Guido Neels
InvestorOperating Partner at Essex Woodlands Healthcare Partners
About
Guido Neels joined Essex Woodlands (EW) in 2006 and became an Operating Partner in 2013, helping build and lead the firm's medical device investment practice. Before EW, he was Chief Operating Officer of Guidant Corporation, overseeing its four operating units, and earlier held general management, sales, and marketing roles at Eli Lilly & Company in the U.S. and Europe. He holds a Business Engineering degree from the University of Leuven in Belgium and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Invests in
Medical Devices
Deals · 2
Impulse DynamicsBoard seat
via Essex Woodlands Healthcare Partners · filed Mar 2025 · $140M raise
Endologix INC /DeBoard seat
via Essex Woodlands Healthcare Partners · filed Aug 2018 · $210.5M raise
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