Golden Seeds
Bill Whitaker
Managing Director Co-Chair Life Science SectionGreen Park & Golf Ventures
Clay Heighten
Founding PartnerJR Garcia
PrincipalCarl Soderstrom
Founding PartnerH.I.G. BioVentures
Enoch Kariuki
Vice PresidentHercules Technology Growth Capital Inc.
Janice Borque
Managing Director Life SciencesHorizon Technology Finance
Horizon Technology Finance is a venture lending, investment and financial services management company that was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Farmington, Ct with additional offices in Walnut Creek, CA and Reston, VA. The firm controls approximately $200 million in assets under management and look to provide senior or subordinate loans to companies in the range of $2 to $20 million dollars, and often syndicates much larger deals. The firm prefers to lead or co-lead investments that they are involved in and looks to be involved in 15 deals in the next 6-9 months. The firm provides capital to companies located throughout the United States and Canada.
Jerry Michaud
Iliad Ventures
Steve Tsetsekos
General PartnerInterWest Partners
Doug Fisher
PartnerJoslin Diabetes Center
Joslin Diabetes Center is a foundation based in Boston, Massachusetts that was founded in 1898, and is the world's largest diabetes and clinical care organization.
Nandan Padukone
Vice President, Office of Commercialization & VenturesLife Science Angels
Life Science Angels Inc was founded in 2004 and is based in Sunnyvale CA. The group makes early-stage equity investments in a wide range of life science companies. Life Science Angels invests primarily in California but is open to investing out of state provided a round is being syndicated with a local angel group. Life Science Angels does not rule out investing outside the USA but has yet to do so. The group invests as individuals and allocation sizes are therefore highly varied but are usually of about $2-$6, Life Science Angels usually invests in rounds seeking $3 million or less. The group is interested in syndicating rounds with other angel groups.