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Manish Kothari

Investor

Founding Managing Partner at First Spark Ventures, Llc

United States

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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.

Experience

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

Education

  1. Cornell UniversityPh.D., Engineering1991 β€” 1996
  2. Indian Institute of Technology, BombayB Tech, Aerospace1987 β€” 1991
  3. University of California, San FranciscoPostdoc

Skills & more

Leadership9SaaS8Clinical Trials41Start-ups51Digital Imaging7FDA24R&D36Biotechnology13Medical Devices32Healthcare Information Technology4Software Development11Commercialization8
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