Juan-Pablo Mas
InvestorPartner at Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd. · Board director at Saluda Medical · Board director at Alpheus Medical
Palo Alto, California
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Juan-Pablo Mas is Managing Partner at Action Potential Venture Capital, a venture firm investing in healthcare, artificial intelligence, and frontier technology applications. With over 15 years of venture investing experience, he previously led a venture fund within GSK focused on bioelectronic medicines, AI-derived biomarkers, and regulated AI medical devices. He holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.
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Board director at Saluda Medical
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Board director at Alpheus 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
Venture Capital54Product Management15Start-ups72Medical Devices29Entrepreneurship28Cross-functional Team Leadership35Product Development11Business Development12MergersR&D10Product Marketing4Business Strategy13
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Mergers & AcquisitionsCorporate DevelopmentMarketing StrategyPrivate EquityStrategic PartnershipsLifesciencesFinancial ModelingManagementStrategyInvestmentsExecutive ManagementLife SciencesLanguages English · Spanish
From Juan-Pablo's professional profile.
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
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Juan-Pablo Mas?
- Juan-Pablo Mas is Managing Partner at Action Potential Venture Capital, a venture firm investing in healthcare, artificial intelligence, and frontier technology applications. With over 15 years of venture investing experience, he previously led a venture fund within GSK focused on bioelectronic medicines, AI-derived biomarkers, and regulated AI medical devices. He holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.
- Where does Juan-Pablo Mas work?
- Juan-Pablo Mas is Partner at Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd. and Board director at Saluda Medical and Board director at Alpheus 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.
- 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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Shared employers
Also worked at SetPoint Medical3
Also worked at Cala Health6
Also worked at Lightstone Ventures10
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Also worked at Eli Lilly83
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