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Sante Ventures

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Sante Ventures invests in early-stage medical technology and healthcare companies.

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Santé Ventures

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01.06.2006

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Founded in 2006, Sante Ventures has $281 million in capital under management and focuses on investing in seed and early-stage healthcare companies across the biotech, medtech, and healthtech industries. The firm recently closed its debut venture capital fund with $132 million in committed capital and primarily invests in companies developing medical technologies and healthcare services. Sante Ventures has already made investments in companies like Lumos Pharma, Zeno Corporation, and EndoStim.
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Kevin M. Lalande
Kevin M. Lalande

Kevin M. Lalande

Kevin M. Lalande has served on our board of directors since December 2005. Mr. Lalande is one of the founders and a Managing Director of Sante Ventures, a venture capital firm. Prior to founding Sante Ventures in 2006, Mr. Lalande spent seven years with Austin Ventures. Before joining Austin Ventures, Mr. Lalande was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Previously, Mr. Lalande cofounded and sold three companies: NetProfit, sold to a privately held advertising agency in 1996; Serus, sold to Netopia in 1998; and TimeMarker, sold to PrimeHoldings in 2001. Mr. Lalande holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. with Highest Distinction from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Lalande was selected to serve on our board of directors because of his substantial experience as a venture capitalist and as a director of a number of privately held companies.

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Joe Cunningham
Joe Cunningham

Joe Cunningham

Joe is Managing Director and a founding member of Sante Ventures, a life science venture capital firm. Prior to founding Sante, Joe was a healthcare Venture Partner with Austin Ventures and was previously the Vice Chair of the Ascension Health Ventures investment committee. He is also the former Chief Medical Officer of the Providence Health System and Executive Director of the 300-physician Providence Health Alliance, both of which belong to the Ascension Health system. He has extensive management experience and is recognized nationally for his expertise in healthcare delivery systems, physician associations and compensation models. Joe currently serves on advisory boards for both Health Services Corporation (BC/BS) and United Healthcare. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Quality Assurance and Peer Review. Joe received his BS and MD degrees from Texas A&M University and his MBA from Baylor University

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Dennis L. McWilliams

Dennis L. McWilliams

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Derek Dedeker

Derek Dedeker

Venture Capital Associate

Mariel Bolhouse

Mariel Bolhouse

Fellow

Mitchell Weaver

Mitchell Weaver

Senior Analyst

Brooke Jones

Brooke Jones

Head of Capital Formation

Brian Showers

Brian Showers

Head of Engineering

Eric Epstein

Eric Epstein

Senior Associate

Dennis McWilliams

Dennis McWilliams

Venture Partner

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