Juan-Pablo Mas

Juan-Pablo is a partner at APVC in Palo Alto, CA. He represents APVC on the Boards of Cala Health, CVRx, Exo Imaging, Neuspera Medical, Presidio Medical, Saluda Medical, and SetPoint Medical. He was previously an investor at Lightstone Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures. He previously served as a Board observer at Ardian (acquired by Medtronic), Twelve (acquired by Medtronic), Nuvaira, Cabochon Aesthetics (acquired by Ulthera/Merz), and Miramar Labs (acquired 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 the Oversight Committee for Stanford’s Neuroscience Institute (Wu Tsai), the Advisory Board for UCSF’s Rosenman Institute, and is a founding Board Member of LatinxVC 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, and is originally from Puerto Rico.