Meet the Team
Meet the Innovation Ventures Staff
Innovation Ventures is a team of entrepreneurs, engineers, clinicians, bio scientists and tech transfer experts who seek out unmet needs, support project development and expertly guide collaboration with industry and business associates from all over the world.
When you connect with our team, we listen and understand your areas of interest to carefully curate opportunities for collaboration. Each team member guides interactions with experience, business acumen and unique subject matter expertise.
Jon Brophy
Portfolio Manager, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Innovation Ventures
Alejandro Cafiero
Portfolio Manager, Digital Health & Care Delivery, Innovation Ventures
Research Interests
Molecular mechanisms involved in normal development and in disease states using in vitro (cellular and solution biochemistry and structural...
Muyang Hu
Acceleration Manager, Biologics, Cell & Gene Therapies, Innovation Ventures
Evan Meyer
Director of Portfolio Management (Interim), Innovation Ventures
Aniruddha Puntambekar
Acceleration Manager, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Innovation Ventures
Arindam Sarkar
Acceleration Manager, Small Molecules, Innovation Ventures
Reid Smith
Portfolio Manager, Biologics, Cell & Gene Therapies, Innovation Ventures
Daniel T. Starczynowski, PhD
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Matthew Wortman
Acceleration Manager, Digital Health & Care Delivery, Innovation Ventures
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