Mentor Capitalist, Investor and Corporate Adviser- Pioneered the HealthTech space as entrepreneur.
Los Altos, California
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Anne DeGheest pioneered the HealthTech or Digital Health space as a healthcare executive, an entrepreneur, angel investor, corporate advisor and mentor capitalist. She is the founder of HealthTech Capital and MedStars. She organizes and moderates the HealthTech Conference on how to successfully build innovative HealthTech businesses and change healthcare delivery. Since she founded MedStars in 1986, she has been a corporate development advisor to large healthcare companies and a mentor capitalist specializing in investing and mentoring early stage companies in healthcare. Her life science portfolio companies have generated over $6 billion exits. She provided angel capital, hands-on operating expertise and/or business strategy in the founding of major venture-backed companies like Pyxis (CareFusion), Aspect Medical (acquired by Covidien), VISX (acquired by AMO), Thermage (merged into Solta Medical), VISICU(acquired by Philips), Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI). She also helped grow new entrepreneurial division of large corporations like Johnson & Johnson, Baxter, Medtronic and McKesson. She was also part of the founding executive team of Nellcor (a division of Covidien), MedPool and OmniCell (Nasdaq: OMCL). She was an Entrepreneur-In-Residence with Canaan Partners and IVP. Anne founded in 2010 HealthTech Capital, a group of private investors dedicated to funding and mentoring new "HealthTech" startups to decrease healthcare cost and empower patients. HealthTech capital is an ecosystem of angels, venture capitalists, providers, payors and healthcare industry key players with the three sets of expertise needed to succeed in this new HealthTech space: healthcare, technology and user engagement. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and a guest-lecturer on entrepreneurship and angel investing at Stanford Business School, Dartmouth Tuck and Singularity University. MBA from Harvard and a Master in Business Engineering from University of Brussels.Advisor to the Moore Inventor Fellows program @ Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Founder and Managing director @ HealthTech Capital Anne DeGheest is skilled in: Marketing Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Start-ups, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Business Strategy, New Business Development, Fundraising, Angel Investing, Strategic Planning, Business Planning, Product Development, Strategy, Marketing
What company does Anne DeGheest work for?
Anne DeGheest works for Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
What is Anne DeGheest's role at Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation?
Anne DeGheest is Advisor to the Moore Inventor Fellows program
What industry does Anne DeGheest work in?
Anne DeGheest works in the Hospital & Health Care industry.
Who are Anne DeGheest's colleagues?
Anne DeGheest's colleagues are Matthew Tesarfreund, and Vandana Ph.D.
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