Juan-Pablo Mas
InvestorManaging Partner at Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd. · Stanford Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute: Translational Oversight Committee at Stanford University · Board director at Saluda Medical · Board director at Alpheus Medical · Board director at SetPoint Medical
Puerto Rico
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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Managing Partner of Action Potential Ventures with two decades as an operator and investor in healthcare and medical technology. He previously led R&D and strategy at Medtronic's CardioVascular Division and worked on global brand strategy at Eli Lilly, and was on the founding team of Lightstone Ventures after investing at Morgenthaler Ventures. He co-founded SomosVC and holds an MBA and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford and a B.S. from UMass Amherst.
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Board director at Saluda Medical
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Board director at SetPoint Medical
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Experience
- Action Potential Venture CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2025 — presentCalifornia, United States
- Action Potential Venture CapitalPartner2014 — 2025
- Alpheus Medical, IncBoard Directorcurrent2025 — present
- Mobia MedicalInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- SetPoint MedicalBoard Directorcurrent2014 — present
- Gradient Denervation TechnologiesBoard Member & co-foundercurrent2020 — presentParis, France
- Neuspera Medical Inc.Board Membercurrent2016 — present
- Cala HealthBoard Directorcurrent2023 — present
- Cala HealthBoard Observer2016 — 2023
- USA LacrosseMember Board of Directorscurrent2023 — present
- Stanford UniversityStanford Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute: Translational Oversight Committeecurrent2018 — presentStanford, CA
- SomosVCAdvisor (Emeritus Board Member)current2023 — present
- SomosVCCo-Founder & Board Member2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Diversity by Doing (DxD) HealthTechAdvisory Boardcurrent2023 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- AdvaMedInvestor Advisory Boardcurrent2023 — present
- Onc.AIBoard Director2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Exo Imaging, Inc.Board Member2020 — 2025
- Presidio Medical, Inc.Board Director & co-founding investor2018 — 2025
- Saluda MedicalBoard Director2017 — 2025
- UCSF Rosenman InstituteAdvisory Board2018 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Rock HealthAdvisory Committee2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- CVRx | BarostimBoard Observer2016 — 2021
- InnerCity Weightlifting (ICW)Member Board of Directors - Treasurer and Chair of Finance and Operations Committee2011 — 2019Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
- Lightstone VenturesVice President / Founding Team2011 — 2014Palo Alto, CA
- MorgenthalerSenior Associate2010 — 2014Menlo Park, CA
- Eli LillyGlobal Marketing, Brand Strategy (Stanford GSB Bonini Fellow)2008 — 2009Indianapolis, Indiana
- MedtronicPipeline, Strategic Marketing & Business Development2007 — 2008Santa Rosa, CA
- MedtronicSr R&D Engineer, Cardiovascular Division2004 — 2008Boston, MA
- Stanford UniversityMovement Disorders Neural Mapping Research2003 — 2004
- Stanford UniversityNeural Machine Learning Research2001 — 2003
- Brookhaven National LaboratoryAccelerator Collider Engineer2002Upton, New York, United States
- Agilent TechnologiesSoftware Engineer - Patient Monitoring2000North Andover, Massachusetts, United States
- Hamilton SundstrandInternational Space Station Test Engineer1999Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States
Skills & more
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Mergers & AcquisitionsCorporate DevelopmentMarketing StrategyPrivate EquityStrategic PartnershipsLifesciencesFinancial ModelingManagementStrategyInvestmentsExecutive ManagementLife SciencesLanguages English · Spanish
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Deals · 5
Alpheus MedicalBoard seat
via Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd. · filed Jul 2026 · $67M raise
Saluda MedicalBoard seat
via Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd. · filed Nov 2025 · $30M raise
SetPoint MedicalBoard seat
via Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd. · filed Oct 2025 · $115.5M raise
Exo ImagingBoard seat
via Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd. · filed May 2025 · $10M raise
CALA HEALTH, INC.Board seat
via Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd. · filed Dec 2024 · $51.1M raise
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Other disclosed investments
Investor
CVRxExoOnc.AIPresidio Medical
Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.
Colleagues at Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Juan-Pablo Mas?
- Managing Partner of Action Potential Ventures with two decades as an operator and investor in healthcare and medical technology. He previously led R&D and strategy at Medtronic's CardioVascular Division and worked on global brand strategy at Eli Lilly, and was on the founding team of Lightstone Ventures after investing at Morgenthaler Ventures. He co-founded SomosVC and holds an MBA and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford and a B.S. from UMass Amherst.
- Where does Juan-Pablo Mas work?
- Juan-Pablo Mas is Managing Partner at Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd. and Board director at Saluda Medical and Board director at Alpheus Medical and Board director at SetPoint Medical.
- What check size does Juan-Pablo Mas write?
- Juan-Pablo Mas typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What boards does Juan-Pablo Mas sit on?
- Juan-Pablo Mas holds tracked board seats at Alpheus Medical, CALA HEALTH, INC., Exo Imaging, Saluda Medical, SetPoint Medical.
- What companies has Juan-Pablo Mas invested in?
- Investments tracked here include CVRx, Exo, Onc.AI, Presidio Medical, Saluda Medical, SetPoint Medical.
- Where did Juan-Pablo Mas go to school?
- Juan-Pablo Mas studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Stanford University (MS, Electrical Engineering); University of Massachusetts Amherst (BS, Electrical Engineering).
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