Fundraising Fox

Naomi Fried

Investor

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Ambit Health Ventures · Board director at WAVELY DIAGNOSTICS

Boston, Massachusetts

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Founder of the pharma-focused digital health accelerator PharmStars and former Chief Innovation Officer at Boston Children's Hospital. Previously held innovation leadership roles at Biogen and Kaiser Permanente, and founded Health Innovation Strategies, a healthcare advisory firm focused on innovation programs and digital health strategy.

Board director at WAVELY DIAGNOSTICS

Intro paths

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In turn, Naomi can intro founders to WAVELY DIAGNOSTICS's investors below.

WAVELY DIAGNOSTICS's investors · 8

Ambit Health VenturesBoston · since 2022Cascade Seed FundBend · since 2022Healthtech CapitalSilicon Valley · since 2022Long Way VenturesBend · since 2022Robin Hood VenturesPhiladelphia · $250K – $1M checks · since 2022Symphonic CapitalSolana Beach · $1M – $3M checks · since 2022Wealthing VC ClubPalo Alto · since 2022WXR FundSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at WAVELY DIAGNOSTICS

SG
Shyamnath GollakotaDirector, Promoter
RB
Randall BlyDirector, Promoter

Experience

  1. PharmStars VenturesCo-founder & Managing Partnercurrent2024 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  2. Panacea-mlMember of the Board of Advisorscurrent2024 — presentRaanana, Center District, Israel
  3. PharmStarsFounder and CEOcurrent2021 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  4. Ambit Health VenturesManaging Partner and Co-Foundercurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  5. Head DiagnosticsBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
  6. Wavely Diagnostics, Inc.Member Board Of Directorscurrent2021 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  7. RemepyAdvisory Board Member2022 — 2024Tel Aviv, Israel
  8. ResApp HealthIndustry Advisory Board Member2019 — 2022Brisbane, Australia
  9. nQ Medical IncAdvisory Board Member2017 — 2020Cambridge, MA
  10. Health Innovation StrategiesFounder and CEO2016 — 2020Newton, MA
  11. BiogenVice President, Medical Information, Innovation and External Partnerships2014 — 2015Cambridge, MA
  12. Boston Children's HospitalChief Innovation Officer2010 — 2014Boston, Massachusetts
  13. Partners HealthCareConsultant2009 — 2010Greater Boston Area
  14. Kaiser PermanenteVice President of Innovation and Advanced Technology2006 — 2009Oakland, California
  15. Kaiser PermanenteManaging Director, The Archimedes Project2004 — 2006Oakland, California
  16. Partech InternationalHealthcare Venture Capital Consultant2003 — 2004San Francisco Bay Area
  17. 1747, IncGeneral Manager and VP of Business Development2001 — 2003
  18. Capitol HealthHealthcare Venture Capital Consultant2000 — 2001
  19. SHINE LLC (E-SKOLAR)Acting CEO1998 — 2000

Skills & more

Healthcare66Start-ups54Strategic Partnerships29Healthcare Information Technology18Management Consulting19Informatics14Consulting13Cross-functional Team Leadership11Hospitals9Marketing9Medical Devices6Telemedicine6
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Colleagues at Ambit Health Ventures

Mason Reiner
Partner at Ambit Health Ventures
Sam Goldberger
Managing Partner at Ambit Health Ventures
Zach Praw
Analyst at Ambit Health Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Naomi Fried?
Founder of the pharma-focused digital health accelerator PharmStars and former Chief Innovation Officer at Boston Children's Hospital. Previously held innovation leadership roles at Biogen and Kaiser Permanente, and founded Health Innovation Strategies, a healthcare advisory firm focused on innovation programs and digital health strategy.
Where does Naomi Fried work?
Naomi Fried is Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Ambit Health Ventures and Board director at WAVELY DIAGNOSTICS.
What check size does Naomi Fried write?
Naomi Fried typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Naomi Fried go to school?
Naomi Fried studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., Materials Science Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (B.S., Chemistry).

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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,387

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,453

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersSteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksRyan PetersenFounder & CEO of Flexport

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Shared employers

Also worked at Wavely Diagnostics, Inc.2

Naomi FriedFounder & CEO at PharmStars VenturesStephanie JinInvestor at Avestria Ventures

Also worked at Health Innovation Strategies1

Naomi FriedFounder & CEO at PharmStars Ventures

Also worked at Biogen29

Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRichard RansohoffVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesIsaiah Baril-DoreInvestor at Index VenturesSteve HoltzmanBio Advisor at Amplify PartnersRoy LobbVenture Partner at Advent Life SciencesSun AltbachSenior Scientific Advisor at BOLD Longevity

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Also worked at Boston Children's Hospital39

Sam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Molly RobertsonOperations Associate at Founder CollectiveNasra MohamedInvestor at Third Rock VenturesMarin LangSenior Associate at .406 VenturesJane SuhPrincipal on the AlleyCorp Healthcare teamJohn BrownsteinSenior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Flare Capital Partners

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