Bill Niland

Bill Niland is a serial life sciences entrepreneur who has founded and successfully exited four companies including a structural heart start-up, a new treatment paradigm for respiratory patients and what was the largest sleep testing company in the U.S. Most recently, Mr. Niland was President and CEO of Harpoon Medical, Inc. He co-founded Harpoon and successfully exited to Edwards Lifesciences in less than five years for $100M upfront (potentially $250M with milestones) with only $6.5M in dilutive capital, generating >100% IRR for investors. Prior to Harpoon, he founded Vapotherm (NYSE: VAPO) a non-invasive ventilation company that created the field of high flow nasal canula therapy for patients in respiratory distress. Vapotherm devices have been used to treat >1.5M patients since being founded in 1997 and the company recently went public on the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to Vapotherm, Mr. Niland successfully founded and exited two businesses, including National Sleep Technologies which was the largest sleep diagnostic and therapy company in the US when it was acquired by Vital Signs. Mr. Niland also holds 16 patents.