Jeffrey Barnes

Jeffrey Barnes joined BVI as an Investment Advisor in 2010 and will become a Managing Director and General Partner at the closing of Fund IV. He brings over 30 years of start-up, operating and investment experience in the life sciences and healthcare sectors as well as a lengthy history of collaborating with BVI as a co-investor on a variety of investments, including Claros Diagnostics, Applied Spine Technologies, and HydroCision. Jeff spent 10 years as a Managing Partner at Oxford Bioscience Partners, a venture fund, responsible for building and leading the firm’s investment strategy in medical devices and diagnostic instrumentation, as well as originating and overseeing investments in 18 portfolio companies. He was instrumental in the successful acquisition of seven medical device companies by strategic acquirers, including Edwards Lifesicences, Medtronic, ThermoFisher, Boston Scientific and Olympus Corp. Prior to venture capital, Jeff spent eight years in investment banking within the healthcare groups of Needham & Co. and Robertson, Stephens & Co. He has over 12 years of operating experience in the medical products field, including eight years in management positions in research and development, manufacturing, and marketing within the Medical Products Group of Hewlett-Packard Corp. He has served on the Board of Directors of more than 20 public and private healthcare technology companies, and has been a co-founder of numerous medical device start-ups, including Mitralign, Circulite, Accelerated Technologies, Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Applied Spine Technologies, and Claros Diagnostics. Jeff is a member of the Clinical Cardiology Council of the American Heart Association, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. He is also on the Board of Advisors at the Duke University Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In addition, he holds patents in diagnostic imaging technology and physiological signal processing. He is a Trustee of Dedham Country Day School; is on the Board of Overseers of the MSPCA/Angell Animal Hospital; is a Corporation Member of Partners Healthcare; and is an Overseer of the Newton-Wellesley Hospital where he serves as a Trustee of its Charitable Foundation. Jeff holds a B.S. degree in Physiology and Biophysics and an M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, and an M.S. degree in Management from Stanford University