Team
Alexandra de Paz
N.XT Fund Manager
N.XT Associates
N.XT Associates are Northwestern graduate students and postdoctoral researchers trained to evaluate commercial opportunities for investment. Associates can expect to gain exposure to the diligence process involved in executing venture capital transactions. For all N.XT applications under consideration, N.XT Associates prepare executive summaries, detailed diligence decks and present their findings and recommendations to members of the N.XT Investment Committee.
N.XT Associates are hired as needed for each round of investments, with preference for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who have completed the INVO Practicum. If you are interested in a N.XT Associate position, please contact Alexandra de Paz.
N.XT Investment Committee
Jason Blumberg
CEO & Managing Director, Energy Foundry
Mark Booth
Executive Vice President, TerSera Therapeutics
Scott Brun
President, Gold Mast Consulting, LLC
Sach Chitnis
Partner, Jump Capital
Matt Cohen
Managing Partner, Osage University Partners
David Dorsey
Partner, 11.2 Capital
Steve Elms
Managing Partner, Aisling Capital
David Flores
President & CEO, BioCentury
Valerie Friedman
Principal, Bracebridge Capital, LLC
Marc-Henri Galletti
Managing Director, Longitude Capital
Tassos Gianakakos
CEO, MyoKardia, Inc.
Winton Gibbons
CEO, numares AG & Principal, Compass Life Science Consulting
Arthur Holden
Chairman and CEO, Pharmaceutical Biomedical Research Consortium, Ltd.
Adam Koopersmith
Managing Partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Michael Liang
Partner, Baird Capital
Scott Minick
Partner, ARCH Venture Partners
Evan Norton
Managing Partner, SPRIG Equity
Norbert Riedel
President and CEO, Aptinyx, Inc.
Peter Shagory
Executive VP, Strategy & Corporate Development, CONMED
Lee Shapiro
Managing Partner, 7Wire Ventures
Geeta Vemuri
Managing Partner, Agent Capital
Sona Wang
Managing Director, Ceres Venture Fund
Dan Watkins
CEO, Mercury Data Science & Venture Partner, Mercury Fund
Mark Achler
Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners
Julian Cheng
Managing Partner, Gen 1 Capital
Blair Pircon
Managing Director, Romar Capital
Neal Sales-Griffin
Managing Director, Techstars Chicago & Venture Partner, MATH Venture Partners
Bruce Mau
CEO, Massive Change Network & Founder, Bruce Mau Studio
Dimitra Georganopoulou
General Partner, Qral Ventures
Duo Wang
Director, Global Market Strategy and Insights, Abbott
Ketan Yerneni
Principal, KdT Ventures
Mitra Miri
Principal, Osage University Partners
David Yang
Senior Associate, 8VC
Andrew Gross
Managing Director, Twelve Squared, LLC
Michelle Hoffmann
Executive Director, Chicago Biomedical Consortium