She enjoys sharing stories, traveling internationally and exploring new cultures, food and music.

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In December, 2016, Shradha married Jayant Premkumar.

In 2014, Shradha became a partner at SVP Chicago (Social Venture Partners Chicago), that is a group taking an investment approach to philanthropy by pooling money, time and expertise to help non-profitable organizations grow and achieve systemic change. ^[1] In 2011, Shradha co-founded JumpStart Ventures to fund other inspired entrepreneurs who are executing ambitious solutions in healthcare, education and media communications, and has since backed more than 40 companies with over $10 million in venture investments. ^[1]

In June, 2006, Shradha co-founded Outcome Health (formerly ContextMedia), a healthcare media company that delivers lifestyle education to 30M patients each month nationally.

Being a President of the fast-growing company, Shradha is focused on product innovation, scaling operations and talent development. Her organization has doubled its revenue, profitability and distribution year-over-year while being consistently recognized for its culture, customer service and technology leadership. ^[1]

She also mentors entrepreneurs at Techstars, Impact Engine and Blueprint Health, but is equally invested in the venture philanthropy model for scaling nonprofit solutions through SVP Chicago and Chicago Public Education Fund. Besides, she serves on the boards of OneGoal and Chicago Children's Choir and supports youth education, women leadership, and civic engagement. ^[1]

Previously, Shradha was a Board Director at HY Connect and Board Member at Northwestern Student Holdings.

During 2013-2015 she had also been a Chicago Global Shaper at World Economic Forum. ^[1]

In 2004-2008 Shradha was a student of Northwestern University and graduated with BS in Journalism, International Studies and Business Minor. ^[1] She was a member and took part in Northwestern Business Review (NBR), Institute for Student Business Education (ISBE), campusCATALYST, Mirch Masala Dance Troupe, Lotus Beat on WNUR 89.3FM, South Asian Student Alliance (SASA), Northwestern News Network (NNN) and was a Residential assistant (RA). ^[1]

Prior to that, she graduated from United World College of South East Asia with IB Diploma in Physics, Math and Economics. ^[1] There she was engaged on such projects, as Bombay Street Kids and The Other Side HS Newspaper. While studying, Shradha also was a United Nations Scholar, Interscol photographer and played Touch rugby. ^[1]

1. Chicago Council on Global Affairs

2. Empact Sphere

3. Executives' Club of Chicago

4. Global Act

5. The Economic Club of Chicago

6. Young Entrepreneur Council ^[1]

1. "2015 Chicagoness Award" (September, 2015), that was given by the CEC for the deep commitment to developing the city’s ecosystem.

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2. "Champion of Change" by the White House (May, 2013) ^[1]

3. The Prominent Woman in Tech by ITA (September, 2015) ^[1]

4. The Blue Network (February, 2015): Blue Sky Network by Chicago Tribune

5. Techweek100 (April, 2014) by Techweek

6. Women Making History: Outstanding Entrepreneur Category (April, 2014) by

The City Treasurer's Office

7. Empact: Best Female Founder (October, 2013) by Empact Showcase

8. Tech Woman of the Year 2013 (June, 2013): Moxie Awards ^[1]

9. Asian-American Women Breaking Barriers Award (May, 2013) by Chicago Foundation for Women ^[1]

10. Crain's Business 40-Under-40 Class of 2012 (November, 2012) by Crain's Chicago Business ^[1]

1. Want To Drive Innovation?

Talk To Your Customers.

October, 2015.

Forbes ^[1]

2. College Students Bring Targeted Media to Doctors' Waiting Rooms.

From the September 2013 issue of Entrepreneur magazine ^[1]

3. U.S. Immigration Policy at Odds With Meritocracy.

July, 2013.

Free Enterprise ^[1]

4. Improving Lives in the Land of Opportunity.

June, 2013.

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5. 3 Life Lessons for Entrepreneurs.

May, 2013.

Forbes ^[1]

6. Entreprenista Interview: Shradha Agarwal, of ContextMedia.

April, 2013 ^[1]

7. Doing Well vs. Doing Good: How About Both?

March, 2014, Forbes ^[1]

8. You're Never Too Young to Be a Mentor.

February, 2013.

Under30CEO ^[1]

9. “It is important to focus on the highest-value actions, delegate to others, and trust your team.”

January, 2013.

M. O. ^[1]

1. Big Kansas City (October, 2014) ^[1]

2. Chicago Creative Space: ContextMedia (October, 2014) ^[1]

3. Stossel show: Immigrants (September, 2014) ^[1]

4. 1776 Challenge Cup (March, 2014) ^[1]

5. Ms Tech Talks: Vulnerability (March, 2014) ^[1]

6. Bytes Over Bagels (October, 2013) ^[1]

7. ContextMedia: How One Female Entrepreneur Is Killing It (October, 2013) ^[1]

8. StartUpLab with Forbes & Young Entrepreneur Council (May, 2013) ^[1]

9. Technori Pitch Keynote in Chicago (March, 2013) ^[1]

10. Downtown Project Las Vegas (January, 2013) ^[1]

11. Founders' Stories @ 1871 (November, 2012) ^[1]