LUXA

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Lux Health Tech Acquisition Corp.

Raised
$300M
CIK
1823767
SPAC Ticker
LUXAU
Focus
Healthcare, Technology
External link: SEC Filings

SPAC Team

Leadership

Mr. Peter Hébert is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lux Capital, a $2.4 billion venture capital firm based in New York, NY and Menlo Park, CA. Peter led Lux’s investments in Auris Health (acquired by Johnson & Johnson for up to $5.75 billion, including consideration of milestone payments), Lux Research (acquired by Private Equity), Luxtera (acquired by Cisco for $660 million), SiBEAM (acquired by Silicon Image) and Vium (acquired by Recursion Pharma). Current investments include Avail, Bright Machines, Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ: MRAM), Flex Logix, Matterport, Ripcord and Transphorm. In 2003, Peter led the spin-off of Lux Research. As its founding CEO, he helped build Lux Research into a leading emerging-technology research firm. Peter began his career at Lehman Brothers, where he worked in the firm’s top-ranked Equity Research group. He was a Chancellor’s Scholar and graduated cum laude from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School and was the Founding President of its first venture organization, Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs. He has been a guest on CNBC and Bloomberg TV and speaker at Columbia, Cornell, MIT, Stanford, Yale and the National Science Foundation. Mr. Peter Hébert is a co-founder and managing partner of Lux and oversees Lux’s investments at the intersection of technology and medical devices, including Auris Health, which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson and Avail Medsystems. Our board believes that Peter’s experience in investing in healthcare companies provides him with the qualifications and skills to serve as a director.

Mr. Josh DeFonzo has been in the healthcare technology industry since 2003. He has commercialized and developed medical devices, diagnostics and biologics across a variety of specialties and disease states. Josh began his career with Medtronic, commercialized a wide range of technology as a boutique distributor and has contributed, in product and executive management capacities, to several healthcare technology startups in Silicon Valley including Invuity (acquired by Stryker), EndoGastric Solutions, CareDx (NASDAQ: CDNA) and most recently Auris Health (acquired by Johnson & Johnson in April 2019 for up to $5.75 billion, including consideration of milestone payments). Josh received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Our board believes that Josh’s experience developing and commercializing medical technology, as well as operating healthcare companies, provides him with the qualifications and skills to serve as a director.

Ms. Segolene Scarborough is CFO and leads all financial operations at Lux Capital, including limited partner reporting, managing quarterly closes, annual audit and tax reporting. She is also a resource for Lux portfolio companies, providing strategic counsel on industry benchmarks and building effective finance teams. Prior to joining Lux in 2017, Segolene was Controller at Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, where she started in June of 2013. While there, she was responsible for LP reporting, financings, portfolio company valuations and monthly and quarterly closes. She previously worked in financial audit at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Brussels, Belgium and San Jose, California focusing on biotech and venture capital.

Dr. Bijan Salehizadeh will serve as a director following the completion of this offering. Since September 2011, Dr. Salehizadeh has served as co-founder and Managing Director at NaviMed Capital, a private equity firm focused on healthcare investments. From September 2004 to August 2011, Dr. Salehizadeh was an investment professional at Highland Capital Partners, where he most recently served as General Partner. Prior to this, Dr. Salehizadeh served in various positions at Medtronic and HealthCentral. Dr. Salehizadeh has served on the board of directors of numerous healthcare companies including Auris Health (acquired by Johnson & Johnson for up to $5.75 billion, including consideration of milestone payments), BARRX (acquired by Medtronic), Hyperion (IPO, acquired by Horizon Therapeutics) and Lumere (acquired by GHX). He currently serves on the board of directors of several private healthcare companies. Dr. Salehizadeh received an M.D. and an M.S. in Health Policy from Columbia University, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an A.B. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University. Our board believes that Dr. Salehizadeh’s experience in investing in healthcare companies, as well as his medical background, provides him with the qualifications and skills to serve as a director.

Senator Joseph Robert “Bob” Kerrey will serve as a director following the completion of this offering. Senator Kerrey has served as a managing director of Allen & Company, an investment banking firm, since 2014. Prior to this he served as President of the New School from January 2001 to January 2011. From 1988 to 2000, he served as U.S. Senator from Nebraska. During that period, he was a member of numerous congressionally chartered commissions and Senate committees, including the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Prior to that time, he served as Governor of Nebraska from 1982 to 1987. Senator Kerrey is also the lead director of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, where he has served as a director since 2012, and is a board member of three private companies: Imagen, Intarcia, and Monolith Energy. He is also a former member of the board of directors of Auris Health. In addition, Senator Kerrey's background and substantial government experience have prepared him well for membership on our board of directors and, by virtue of his current directorships, he will add significant corporate governance and compliance oversight expertise to our board of directors.

Dr. Fred Moll will serve as a director following the completion of this offering. Dr. Moll has served as a member of the Shockwave Medical board of directors since 2011. Since April 2019, Dr. Moll has served as Chief Development Officer for Johnson & Johnson Medical Device Companies. Dr. Moll is also a co-founder, and, since September 2012, has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Auris Health. Dr. Moll previously served as a director and as Chairman of the board of Restoration Robotics from November 2002 until its merger with Venus Concept in November 2019. From 2002 to 2010, Dr. Moll served as the Chief Executive Officer of Hansen Medical, which he also co-founded. Previously, Dr. Moll co-founded Intuitive Surgical and from 1995 to 1998 served as its first Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Moll also co-founded Endo-Therapeutics, and Origin MedSystems, which later became an operating company within Guidant Corporation following its acquisition by Eli Lilly & Company. Dr. Moll serves on the board of directors of IntersectENT. Dr. Moll received a B.A. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.S. in management from Stanford University and an M.D. from the University of Washington. Dr. Moll's experience in the healthcare sector and his medical background and experience provide him with the qualifications and skills to serve on our board of directors.