Mr. Ven has more than 20 years of experience in venture capital and private equity investing, having led/co-led all facets of the investment process, including origination, due diligence, transaction structuring and portfolio management with strategic and operational oversight via board of director and executive-level participation.

Previously, Mr. Ven served as managing director at Northwell Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Northwell Health (one of the largest health systems in the country). At Northwell Ventures, Mr. Ven led the investment team to deploy capital to early and growth-stage companies in health tech, digital health and med tech verticals. Prior to that, Mr. Ven served as partner at Chestnut Street Ventures, a vertical agnostic growth equity fund. At Chestnut, Mr. Ven led the investment team to deploy growth equity capital in health tech, internet of things (IOT) computing devices, software as a service (SaaS), AI/machine learning, robotics and life sciences companies. Prior to that, Mr. Ven served as partner at Choate Capital, where he led middle-market direct investments totaling more than $800 million in equity. Over the course of his career, he has helped to shepherd a number of companies to a strategic/public exit including Domo, Bloom Energy, Accolade, Freshly, Relayr and Unity Biotechnology. Mr. Ven began his career as a strategy consultant, advising Fortune 100 clients in mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Ven serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Lebow School of Business, Drexel University and guest lecturer at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He also serves on a number of for-profit and nonprofit boards.