Founder
Current
Chicago, Illinois, Us
Co-Founder of Furthur Fund, an investment partner with specific focus on identifying entrepreneurs,intrapreneurs, and products that solve the day-to-day problems of healthcare. Furthur is known for its ability to bridge the innovation gap by connecting companies and health systems. The fund has specific focus in implementation, business development, and capital support.• Hosted a live-streaming demo day of 8 companies to 30+ hospital C-suite executives representing over 200 hospitals• Conducted the American Hospital Association’s Startup Competition during their 2019 Leadership Summit, including applicant sourcing, evaluation of candidates, and preparing finalists for presenting• Strategize on how to engage with various decision makers and teams at hospitals and health systems in order to make sure the product gets implemented and utilized• Provide close support to portfolio and other companies, including:o Financial plan creation and analysis o Go-to-market strategyo Return on Investment calculationso Implementation at hospitals and health systems• Responsible for Seed Stage deal flow, evaluation, diligence, term sheets, and closing, specifically:o Building deal pipeline through introductions and fund marketingo Planning, supporting, and running company demo dayso Conducting extensive financial, strategic, and operational due diligence on startups o Raising investment capital from angel investorso Closing the investment round• Successfully closed a two-round investment in Regroup Therapy (Initial investment occurred at a $10M pre-money in June 2017, merged at $50M valuation Q2 2019)• Closed and fully invested Fund 1 into two healthcare startups, totaling over $1M