W.Gregory Shearer

Mr. Shearer is a leading investment banking and venture capital professional and has a strong focus on healthcare and medical technology. He specializes in advising emerging growth and middle market healthcare companies in raising commercialization stage capital and completing strategic alliance and merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Shearer is Founder and Principal of Channel Medical Partners, a venture firm focused on commercialization stage investing in the medical technology industry, and Managing Director of Healthios Capital Markets, LLC, an investment banking boutique with exclusive focus on emerging growth healthcare companies. Mr. Shearer has previously held senior positions with a number of major investment banking firms including Vector Securities International, Bankers Trust Company and Kidder, Peabody & Co. Inc. Mr. Shearer is on the Board of Cylex Inc. and is a former Board member of Venetec International Inc. and Novare Surgical Systems. Inc.