Jay W. Schmelter

Jay Schmelter is a managing director and co-founder of RiverVes®. Drawing on his combination of operating, investment banking and venture capital experience, Jay works closely with entrepreneurs as a sounding board and mentor. Prior to his transition to venture capital, Jay worked as an equity research analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co., where he focused on cardiovascular-related medical device stocks. He was also a marketing executive for Medtronic, Inc. Jay is founder and chairman of the board of Salient Surgical; director of Accumetrics, Inc., IDev Technologies, Inc., Tryton Medical Inc., and Lutonix, Inc. He is a former director of Velocimed, LLC, which was sold to St. Jude Medical in 2005. Jay received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.