John Rice

John Rice is a partner at CincyTech, having joined the firm in 2014. John leads CincyTech's Life Science investment activities from startup creation to serving on multiple portfolio company boards.

John began his career as a scientist after earning his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in microbiology and virology at The Ohio State University before a mid-career shift to venture capital. He has spent 32 years in venture capital investing in the medical sciences originally with Senmed Medical Ventures before co-founding his own firm Triathlon Medical Ventures and then joining CincyTech.

He has led or co-led more than 50 venture investments including founding five companies and joining the founding round of numerous others. He has served on the boards of all of the State of Ohio’s biomedical commercialization enterprises and chaired several of them. His experience spans biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostics.