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Manish Kothari

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Founding Managing Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc · Board director at Vitara Biomedical

United States

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Manish: together at University of California, San Francisco

About

Co-founder of First Spark Ventures and former President of SRI International, where he incubated and invested in over 25 Deep Tech startups. A serial Medtech and software entrepreneur, he co-founded Mytrus and holds a Cornell PhD in Bioengineering plus a UCSF postdoc in Medical Physics.

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Board director at Vitara Biomedical

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Vitara Biomedical's investors · 4

First Spark Ventures, LlcMenlo ParkJazzya InvestmentsAlcobendasKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksMyelin VCMontevideo · $250K – $1M checks

Experience

  1. First Spark VenturesManaging Director & Founder2022Menlo Park, CA
  2. SRI InternationalPresident, SRI2018 — 2022Menlo Park
  3. SRI InternationalPresident, SRI Ventures2015 — 2022Menlo Park
  4. SRI InternationalDirector, Ventures & Program Director, Robotics & Health Systems2012 — 2015Menlo Park, CA
  5. MytrusCo-founder, CEO & Board member2009 — 2012San Francisco
  6. Simpirica SpineCTO + Head of Regulatory & Operations2007 — 2009San Carlos
  7. SynarcGlobal VP, Musculoskeletal Imaging Business Unit2005 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
  8. SynarcGlobal VP, Sales and Scientific Client Services, Medical Imaging2001 — 2004San Francisco Bay Area
  9. SynarcVP Medical Imaging Technology/CTO1998 — 2001San Francisco Bay Area
  10. UCSFPostdoc1996 — 1998

Skills & more

Clinical TrialsStart-upsDigital ImagingFDAR&DBiotechnologyMedical DevicesSaaSHealthcare Information TechnologySoftware DevelopmentCommercializationMedical Imaging
+5 moreBusiness DevelopmentLifesciencesBiomedical EngineeringInnovation DevelopmentLeadership

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Colleagues at First Spark Ventures, Llc

Aaron Sisto
Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Danny Chen
General Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Eric Schmidt
Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Gal Treger
General Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Haitao Zhu
Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Jennifer Wu
Principal at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Peter Olcott
Principal at First Spark Ventures, Llc
Peter Richards
Founding General Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc

Frequently asked questions

Who is Manish Kothari?
Co-founder of First Spark Ventures and former President of SRI International, where he incubated and invested in over 25 Deep Tech startups. A serial Medtech and software entrepreneur, he co-founded Mytrus and holds a Cornell PhD in Bioengineering plus a UCSF postdoc in Medical Physics.
Where does Manish Kothari work?
Manish Kothari is Founding Managing Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc and Board director at Vitara Biomedical.
Where did Manish Kothari go to school?
Manish Kothari studied at Cornell University (Ph.D., Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (B Tech, Aerospace); University of California, San Francisco (Postdoc).

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