Managing Director, D.E. Shaw and Co., L.P.
Executive Partner, Sofinnova Ventures
Serial Entrepreneur and Investor
Partner, Third Rock Ventures
VP of Research & Policy, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Vice President for Corporate Engagement, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Director, Silicon Flatirons Centers' Entrepreneurship Initiative
Founding Director, Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center
Venture capital investing has been contracting this year for both drug development and medical device startups, but what does that mean for companies searching for capital? Add a sluggish economic recovery, a bitter Presidential election, and continuing debates over healthcare policies, and you have one uncertain future. The San Diego Venture Group has asked four luminaries of venture capital—Kevin Kinsella, Nim Shah, Mike Grey, and Heath Lukatch—to call it as they see it. Xconomy San Diego Editor Bruce V. Bigelow has agreed to moderate. More information and online registration is here.