Medical Startup Entrepreneur
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Founder at Accelerated Medical Ventures
- Advisor on Healthcare Innovation at Partners HealthCare
- Director & Co-Founder at 3DM Inc.
- Past
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- Partner at NetVentures
- Director, HPGarage Technology Ventures at Hewlett Packard Company
- General Manager at Global Networks Inc.
- Biomedical Analyst at MD Buyline Inc.
- Education
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- Venture Capital Institute
- Yale University - Yale School of Management
- Southern Methodist University
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Zen Chu’s Summary
FOCUS AREAS:
- Medical devices with fast approvals
- Software & connected healthcare
- Solutions with high patient engagement & emotion
I am devoted to the business of medical innovation and helping translate inventions into real-world therapies, including venture philanthropy and low-cost solutions that can extend to the rest of the world. I have been lucky to work alongside some of the brightest scientists, clinicians and investors on worthy projects, especially in the rare moments when the complexities of healthcare can be distilled into a simple solution. I work at the earliest stages to envision, create, patent, de-risk, develop and sell ideas and products.
Zen Chu’s Specialties:
I wear many hats within early stage ventures: invention, intellectual property mapping, clinical markets, regulatory strategy, technical assessment, physician focus groups, fundraising etc. I have worked across the disciplines of medical devices, surgical & robotic tools, biomaterials, healthcare software & data, nutraceuticals, controlled drug delivery, pharmaceutical discovery & regenerative stem cell therapies.
Zen Chu’s Experience
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Founder
Accelerated Medical Ventures
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
Accelerated Medical Ventures specializes in helping physician and surgeon-inventors invent high-value clinical innovations and accelerate them to the patient bedside. The company serves as an early stage investor, inventor & operator of these companies. Active investments are in the areas of surgical tools, medical devices, robotic surgery, biomaterials, healthcare information technology, consumer healthcare, clinical nutraceuticals.
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Advisor on Healthcare Innovation
Partners HealthCare
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
I currently advise multiple academic & clinical institutions on healthcare innovation including Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Cleveland Clinic Innovations, CIMIT (Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology) BioDesign & the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Some of my work and views can be found at http://cimit.typepad.com/cimit_forum_blog/2008/05/zen-chu-slides.html -
Director & Co-Founder
3DM Inc.
(Biotechnology industry)
September 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)
Co-founded, bootstrapped and led as CEO the venture capital backed biomaterials company based in Cambridge, MA. PuraMatrix nanofibers as synthetic injectable scaffolds for medical devices, drug delivery and regenerative medicine. Worldwide partnership with Becton Dickinson. Collaborations with Boston Scientific, Medtronic, J&J and others. Eminent MIT Scientific co-founders include Drs. Shuguang Zhang, Alan Grodzinsky, Robert Langer, Alex Rich & Carlos Semino. Company sold to NMJ Japan in 2008.
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Partner
NetVentures
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
October 1999 — January 2002 (2 years 4 months)
Early-stage venture capital fund founded by Adam Kirsch, co-founder of Bain Capital. Invests in software, consumer internet and medical devices. NetVentures seed-funded 3DM Inc.
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Director, HPGarage Technology Ventures
Hewlett Packard Company
(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1996 — December 1999 (3 years 6 months)
Founded HP's venture capital and new technology ventures group. Led relationships with top-tier venture capital firms, leading startups and internal HP Labs and product groups.
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General Manager
Global Networks Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospitality industry)
July 1993 — September 1995 (2 years 3 months)
General Manager of a hotel, restaurant & nightclub consulting and outsourcing company.
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Biomedical Analyst
MD Buyline Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Medical Devices industry)
June 1991 — July 1993 (2 years 2 months)
Analyst for the leading medical device and hospital equipment analyst firm. Surveyed doctors, nurses, biomedical engineers and manufacturers across performance, quality and ROI metrics.
Zen Chu’s Education
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Venture Capital Institute
VCI , Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship , 1998 — 1998
The leading international program and curriculum for private equity and corporate venture capital investors, sponsored by the National Venture Capital Association and the Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship.
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Yale University - Yale School of Management
MBA , Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship , 1995 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- Appointed to Yale Corporation Endowment Advisory Board, elected Yale Senator
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Southern Methodist University
BSEE , Biomedical Electrical Engineering , 1989 — 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- Student President, School of Engineering & Applied Science
Additional Information
Zen Chu’s Websites:
Zen Chu’s Interests:
Besides each having an early-stage venture-backed startup, my wife and I are raising two soccer-obsessed boys and a crazy little sister in Cambridge, MA.
Zen Chu’s Groups:
Boards of a few medical startups and the non-profit educational institute Math Circle at Harvard University
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CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community -
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Venture Capital Institute Alumni
Zen Chu’s Honors:
MIT Technology Review Magazine - Top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2007
Dow Jones / Wall Street Journal 2007 Healthcare Leader
Frost & Sullivan - Technology Leadership Award, Biomaterials, 2006
NSTI Nanobiotechnology Venture Prize, 2006
R&D 100 Magazine - Top 100 Important New Products for 2005
Invited lectures at Yale University, Harvard Medical School, MIT, National Institutes of Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Boston University School of Engineering, UCSF, Dow Jones / Wall Street Journal Healthcare Conference, Stem Cell Summit, Charite Hospital Berlin, Texas Back Institute, CIMIT (Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology).
Zen Chu’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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