Tak Cheung

Tak joined NEA in 2018 as a principal on the healthcare team. He focuses on medical device investments. He currently serves as a board member of Allay Therapeutics, Magenta Medical, Spyglass Ophthalmics, and Vesper.

Prior to NEA, Tak was a venture partner at Merieux Development Venture Fund where he led all phases of investment for healthcare startups, including sourcing, diligence, and investment approvals. Tak also co-founded Lexington Medical, a commercial-stage medical device startup in the gastrointestinal surgery space. Prior to Merieux and Lexington, Tak was vice president of business development for the Global Surgical Division at Bausch & Lomb and was responsible for all business development efforts in the ophthalmic surgical division. Tak has held various corporate and business development leadership roles at Edwards Lifesciences in the heart valve therapy division and Advanced Medical Optics (acquired by Johnson & Johnson).

Tak received a bachelor’s degree with honors in engineering and applied science from the California Institute of Technology, an M.D. from the University of California, Irvine, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.