Rick Blume
Director/Board Member at Dormir, Inc.
Profile
Rick Blume has been financing companies in healthcare for over three decades.
His early investment banking career involved financing and banking relationships with hospitals, payers, physicians, and new biotech companies.
The excitement he saw at Genentech, in its early years, led him to transition into venture capital in the mid 1980's.
Rick co-founded CB Health Ventures in 1998.
He is currently on the Board at Saladax Biomedical.
In each of his five prior venture funds, Rick has followed the same successful strategy: invest broadly in healthcare across various sectors and stages and focus on businesses that lower costs and improve outcomes.
By having savvy healthcare providers as limited partners and advisers, Rick has built up an extraordinary network to help with due diligence and market acceptance issues.
Rick has served as a director or active investor in many companies including Cytyc (acquired by Hologic - HOLX), AbT (now OSI - OSIP), Somatogen (acquired by Baxter - BAX), EdenTec (acquired by Nellcor), Exact Sciences (EXAS), IPC The Hospitalist Company (IPCM), GeneOhm (acquired by Becton Dickinson - BDX), Zonare, US Servis (acquired by McKesson); and the former public health insurance company Washington National.
In addition to Excel, Rick has been active in initiating and teaching courses in venture capital and entrepreneurship at both Boston College Carroll School of Management and Simmons College School of Management, and serving on the Boards of the Chicago Biomedical Consortium, the National Regenerative Medicine Foundation, and Stanford Associates Board of Governors.
Rick did his undergraduate studies at University of the Pacific and Stanford.
His MBA is from Stanford University.
Rick Blume active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Capital Health Management Group LLC
 Capital Health Management Group LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Part of Humana, Inc., Capital Health Management Group LLC provides investment services. The company is based in Charlotte, NC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Excel Medical Ventures LLC
 Excel Medical Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Excel Medical Ventures LLC (Excel Medical Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Steven R. Gullans. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Investor | 08/06/2009 |
Dormir, Inc.
 Dormir, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Dormir, Inc. engages in the provision of medical solutions for the people suffering from sleep disorders. It applies a unified three-pronged approach in reshaping the Sleep Disorder healthcare landscape. The company was founded by Timothy Miller in 2005 and is headquartered in DE. | Director/Board Member | 30/06/2011 |
Saladax Biomedical, Inc.
 Saladax Biomedical, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Saladax Biomedical, Inc. develops novel and commercializes diagnostic assays for the practical delivery of personalized medicine. Its products include pipeline, MY5-FU, mypaclitaxel, and mydocetaxel. MyCare product serves the central nervous system field, with antipsychotic drug dose management assays. The company was founded by Adrienne Choma and Salvatore J. Salamone in 2004 and is headquartered in Bethlehem, PA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Rick Blume
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
TransMedics, Inc.
 TransMedics, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology TransMedics, Inc. manufactures and develops medical devices. It offers a portable warm blood perfusion system designed to maintain organs in a functioning state outside the human body during transport from organ donor to recipient. The firm’s products are used in heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplants. The company was founded by Waleed H. Hassanein in August 1998 and is headquartered in Andover, MA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| US SERVIS, INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc.
 ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures ultrasound solutions. The firm offers ultrasound systems; curved array, curved-phased array, linear array, phased array, endocavity, and continuous wave transducers; accessories, such as transducer biopsy guides and user interface sterile covers; and upgrades, including imaging, workflow, and clinical enhancements. The company was founded by Mir A. Imran and Glen W. McLaughlin in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Abt Associates, Inc.
 Abt Associates, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Abt Associates, Inc. provides research and consulting services. It offers greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, low-emission development strategies, environmental research, air quality regulatory support, decision-support tools and IT solutions, ecological risk assessment, economic and regulatory analysis, value chain development, housing policies and programs, health systems strengthening, and workforce development. The company was founded by Clark Abt on January 12, 1965 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Rick Blume
| Stanford University | Masters Business Admin |
| University of the Pacific | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 1 |
|---|---|
| EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION | Health Technology |
| Private companies | 17 |
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Washington National Corp.
 Washington National Corp. Multi-Line InsuranceFinance Washington National Corp. provides life insurance and annuity services. It offers dental, disability, income protection, bond, casualty, group, liability, marine and property insurance services. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Lincolnshire, IL. | Finance |
| US Servis, Inc. | Technology Services |
Somatogen, Inc.
 Somatogen, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Somatogen, Inc. develops specialty oxygen therapeutics. It is engaged in the research, clinical development and commercialization of genetically engineered recombinant human hemoglobin-based products. The company is located in Boulder, CO. | Health Technology |
Cytyc Corp.
 Cytyc Corp. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Cytyc Corp. manufactures and markets medical diagnostic applications. The company is headquartered in Marlborough, MA. | Health Technology |
ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc.
ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures ultrasound solutions. The firm offers ultrasound systems; curved array, curved-phased array, linear array, phased array, endocavity, and continuous wave transducers; accessories, such as transducer biopsy guides and user interface sterile covers; and upgrades, including imaging, workflow, and clinical enhancements. The company was founded by Mir A. Imran and Glen W. McLaughlin in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Health Services |
GeneOhm Sciences, Inc.
 GeneOhm Sciences, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology GeneOhm Sciences, Inc. develops molecular diagnostic products. It offers methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Assay an in vitro diagnostic test for the direct detection of MRSA from a nasal specimen. The company was founded on 2001 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, NJ. | Health Technology |
Dormir, Inc.
Dormir, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Dormir, Inc. engages in the provision of medical solutions for the people suffering from sleep disorders. It applies a unified three-pronged approach in reshaping the Sleep Disorder healthcare landscape. The company was founded by Timothy Miller in 2005 and is headquartered in DE. | Health Services |
Saladax Biomedical, Inc.
Saladax Biomedical, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Saladax Biomedical, Inc. develops novel and commercializes diagnostic assays for the practical delivery of personalized medicine. Its products include pipeline, MY5-FU, mypaclitaxel, and mydocetaxel. MyCare product serves the central nervous system field, with antipsychotic drug dose management assays. The company was founded by Adrienne Choma and Salvatore J. Salamone in 2004 and is headquartered in Bethlehem, PA. | Commercial Services |
Lantos Technologies, Inc.
 Lantos Technologies, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Lantos Technologies, Inc. develops intra-aural 3D ear scanning systems for the custom earpiece market. Its technology enables audiologists to eliminate the uncomfortable, messy, and error-prone technique that used to generate impressions of the ear canal. The firm provides 3D scanner that measures ear canal shape and tissue compliance to produce a map of the ear canal. It also offers noise protection devices for military and industrial markets, and consumer audio earphones. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, MA. | Electronic Technology |
EdenTec Corp
 EdenTec Corp Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Part of Medtronic Plc, EdenTec Corp is a company that specializes in patient monitoring equipment. The company is based in Hayward, CA. | Health Technology |
Oculon Corp
 Oculon Corp Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Part of W World Corp., Oculon Corp is a pharmaceutical concern. Oculon was acquired by W World Corp. on April 13, 1995 for $4 million. | Health Technology |
CB Health Ventures
 CB Health Ventures Investment ManagersFinance CB Health Ventures venture capital firm located in Boston | Finance |
TransMedics, Inc.
TransMedics, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology TransMedics, Inc. manufactures and develops medical devices. It offers a portable warm blood perfusion system designed to maintain organs in a functioning state outside the human body during transport from organ donor to recipient. The firm’s products are used in heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplants. The company was founded by Waleed H. Hassanein in August 1998 and is headquartered in Andover, MA. | Health Technology |
Abt Associates, Inc.
Abt Associates, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Abt Associates, Inc. provides research and consulting services. It offers greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, low-emission development strategies, environmental research, air quality regulatory support, decision-support tools and IT solutions, ecological risk assessment, economic and regulatory analysis, value chain development, housing policies and programs, health systems strengthening, and workforce development. The company was founded by Clark Abt on January 12, 1965 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Commercial Services |
PathoGenetix, Inc.
 PathoGenetix, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology PathoGenetix, Inc. operates as a commercial-stage developer of an automated system for rapid bacterial identification from complex samples. Its Genome Sequence Scanning technology isolates and analyzes DNA from an enriched biological sample, without the need for a cultured isolate. The firm specializes in food safety, industrial microbiology, and clinical diagnostics and research. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA. | Health Technology |
Capital Health Management Group LLC
Capital Health Management Group LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Part of Humana, Inc., Capital Health Management Group LLC provides investment services. The company is based in Charlotte, NC. | Finance |
Excel Medical Ventures LLC
Excel Medical Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Excel Medical Ventures LLC (Excel Medical Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Steven R. Gullans. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
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