Don Ross

Don Ross

Don Ross is co-founder of HealthTech Capital, Board Director of Sand Hill Angels, and a Member of Life Science Angels. Don also is Board Director of Figure 8 Surgical and OncoHealth Corporation. Don is active in syndications among Angel groups and early stage venture firms.

Within Angel groups, he chairs screening and didactic committees. Don provides strategic guidance, operational experience, and investments to a variety of startups, which include companies in diagnostics, medical devices, eHealth, mobile, and Internet. He has a particular interest in health tech—the intersection of healthcare and information technology. 

Don began working in life sciences in the early 1980s, when he developed software applications for psychological testing, health behavior change, and health monitoring. Don co-founded, built, and operated a life sciences publishing company, which was sold successfully in 2000. Don is an honors graduate from UC Berkeley (architecture).