Patrick Flavin is an entrepreneur, investor and attorney with 20+ years experience in building, growing and running companies in the health tech and life sciences space. Patrick is currently the President at Portal Innovations, a venture development engine that invests in early-stage life sciences companies. He was previously the President of Arches Technology, a healthcare technology company with an integrated portfolio of HIPAA compliant software products and served as the SVP of Life Sciences Business Development at Outcome Health, which provides health intelligence to patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals at the point of care. Prior to joining Outcome, he was a co-founder and Executive Director of MATTER, a Chicago healthcare technology startup center and innovation hub that is currently home to over 150+ health tech start-ups. Prior to MATTER, he helped to build several biotechnology companies, including MediChem Life Sciences and Advanced Life Sciences, both of which he helped to take public on NASDAQ while serving as each company’s chief legal executive. Mr. Patrick Flavin also co-founded a venture capital fund to invest in and manage early-stage life science companies. Before working in the industry, Mr. Flavin served as an Assistant Counsel to the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives
