Lew Pell

Lew Pell is one of the most prolific and successful medical technology investors. Since 1975, Pell has been the lead investor and co founder of 24 different medical device manufacturers, eight of which have been sold for a collective net gain of $1.6 billion. Pell’s founding of medical technology companies began in 1975, when he and Katsumi Oneda co founded Machida America to sell flexible endoscopes. In 1979, he created Pentax Precision Instruments and sold it to Asahi Optical eleven years later. Over a span of 15 years, Pell co-founded various medical device companies including: American Endoscopy (acquired by Medtronic), Heart Technology (acquired by Boston Scientific), InStent (acquired by Medtronic), and Vision Sciences. He was also co-founder of Biosense (acquired by Johnson & Johnson), Influence, Inc. (acquired by American Medical Systems), and Disc-O-Tech (sold to Kyphon).