HealthTech—an umbrella encompassing innovations from digital to mental healthcare services, to pharmaceuticals and medical devices, to genomics and biotech—altogether represents one of the fastest-growing industry sectors on the planet today. The breakneck pace of development happening now in health technology is already transforming the world in incredible ways, and entrepreneurs in this space are actively working to push humankind into a new and better future.

Because of the industry's breadth and complexity, even health and medical entrepreneurs with their own deep subject matter expertise very much benefit from additional mentorship and networking with other industry veterans. As Founder Institute's Health Tech Virtual 2022 accelerator prepares to launch, we're excited to showcase here a small sampling of the confirmed health and medical industry technologists and investors who will be joining as mentors in the upcoming program:

Liz Rockett

Liz Rockett is the Managing Director of Kaiser Permanente Ventures, where she helps lead Kaiser's investing strategy in healthcare IT, digital health and tech-enabled services in healthcare. She joined as a Principal in 2015, and pioneered the firm's investment in social enterprises, aligning the investment strategy more closely with the non-profit mission of Kaiser Permanente.

Liz Rockett is a board director at Big Health, Everytable, OssoVR, and Kit Check, board observer to DexCare, Omada, Groups, LP advisor to Rock Health. She is also currently on the faculty for Berkeley Haas School of Business curriculum's Sustainable and Impact Finance, where she is co-teaches the new Impact Investing Practicum for MBA students getting hands-on experience in impact investing, learning what it takes to raise impact capital, report on impact, structure portfolios, build investment teams, and more.

Orrin Ailloni-Charas, MD

Orrin Ailloni-Charas, MD is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cura Capital. Cura focuses on powering healthcare innovation by supporting the scientists, clinicians, and innovators whose goals are to transform healthcare, using strategic deployment of capital and by leveraging their deep technical, operational, and clinical expertise to find and guide the best startups to their exits.

Dr. Ailloni-Charas also currently serves on the Board of Directors at UCSF's Health Hub, and previously as a Partner at Global Health Impact Fund, Hermes Life Science Ventures, and as Vice President of Medical Investment Operations at AngelMD.

James Mitchell, MD

James Mitchell, MD is VP of Digital Health at PAVmed Inc, and Chief Medical Officer of PAVmed subsidiary Veris Health, a healthtech startup developing the first intelligent implantable vascular access port with biologic sensors and wireless communication to improve personalized cancer care through remote patient monitoring.

Dr. Mitchell is a radiation Oncologist by training, having spent nearly a decade in the U.S. Air Force as Director of the Joint Radiation Oncology Center, and practicing radiation oncologist utilizing advanced technology including IMRT, IGRT, SBRT, VMAT, and SRS. His past medical technology startup experience includes being a founder and past CEO at Redsmith as well as Oncodisc, Inc.

Adam Schlifke, MD

Adam Schlifke, MD is Digital Health Lead & Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a board-certified anesthesiologist, and former medical director with fundamental business training, and is highly motivated to improve healthcare delivery in the US through technology.

Dr. Schlifke is also a current Venture Partner with Global Health Impact Fund and Screening Committee Chair & Mento Screening Committee Chair for HealthTech Capital. He enjoys working in entrepreneurial environments that are focused on designing innovative solutions that are well integrated into the healthcare workflow, and has a loves to "disrupt" healthcare delivery with technology-enabled services. He is a former co-founder at Potrero Medical, COVIDvent, XpandCare, and more.

Faye Sahai

Faye Sahai is the Managing Director of Telosity Fund at Vinaj Ventures. Telosity focuses on investing in early-stage companies with affordable and scalable solutions to improve mental well-being in young people.

Faye Sahai also currently serves on the Innovation Advisory Board of the American Nurses Association, and as Co-President for Ascend's NorCal Board Leadership. As an innovation advisor and inclusive change agent, Faye Sahai invests in startups and advises companies in innovative and inclusive strategies to drive transformation, including at AIG, Schwab, Deloitte Consulting, Blue Shield, and Kaiser Permanente; and invests and sits on boards of startups in the digital wellness, health, and insuretech spaces.

We are also hosting several free online health tech startup events in the coming weeks, where you can learn from top industry entrepreneurs and investors:

• What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Apr 29, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342842
• Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
• Co-Founders Connect: Find a Business Partner Online: 5:00pm, May 01, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/338038
• How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas (Interactive Online Event): 10:00am, May 08, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339345
• Innovation Series: Connecting Corporates & Startups with Open Innovation: 9:00am, May 09, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345205
• Startup Founders’ Guide to Building an Effective Go-To-Market Strategy: 10:00am, May 15, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342696
• How to Build a Fundable Start-up Brand: 10:00am, May 20, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/338772
• Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00pm, May 22, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340347
• Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 5:00pm, May 27, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339394
• How to Quickly Establish Safe, Reliable, and Compliant AI Startups: 10:00am, May 29, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340139
• What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Jun 03, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343427
• Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 5:00pm, Jun 05, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340960
• How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 5:00pm, Jun 10, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339715
• Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 10:00am, Jun 12, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339765
• Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00am, Jun 17, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339898
• How to Take a Value Proposition to Finding Product Market Fit: 10:00am, Jun 24, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341430
• Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00am, Jun 26, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/339821
• Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00pm, Jul 01, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340209
• How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 10:00am, Jul 03, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341938
• How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 10:00am, Jul 08, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344393
• Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 5:00pm, Jul 15, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341239
• Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00am, Jul 17, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341325
• What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 5:00pm, Jul 22, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343947
• How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 10:00am, Jul 24, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343131
• How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 10:00am, Jul 29, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341644
• Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 5:00pm, Aug 05, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341872
• What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Aug 12, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344085
• Pitch Lounge: Practice Pitching Your Business Idea to Startup Experts : 5:00pm, Aug 19, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341739
• Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 5:00pm, Aug 26, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341796
• How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 5:00pm, Aug 28, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345826
• Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00pm, Sep 02, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343236
• What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 5:00pm, Sep 09, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344199
• Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00am, Sep 16, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342342
• How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 10:00am, Sep 23, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343531
• Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00am, Sep 25, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344283
• Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00am, Oct 02, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342027
• Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 5:00pm, Oct 14, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342440
• How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 5:00pm, Oct 23, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344497
• What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Oct 30, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344584
• Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder : 10:00am, Nov 04, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343323
• Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 5:00pm, Nov 06, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342134
• Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 5:00pm, Nov 18, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344678
• What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 5:00pm, Nov 25, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345419
• Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00am, Nov 27, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342527
• Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00am, Dec 02, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342234
• What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 10:00am, Dec 04, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345324
• Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00am, Dec 09, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344778
• How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 10:00am, Dec 16, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344897
• Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 5:00pm, Dec 23, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342619

In addition to the mentors highlighted above, many other top health and medical startup industry founders, CEOs, advisors, and investors have signed on to mentor participating entrepreneurs in the Health Tech Virtual 2022 Founder Institute program:

• Abhiroop Gandhi: Principal, Advisory Services
• AJ Shergill: Co-Founder, Januity
• Alan Young: Strategic Advisor, BellSant
• Alexey Kadet: Chief Business Officer, Gero
• Andrew Broderick: Project Co-Director, San Francisco Tech Council
• Anish Patel: Employer Go-to-Market Advisor, GRAIL, ex-Proteus Digital Health, ex-Genentech, ex-LEK Consulting
• Ankoor Tailor: Consultant, Value Based Care / Digital Health, ScaleHealth
• Annu Navani: Founder & CEO, Comprehensive Spine and Sports Center
• Arjun Rao: Founder and CEO, Syncremedies Healthcare Pvt Ltd
• Ashwin Sivakumar: Chief of Digital Business Strategy, JugularSocial Group
• Aviv Shalgi: CEO, Solar Simplified
• Axel Strombergsson: Vice President, QuickVault, Veeva Systems, Inc.
• Balaji Gopalan: Co-Founder and CEO, MedStack
• Behrooz Behbod: Founder & CEO, The Entrepreneur's Doctor
• Ben Huang: CEO, Astron Medtech
• Bethany Hills Grois: Partner, DLA Piper
• Blake Wehman: Founder & CEO, Remission Medical
• Brad Larmie: Strategic Transformation & Innovation, Children's Minnesota
• Britt Johnson: Operations Excellence Leader, Amazon
• Carla Brenner: Venture Partner, Supernode Ventures
• Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
• Chris Foltz: Entrepreneur In Residence, Founder Institute + Responsible Solutions Ltd + IRG 100 CMO's & Change Agents
• Chris Mc Carthy: Innovation and Design Leader, ILN Coaching & Consulting
• Chris Anderson: General Partner, A2Z Ventures
• Christian Behl: International Business Development, Cognition IP
• Christopher Brereton: Partner and Cheif Product Officer, Sidebench
• Christopher K. Lee: Technology Strategy Director, Elevance Health
• Chuan En (Ken) Lin: Managing Director, ABIES Asset Management
• Coco Sellman: Entrepreneur & Angel Investor, Remarkable Ventures
• Dennis Robbins: Principal, Dennis Robbins Ph.D., M.P.H.
• Diwen Chen: Value Based Care Advisor / Consultant, Freelance / Former VP/National Head of Payment Innovation, Elevance Health
• D.J. Mogefors: Founder and CEO, Mogefors Consulting
• Dominique Kim, MPH: Health and Healthcare Transformation Leader, InnovatorMD
• Dr. Pallavi Singh: IP and Technology Lawyer and Consultant, Founder, Episteme Legal
• Eric Hsu: Corporate Attorney
• Eric Fennel: Founder / President, Value Strategies, LLC
• Faye Sahai: General Founding Partner, Telosity Ventures
• Fran Ayalasomayajula: CEO, RTL Innovation
• Francois Nguyen: Chief Design Officer, frog
• FRANCOIS PAILLIER, CIRCAGENE
• Gary Goldman: Founder, Global Health Impact Fund
• Genevieve Le Marchal: Managing Partner, Suncoast Ventures
• Ghayath Janoudi: Founding CEO, Loon Bio
• Hamza Shaikh: Founder / CEO, Stabl
• Hiren Patel: Angel Investor, board member, advisor, head of QA/RA, Multiple
• I Lin Tsai: Co-Founder, Astron Medtech
• Irina Kukuyeva PhD: AI due diligence, Kukuyeva Consulting
• Israel Raz: Partner, Extera Partners
• Jack Cochran: Retired CEO and Plastic Surgeon, Executive Advisor on Straegy and Leadership
• Jason Scharf
• Jason Novak: Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
• JEFFREY CHAMPAGNE: Vice President, Business Development, Inertia Product Development
• Jeni Chang: Founder | Investor | Mentor, .
• Jenn Knoop Koblick: VP, BoomerBaby
• Jeramy Lund: Co-Founder, Rehabilitation Health
• John Shufeldt: Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Xcellerant Ventures
• Johnny Lam: SVP, Business Development, ScaleHealth
• Joni Chroman: Consultant, Quintuple Aim Solutions
• Joseph Severson: Executive Director, Strategic Planning, Kaiser Permanente
• June W Choi: Managing Partner, Serval Ventures
• Kan Lew, Esq.: Counsel, SSM
• Ken Gordon: Co-founder and CEO, VALR
• Kenneth Grant: Physician , Children's Hospital Orange County
• Kevin Yamazaki: CEO & Founder, Sidebench
• Kevin Fairley: Healthcare Data Modeler and Terminologist, Freelance
• Lavinia Herbei: MD, MBA, InnovatorMD, JMMG
• Leena Palav: Board Member, Strategy Advisor, COO, Med devices, health tech
• Lisa Sherwin: CEO, Sherwin Advisors
• Madhu Shetti: Founder and CEO, Anchor Healthcare
• Mark Wesson MPH, FACHE: Managing Director, VitaX Ventures
• Mark Freeland: Chief Operating Officer, Give Virtual Care
• Martina Truche: Healthcare Innovator , Space Medicine Enthusiast
• Max Simms: Co-Founder, CEO, MindTrace Technologies
• Mercedes Bankston: Founder, Funderstar LTD
• Miles Rand: VP of Product, Milk Moovement
• Mohan Iyer: General Partner, SOSV / IndieBio
• Mu Zhou: Head of AI, SenseTime
• Nagesh Mallugari: Business Development & Partnerships, Fission Labs
• Nardo Manaloto: Managing Partner, Qubits Ventures
• Nila Rafiq: MD, MBA, FI Health
• Olena Bochulia: Co-Founder, Severus
• Olivier Rabenschlag: Founding Partner, Chapter 3 Capital
• Olu Ogunlela: Co-Founder & CEO, Liferithms
• Phong Nguyen Dang: Managing Partner, Hyperform
• Prathamesh Prabhudesai: Co-Founder & CEO, safeBVM
• Quinn Wang: CEO, Quadrant Eye
• Rachel Ndungu: CEO, Biashara Africa
• Rafael M Lopes, MBA, CPXP, CPHIMS: Founder & Chief Digital Health Strategist, Bold Digital Health
• Raphael Gernot Klingmann: Founder, Enbarca Inc
• Robert Pruter: CRO, SPHER, Inc.
• Russell Brand: CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited
• Scarlett Chen: Managing Partner , Verge HealthTech Fund
• Shakthi Kumar: Dr, BHS Group
• Simran Kaur: Founder, Power Women Corp
• Sridhar Prathikanti: President, Future World Studios, inc
• Stan Schroeder, C6 Systems
• Steve Spring: Senior Business Development Manager , Cor Medical Ventures
• Steven Colby: Partner, Rimon Law
• Sushant Shankar: Co-Founder & CEO, HealthPals
• Suzy Engwall: CEO and President, HealthTech Strategies, LLC
• Tanu Jain: Startup Advisor, Self Employed
• Taylor Mc Partland: CEO, ScaleHealth
• Tijana Momirov: Startup Consultant - Product Management, StartupSetup
• Torrey Smith: Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx
• Trent Campbell: VP. Commercial Strategies, Axonics, Inc.
• Uli Chettipally, MD: Founder, InnovatorMD
• Veeraj Shah: Co-Founder & CEO, Vitalize
• Viji Natarajan: Founder & CEO, LaPortaCare
• Vipula Tailor: CEO, Sonix Medical Devices
• Yan Chow: Global Healthcare Leader, Automation Anywhere

Join the new FI Health Tech accelerator in 2022. 

Apply to the Health Tech Virtual 2022 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/health.  

Graduates of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over $1.75BN in funding, and building products people love across over 200 cities worldwide.

See the most recent news from our Grads at FI.co/news, or learn more about their stories at FI.co/hotseat.