Zen Chu

Current

• CEO & Co-Founder at 3DM Inc.

Past

• Partner at NetVentures
• Director, HPGarage Technology Ventures at Hewlett Packard Company
• General Manager at Global Networks Inc.

• Biomedical Analyst at MD Buyline Inc.

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Education

• National Venture Capital Association/Kauffman Foundation
• Yale University - Yale School of Management
• Southern Methodist University

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Connections

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Industry

Medical Devices

Websites

• My Company

Zen Chu’s Summary

Enthusiastic Champion & Master of Nothing. Happiest when helping to envision, create, de-risk and sell early stage medical and software products.

Interests in the process of disciplined innovation in medical technology and integrating those methods into medical and engineering education.

Biomedical/Electrical Engineer (SMU)
MBA (Yale School of Management)
NVCA/Kauffman Venture Capital Institute graduate

Zen Chu’s Specialties:

Bootstrapping startups, raising venture capital, creating viable products in medical devices, healthcare information technology, biomaterials, nanotechnology, drug delivery, & regenerative therapies.

Zen Chu’s Experience

• CEO & Co-Founder

  3DM Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Biotechnology industry)

  September 2002 — Present (6 years 2 months)

  Co-founded, bootstrapped and led venture capital backed biomaterials company based in Cambridge, MA. PuraMatrix nanofibers as synthetic injectable scaffolds for medical devices, drug delivery and regenerative medicine. MIT Scientific co-founders include Drs. Shuguang Zhang, Alan Grodzinsky, Robert Langer, Alex Rich & Carlos Semino.

• Partner

  NetVentures

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  October 1999 — January 2002 (2 years 4 months)

  Seed stage venture capital investing in software, consumer internet and medical devices. NetVentures seed-funded 3DM Inc.

• Director, HPGarage Technology Ventures

  Hewlett Packard Company

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HWP; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  July 1996 — December 1999 (3 years 6 months)

  Led HP's venture capital and new technology ventures Center of Expertise. Led relationships with top-tier venture capital firms, leading startups and internal HP Labs and product groups.

• 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.

• 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

• National Venture Capital Association/Kauffman Foundation

  VCI, Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship, 1998 — 1998

  The leading international program and curriculum for private equity and corporate venture capital investors.

• 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

• Southern Methodist University

  BSEE, Biomedical Electrical Engineering, 1989 — 1993

  Entirely self-supported by scholarships and full-time work throughout college.

  Activities and Societies:

  Student President, School of Engineering & Applied Science
  Pi Kappa Alpha, Tau Beta Pi

Additional Information

Zen Chu’s Websites:

• My Company

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:

Board of the non-profit educational institute Math Circle at Harvard University

•    Yale SOM Alumni
•    BIO International Convention
•    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    Medical Devices Group
•    Yale Life Sciences Alumni Association

Zen Chu’s Honors:

MIT Technology Review Magazine - Top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2007
Frost & Sullivan - Technology Leadership Award, Biomaterials, 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, Charite Hospital Berlin, Texas Back Institute, CIMIT (Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology).

Zen Chu’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch