Healthcare’s Once-in-a-Generation Disruption
The cost of healthcare in the United States continues to rise and the availability continues to decline. Healthcare spending accounts for 18% of U.S. GDP, and the costs in the U.S. are the highest in the world, increasing 130% in just the last decade. With this complexity comes an opportunity for entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors. iSelect is focused on finding technologies and innovations that reduce costs, increase accessibility, and improve quality of care.
iSelect Portfolio Companies
iSelect focuses on early-stage healthcare companies that are poised to help push the next healthcare revolution forward. We deliberately invest in companies that can make a positive impact on our society, as well as on the bottom line.
Meet Our Selection Committee
Our Healthcare Selection Committee consists of industry and subject matter experts who help guide iSelect’s investment decisions. With firsthand experience and a true pulse on the industry, we consider these individuals key to our success in finding and investing in healthcare innovation.
Ruchir Sehra, M.D., is a medtech executive with extensive experience in early (private), mid (public), and late stage (acquisition) medical device companies in various health and disease areas. Dr. Sehra currently serves as the CEO…
Surekha Trivedi is VP Strategic Development at Danaher. She is a Senior Strategy, M&A, and Product Development Executive with a deep understanding of the life sciences, diagnostics, and healthcare markets. Recognized as a strategy expert…
Jill Davies is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer for GeneMatters. Jill has more than 20 years’ experience in the genetics field, with leadership in clinical services, telehealth, product development, business development and operations. Prior to…
Vice President of Research at Matatu, Nathan McNulty is microbiologist with a passion for addressing complex problems in healthcare, nutrition, and agriculture using innovative technologies, carefully conducted science, and teamwork.
Emily Fassi is a board-certified genetic counselor with experience counseling adults and children about genetic diagnoses and predisposition to genetic conditions. She currently works at the Mountain States Tumor Institute with patients who have a…
Dr. David Messina has spent the last 20 years in computational biology and genetics. He worked on the Human Genome Project at Washington University in Saint Louis, mapped disease genes at the University of Chicago,…
Dr. Bruce German is a Professor and Chemist of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis and researches the role of fats and other components in the diet. He develops ways to…
A regulatory professional with over 27 years of experience in the medical products industry, Melissa currently serves as Founder, President and CTO at Graematter, Inc. and Senior VP Regulatory at Topera. Specialties include regulatory intelligence research and reporting,…
Andy Daniels is a seasoned business executive and successful entrepreneur, an active angel investor, and serves on multiple governing boards with companies in the areas of venture capital, wealth management, agriculture, healthcare, technology innovation, commodity…
Dr. Paul D. Olivo, M.D., Ph.D., has been the Chief Scientific Officer of Apath, LLC since 2000 and served as its President. Dr. Olivo is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at BioGenerator, where he previously served as a…
Bobby Sandage is currently President and CEO of Euclises, Chairman of the Board of Immunophotonics, member of the board of directors of EDIS, and a member of the Cultivation Capital life sciences fund investment committee. He was…
Gian Cavallini oversees the development and execution of Advanced ICU Care’s medical staffing growth strategy and leads the implementation of various initiatives to position the company for continued growth. His expertise in development and operations,…
Presently leading Arch Cancer Care as Medical Director, Dr. Beat is a local expert in collaborative prostate cancer management. At a national level, he contributes to physician leadership committees within the US Oncology Network. Having earned an executive…
Mr. Beuttenmuller possesses over 30 years experience in Corporate Finance with Emerson Electric, Esse Health, Essence Healthcare and Innovare. He is experienced in financial analysis, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, new business development, start-ups, strategic…
Professor of Internal Medicine – Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation at UUniversity of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and former Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Washington University…
Dr. John Talley, Chief Science Officer for Euclises Pharmaceuticals and SARmont, brings over thirty years experience and a record as one of the world’s most successful medicinal chemists. He is best known as the co-inventor…
Dr. Rutter is founder and CEO of Metaphase Design Group, a design firm serving industrial, commercial and consumer product and packaging clients internationally. He is an acknowledged specialist in ergonomic product design and a leading…
Mark has served as ProteoSense’s CEO since 2013. Previously, Mark served as CEO/COO of several startups, including Assurex Health (2006-09). Mark earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Univ. of Dayton and an M.S….
Before joining OTMIR in 2016, Brian Buntaine worked for more than 15 years in the life sciences industry. He began his career as a lab manager at Washington University in St. Louis. In 2003, Brian joined…
Edwards was employed for 42 years in the pharmaceutical and life sciences arenas. From 1990 to 2010, he held Regulatory Affairs positions of increasing responsibility at TAP/Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Lake Forest, Illinois. …
Michael Nichols, Ph.D. presently serves as an investor and C level management for various startups. He serves as an Analyst for Vinlogx, a platform that acquires, stores, and analyses internal vehicle information enabling solutions across…
David Christenson joined BioGenerator as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in 2015 focusing primarily on healthcare and specifically in information technology, care delivery and payment, and services. Over a 30-year career, David has developed a substantive background in…
An accomplished senior executive with start-ups, growth, and turn-around organizations, Renato developed a healthcare technology corporation, HealthTech Solutions, from a small start-up of 3 people to a national provider of technical solutions to health care…
Resources and News
John Talley Turns His Attention to Cancer Therapy
For Euclises, it’s simple. Without the work of John Talley, Ph.D., the world would not have Celebrex®, the blockbuster arthritis treatment that has generated in excess of $3.5 billion in sales for Pfizer. Or Dynastat®, an injectable COX-2 inhibitor that’s sold in...
Expensive EpiPens Aren’t the Problem, Barriers to Innovation Are
There’s been a lot of talk this week about the EpiPen, and for good reason. First developed in the 1970s, the EpiPen is a medical device that automatically injects a measured dose of adrenaline into the bloodstream, allowing for easy field treatment of allergic...
Jon Snyder: An American Entrepreneur
It was 2008, and Jon Snyder wasn’t happy. He had spent 25 years building a career in medical device sales, specializing in products that used neurostimulation to help patients with a variety of conditions manage chronic pain. He had worked all over the world as a...
Indalo Targets Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is a highly progressive and life threatening disease affects approximately 130,000 people in the United States. It’s worse than many cancers. According to the National Institute of Health, physicians are unsure of the cause, but the...
The New American Entrepreneur – Euclises
Euclises is drug discovery and development company targeting some of the deadliest cancers out there—cancers that combine to cause over 200,000 fatalities each year in the U.S. alone. By offering new treatment options for cancer patients suffering from colorectal,...
Evidence Based Innovation 1.0 – Recap
An Event to Connect Investors with Health Care Startups While early-stage startup companies talk a lot about investment, the one thing every young company needs is a customer. Last Tuesday, more than 20 early-stage St. Louis medical and biotech companies got the...
A Q&A session with Euclises’ John Talley
[iSelect] You have the honorable position of being one of the leading medicinal chemists in the world. [John] It’s funny. I don’t think of myself that way at all. I’ve had the great fortune to work with really great people on really good projects. We worked on some...
BioTech Selection Committee Member, Melissa Walker
Spotlight: Selection Committee Member A Chat with iSelect BioTech Selection Committee Member, Melissa Walker A Brief Background: Melissa is a regulatory professional with over 27 years of experience in the medical products industry. She currently serves as...
BioTech Selection Committee: Bobby Sandage
Spotlight: Selection Committee Member A Brief Background: Bobby W. Sandage, Jr., Ph.D. has 34 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry and was recently appointed President and CEO of Euclises Pharmaceuticals a St. Louis based start-up...