Shreefal Mehta
Dr. Mehta is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully brought new technologies from lab prototypes to market in biotechnology and energy storage. He has raised millions of dollars from venture capital for his previous ventures, forged strategic partnerships with Fortune 500 companies and driven multimillion$ value in licensing and sales revenues. Dr. Mehta has experience in managing and growing successful ventures in life sciences including drug discovery and development, medical devices/diagnostics and in the field of advanced materials and energy storage. He is currently executive chair at Pulmokine and consultant or advisor to several public and private biotech companies.
He is the author of the industry leading biomedical technology commercialization text book and manual for bio-entrepreneurs (titled Commercializing Successful Biomedical Technologies, covering drugs and devices from concept to commercialization) that has been recognized as “the bible” and the “roadmap” for entrepreneurs and executives in the biotech industry, in addition to being used as a textbook in several universities. The book’s 2nd edition will be launched by Cambridge University Press in 2022. Dr. Mehta is guest lecturer and course moderator for the intensive annual BioBusiness course in Switzerland at USI Lugano and is an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Severino Center at RPI and mentor at StartX (StanfordU).