Joseph F. Lovett

Mr. Lovett is a Managing Director of Louisiana Funds (LF 1 & II), two early stage venture capital funds based in Louisiana with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. LF’s focus is on forming early stage companies primarily based on research at the major Louisiana research universities (LSU, Tulane and Louisiana Tech University) in the areas of biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, agri-technology, engineering, software, security and internet technologies. To date LF 1 has started or invested in 13 companies primarily based upon research licensed from the major research universities in Louisiana with 11 licenses (8 from LSU, 1 from Tulane and 2 from Louisiana Tech). In addition to the investment from Louisiana Fund 1, an additional $81,000,000 has been raised from 16 venture capital and mezzanine investors for the 13 companies in the LF 1 portfolio. Mr. Lovett holds a BA in Economics from University of Vermont and an MBA from California State Polytechnic University and has spent his entire 44-year career in the life sciences industry starting with CR Bard, Mallinckrodt and Damon Biotech in increasingly responsible positions in sales, marketing and general management.