Team

Juan-Pablo is a partner at APVC in Santa Cruz, CA. He represents APVC on the Boards of Alpheus Medical, Cala Health, Exo Imaging, Neuspera Medical, Presidio Medical, Saluda Medical, SetPoint Medical, Onc.ai and previously CVRx (NASDAQ: CVRX). He was a founding team member and investor at Lightstone Ventures, and an investor at Morgenthaler Ventures, where he was a Board observer at Ardian (acq. by Medtronic), Twelve (acq. by Medtronic), Nuvaira, Cabochon Aesthetics (acq. by Ulthera/Merz), and Miramar Labs (acq. by Sientra).

Prior to investing, Juan-Pablo led efforts in R&D and Strategy in Medtronic’s CardioVascular Division. He was named “Medtronic Inventor of The Year”. Subsequently, he was on the Global Brand Strategy team at Eli Lilly within the Cardiovascular business.

Juan-Pablo earned an MBA and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. He serves on Stanford’s Neuroscience Institute Oversight Committee, the Advisory Board for UCSF’s Rosenman Institute, the Investor Advisory Committee of AdvaMed, and is a founding Board Member of SomosVC which is dedicated to increasing the representation and advancement of Latino and Latina VCs across industry verticals. Juan-Pablo previously served eight years on the Board of InnerCity Weightlifting, a non-profit reducing youth violence and incarceration rates by fostering social inclusion and economic mobility. He played Division I men’s lacrosse at the University of Massachusetts, serves on the Board of USA Lacrosse since 2023, and is originally from Puerto Rico.

Suraj Mudichintala is a senior associate at APVC in Santa Cruz, CA. He represents APVC on the Boards of Alpheus Medical, Setpoint Medical, MicroTransponder and Onc.ai. He was previously an investor at Arboretum Ventures, where he served as a Board observer at Allay Therapeutics, Avation Medical, Francis Medical, Health Scholars, Koya Medical, and RareCyte. Prior to investing, Suraj was an associate with L.E.K. Consulting, a global strategy consulting firm. While at L.E.K., Suraj completed ~20 engagements predominantly for life sciences and private equity clients.

Suraj graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Finance and Analytics from Boston College. Suraj previously served on the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) Oversight Committee for Medical Devices, where he provided guidance to Michigan higher education researchers on transitioning their early stage products to the private sector for commercialization.