Renee Masi

Managing Director

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Ms. Masi has over 25 years of experience in the venture capital industry, where she focused most recently on life science investing. Ms. Masi currently serves on the boards of Aria CV, Foldax, and CardiacMD. Prior to joining BioStar, Ms. Masi was a Partner with Windward Ventures, a firm focused on southern California early stage companies, where Ms. Masi was responsible for the firm’s life science investing strategy. Ms. Masi was an advisor to Ventures Medical, a seed-stage fund affiliated with the Texas Medical Center. In 1990, Ms. Masi opened the Boston office for Technology Funding, a $250 million venture capital fund based in San Mateo, California. Ms. Masi began her career as an investment banker in the health care finance group of Merrill Lynch. In addition to holding a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, Ms. Masi most recently served as a member of the Board of Councilors for the USC Graduate School of Social Work.