Mike Carusi

Mike is a general partner at Lightstone Ventures, where he focuses on investments in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries. Earlier in his career, Mike served as a director of business development for Inhale Therapeutic Systems (now Nektar Therapeutics), a venture-backed pulmonary drug delivery company, where he led partnering activities with a number of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies internationally. Mike was also a principal at The Wilkerson Group and currently serves as an adjunct professor at the Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. Mike sat on the board of directors for the National Venture Capital Association and remains active in helping to shape policy affecting both innovation and healthcare. Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business.