Investor profile
Jay Schmelter
Venture capital & Co-Founder & Managing Director at RiverVest Venture Partners
Jay Schmelter is a Co-Founder & Managing Director at RiverVest Venture Partners, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- HardwareHealthcare
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Co-Founder & Managing Director at RiverVest Venture Partners, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Biolinq
- Avalyn Pharma
- Glycomine
- Atalanta Therapeutics
- Wugen
- Alleviant Medical
- Bluejay Therapeutics
- InterVene
- Sparrow Pharmaceuticals
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors Hardware and Healthcare, and focus areas Biotech, Clinical Trials, Diagnostics and Drug Discovery fall inside that listing.
Stage-wise, the deals at RiverVest Venture Partners cluster around Growth, Seed and Series A rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Jay Schmelter is worth approaching.
Colleagues at RiverVest Venture Partners
Karen Spilizewski
Managing Director
Cleveland, United States
Tom Melzer
Investor
United States
Derek Rapp
Managing Director
St Louis, United States
Pascal Krotee
Principal
San Diego, United States
Isaac Zike
Managing Director
St Louis, United States
John McKearn
Investor
United States
Niall O'Donnell
Managing Director
Encinitas, United States
Nancy Hong
Investor
San Diego, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Jay Schmelter?
Jay Schmelter is a venture capital investor based in United States, listed as Co-Founder & Managing Director at RiverVest Venture Partners. The known portfolio of that firm counts 9 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Jay Schmelter personally.
What does Jay Schmelter invest in?
Listed sectors include Hardware and Healthcare; listed focus areas include Biotech, Clinical Trials, Diagnostics and Drug Discovery. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Jay Schmelter invest at?
RiverVest Venture Partners appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Jay Schmelter is listed there as Co-Founder & Managing Director. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Jay Schmelter listed at?
Jay Schmelter is listed as Co-Founder & Managing Director at RiverVest Venture Partners. 8 other people in the database share a firm with Jay Schmelter.
How do I contact Jay Schmelter?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Jay Schmelter. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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