Ross Jaffe
Founder at Faro Health, Inc.
Net worth: 7 $ as of 2024-04-29
Profile
Ross A.
Jaffe was the founder of Versant Venture Management LLC, founded in 1999 where he held the title of Managing Director.
He is also the founder of Faro Health, Inc. Currently, he is the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Vytronus, Inc. and a Director at Vertiflex, Inc., AlterG, Inc., Cerephex Corp., Portaero, Inc., Ebb Therapeutics, Inc., Medical Device Innovation Consortium, Foundry Innovations Ltd., Woebot Labs, Inc., DocMatter, Inc., and Novacept, Inc. He was the Chairman at Minerva Surgical, Inc. from 2011 to 2023.
He has also held Director positions at various companies including Aradigm Corp., TheraSense, Inc., St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc., CYTYC Surgical Products, Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, NDO Surgical, Inc., Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., Acclarent, Inc., Relievant Medsystems, Inc., Intersection Medical, Inc., Sympara Medical, Inc., Micro Interventional Systems, Inc., Atrionix, Inc., Webster Laboratories, Inc., Pro-Duct Health, Inc., Vital Therapies, Inc., and Insulet Corp.
from 2001 to 2011.
He was also a General Partner at Brentwood Venture Capital and a Venture Advisor at NEA Management Co. LLC.
He holds an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, an MBA from Stanford University, and a doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University.
Known holdings in public companies
Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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MINERVA SURGICAL, INC.
0.07% | 2023-03-30 | 6,605 ( 0.07% ) | 7 $ | 2024-04-29 |
Ross Jaffe active positions
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AlterG, Inc.
AlterG, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services AlterG, Inc. develops weight reduction athletic equipment. Its products are used by major medical centers, leading physical therapy clinics and professional, collegiate, and individual sports and fitness programs. The firm?s products include anti gravity treadmill, bionic leg and accessories. AlterG was founded by Michael Brenton Looney, Fritz Moore, Edward Liou and Sean Whalen in 2005 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2009-08-16 |
Portaero, Inc.
Portaero, Inc. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services Portaero, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. The company was founded on May 11, 2007 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Faro Health, Inc.
Faro Health, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Faro Health, Inc. redefines how clinical protocols are developed by connecting all stakeholders in the clinical trials ecosystem through a single software platform. The company is based in La Jolla, CA. The platform provides a standardized library of clinical study activities and performance-related metadata, offering real-time actionable insights during protocol development. Faro brings transparency, trust, and predictability to protocol development by analyzing the impact of each study activity. This ensures that clinical protocols developed using Faro's platform are operationally efficient, answering crucial questions in the least burdensome way for patients, payors, and regulators. Faro Health was founded by Scott Matthew Chetham and Ross A. Jaffe, with Scott Matthew Chetham serving as the CEO since incorporation. | Founder | - |
Medical Device Innovation Consortium
Medical Device Innovation Consortium Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) is a collective endeavor focused on realizing the potential of transformative innovation in the medical device industry. The private company is based in St. Louis Park, MN. The company encourages med device companies to adopt advanced technologies such as AI, ML, and IoT to develop supply resiliency, production agility, innovation rigor, and secure medical product supply. MDIC's CFQ program is a dynamic collaborative exchange and engagement of diverse experiences and professional insights in advancing innovation to the forefront of patient safety and accessibility. The company was founded by William A. Hawkins. Andrew Fish has been the CEO of the company since 2022. | Director/Board Member | 2016-01-31 |
Vertiflex, Inc.
Vertiflex, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology VertiFlex, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It offers minimally invasive solutions for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), which is the cause of spinal surgery in the elderly. The firm specializes in minimally invasive, motion preservation, spine and medical device. The company was founded by Moti Altarac in 2005 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Ebb Therapeutics, Inc.
Ebb Therapeutics, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Ebb Therapeutics, Inc. develops medical devices for the treatment of insomnia. It engages in the development of regional cerebral thermal therapy (RCTT) device for use in insomnia and sleep disorders. The company was founded by Eric A. Nofzinger in 2008 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. | Director/Board Member | - |
DocMatter, Inc.
DocMatter, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services DocMatter, Inc. is a digital health company, which engages in the development of an online, peer-to-peer collaboration platform that streamlines knowledge access across a global network of healthcare professionals. The company was founded by Eric Applegate and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Vytronus, Inc.
Vytronus, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology VytronUS, Inc. develops imaging and therapeutic capabilities of ultrasound energy to treat cardiac arrhythmias. The firm develops a catheter-based ablation platform based on low-intensity collimated ultrasound (LICU) which allows for precise non-contact energy delivery and producing high-resolution maps of cardiac anatomy. The company was founded by Hira V. Thapliyal in 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Novacept, Inc. | Director/Board Member | - |
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Training of Ross Jaffe
Dartmouth College | Undergraduate Degree |
Stanford University | Masters Business Admin |
The Johns Hopkins University | Doctorate Degree |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 2 |
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MINERVA SURGICAL, INC. | Health Technology |
INSULET CORPORATION | Health Technology |
Private companies | 32 |
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Aradigm Corp.
Aradigm Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Aradigm Corp. was a pharmaceutical company, which was focused on the development and commercialization of drugs delivered by inhalation for the prevention and treatment of severe respiratory diseases by pulmonologists. The company was founded in 1991 and was headquartered in Hayward, CA. | Health Technology |
TheraSense, Inc.
TheraSense, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology TheraSense develops, manufactures and sells easy to use glucose monitoring systems designed to reduce the pain of testing for people with diabetes. The company began selling its first product, the FreeStyle® blood glucose monitoring system, in June 2000. The FreeStyle system has wide distribution in the United States through national retailers including Walgreens, Wal-Mart, CVS, Eckerd and Rite Aid | Health Technology |
St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc.
St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc. designs and develops equipment for orthopedic and neurological spine surgery. It also manufactures and markets spinal devices. The company was founded by Henry A. Klyce Jr., Ken Hsu, Charles J. Winslow, and James Zucherman 1997 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Health Technology |
CYTYC Surgical Products
CYTYC Surgical Products Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology CYTYC Surgical Products was founded to design, develop, manufacture and market innovative therapeutic devices that improve the quality of women's healthcare in a cost- effective manner. Its initial product, the Novasure Endometrial Ablation System, is used to treat women who suffer from excessive menstrual bleeding. | Health Technology |
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC provides technology solutions for cardiac therapy to cure heart arrhythmias focusing on a trial fibrillation. The firm focuses in the treatment of ablation therapy. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA. | Health Technology |
NDO Surgical, Inc.
NDO Surgical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology NDO Surgical, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets endoscopic technologies for the treatment of gastrointestinal disease. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Mansfield, MA | Health Technology |
Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc.
Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc. provided radiation therapy and medical services. The company was founded by Eric R. Meier, Alfred G. Merriweather and Steve Tallman in 1999 and was headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Health Services |
Acclarent, Inc.
Acclarent, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Acclarent, Inc. engages in manufacturing, designing, and commercializing medical devices that address conditions affecting the ear, nose, and throat. Its products include balloon sinuplasty, eustachian tube dilation, airway dilation system, and ethmoid punch. The company was founded by Joshua Makower and John Y. Chang in June 2004 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Health Technology |
Relievant Medsystems, Inc.
Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Relievant Medsystems, Inc. develops treatment and technologies for chronic back pain. Its Intracept System solution is a minimally invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy delivered into the vertebral body of the spine to ablate the basivertebral nerve. Relievant Medsystems was founded by James C. Peacock, Jeffrey Charles Lotz, and Rex Peters in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Health Technology |
Intersection Medical, Inc.
Intersection Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Intersection Medical, Inc. developed cardiovascular monitoring system for patients with congestive heart failure. The company was founded in July 2006 by Scott M. Chetham and was headquartered in Carlsbad, CA. | Health Technology |
Vertiflex, Inc.
Vertiflex, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology VertiFlex, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It offers minimally invasive solutions for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), which is the cause of spinal surgery in the elderly. The firm specializes in minimally invasive, motion preservation, spine and medical device. The company was founded by Moti Altarac in 2005 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA. | Health Technology |
AlterG, Inc.
AlterG, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services AlterG, Inc. develops weight reduction athletic equipment. Its products are used by major medical centers, leading physical therapy clinics and professional, collegiate, and individual sports and fitness programs. The firm?s products include anti gravity treadmill, bionic leg and accessories. AlterG was founded by Michael Brenton Looney, Fritz Moore, Edward Liou and Sean Whalen in 2005 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA. | Health Services |
Vytronus, Inc.
Vytronus, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology VytronUS, Inc. develops imaging and therapeutic capabilities of ultrasound energy to treat cardiac arrhythmias. The firm develops a catheter-based ablation platform based on low-intensity collimated ultrasound (LICU) which allows for precise non-contact energy delivery and producing high-resolution maps of cardiac anatomy. The company was founded by Hira V. Thapliyal in 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Health Technology |
Cerephex Corp.
Cerephex Corp. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Cerephex Corp. develops and provides therapies and diagnostic technologies for chronic centralized pain. It offers NeuroPoint, a point-of-care medical device that is built upon patented reduced impedance noninvasive cortical electrostimulation signal technology platform developed to unable use by physician-supervised staff in existing clinical outpatient offices. The company was founded by Jeffrey Hargrove and Robert M. Ford on September 26, 2012 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA. | Health Technology |
Sympara Medical, Inc.
Sympara Medical, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Sympara Medical, Inc. develops novel therapy for hypertension. It offers devices to treat hypertension. The company was founded by Uday N. Kumar in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Health Technology |
Brentwood Venture Capital
Brentwood Venture Capital Investment ManagersFinance Brentwood Venture Capital (brentwood) is a venture capital firm located in the US. The firm is the venture capital investment arm of Brentwood Associates, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm. it was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Los Angeles,California. | Finance |
Micro Interventional Systems, Inc.
Micro Interventional Systems, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Micro Interventional Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures medical devices. It develops catheters for interventional neuroradiology. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Health Technology |
Atrionix, Inc.
Atrionix, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Part of Johnson & Johnson, Atrionix, Inc. is a company that develops a proprietary, catheter-based system for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded by James C. Peacock. Atrionix was acquired by Cordis Corp. on December 27, 2000 for $62.80 million. | Health Technology |
Webster Laboratories, Inc.
Webster Laboratories, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Part of Cordis Corp., Webster Laboratories, Inc. is a laboratory type distilling apparatus company. The company is based in Baldwin Park, CA. Webster Laboratories was acquired by Cordis Corp. on April 25, 1994 for $78.66 million. | Health Technology |
Pro-Duct Health, Inc.
Pro-Duct Health, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Pro·Duct Health manufactures the devices used in ductal lavage. The company is dedicated to eradicating breast cancer by enabling the earliest possible detection of breast pre-cancer and cancer | Health Technology |
NEA Management Co. LLC
NEA Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Finance |
Vital Therapies, Inc.
Vital Therapies, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Vital Therapies, Inc. operates as a biotherapeutic company, which develops a cell-based therapy targeting the treatment of acute forms of liver failure. Its product candidate, ELAD System, is a human cell-based bio-artificial liver support system that operates outside the body or extracorporeal. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Health Technology |
Versant Venture Management LLC
Versant Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Versant Venture Management LLC (Versant Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Brian Atwood, Samuel Colella, Bill Link and Ross Jaffe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Basel and Vancouver. | Finance |
National Venture Capital Association
National Venture Capital Association Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Commercial Services |
Portaero, Inc.
Portaero, Inc. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services Portaero, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. The company was founded on May 11, 2007 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Distribution Services |
Ebb Therapeutics, Inc.
Ebb Therapeutics, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Ebb Therapeutics, Inc. develops medical devices for the treatment of insomnia. It engages in the development of regional cerebral thermal therapy (RCTT) device for use in insomnia and sleep disorders. The company was founded by Eric A. Nofzinger in 2008 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. | Electronic Technology |
Medical Device Innovation Consortium
Medical Device Innovation Consortium Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) is a collective endeavor focused on realizing the potential of transformative innovation in the medical device industry. The private company is based in St. Louis Park, MN. The company encourages med device companies to adopt advanced technologies such as AI, ML, and IoT to develop supply resiliency, production agility, innovation rigor, and secure medical product supply. MDIC's CFQ program is a dynamic collaborative exchange and engagement of diverse experiences and professional insights in advancing innovation to the forefront of patient safety and accessibility. The company was founded by William A. Hawkins. Andrew Fish has been the CEO of the company since 2022. | Commercial Services |
Foundry Innovations Ltd. | |
Woebot Labs, Inc.
Woebot Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Woebot Labs, Inc. develops mental health chatbot. It serves people suffering from anxiety, depression and other serious mental health issues. The company was founded by Alison Darcy on July 7, 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
DocMatter, Inc.
DocMatter, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services DocMatter, Inc. is a digital health company, which engages in the development of an online, peer-to-peer collaboration platform that streamlines knowledge access across a global network of healthcare professionals. The company was founded by Eric Applegate and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Faro Health, Inc.
Faro Health, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Faro Health, Inc. redefines how clinical protocols are developed by connecting all stakeholders in the clinical trials ecosystem through a single software platform. The company is based in La Jolla, CA. The platform provides a standardized library of clinical study activities and performance-related metadata, offering real-time actionable insights during protocol development. Faro brings transparency, trust, and predictability to protocol development by analyzing the impact of each study activity. This ensures that clinical protocols developed using Faro's platform are operationally efficient, answering crucial questions in the least burdensome way for patients, payors, and regulators. Faro Health was founded by Scott Matthew Chetham and Ross A. Jaffe, with Scott Matthew Chetham serving as the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
Novacept, Inc. |
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