Where Passion Meets Experience
Combining the experience of Fortune 100 senior executives with that of veteran entrepreneurs to provide the guidance and support required to scale early-stage startups into leading global corporations.
*What’s with all the Friedmans?
Yes some of the Partners are related,
no this is not a family office.
We just happen to work well together.
no this is not a family office.
We just happen to work well together.
LionBird Expert Advisors
LionBird’s Expert Council include proven Fortune 500 executives and entrepreneurs who have partnered with us in the past and are available as a resource to our portfolio companies.
Whatever the situation, LionBird’s Expert Advisors have been there, and they’re available with insights from their own first-hand experiences when our founders need them.

Yael Glassman
VP Nutrino, Medtronic Diabetes Group, previously CEO at Nutrino

Ran Reske
Co-founder & CEO at Resident

Chip Hance
Founder & CEO Regatta Medical, previously EIR at FDA, President Abbott Vascular

Jim Tyree
Previously EVP Abbott Pharma and established Abbott Global Nutrition

Steve Ondra
Previously CMO at HCSC, SVP at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Susan Alpert
Previously SVP Medtronic, Director FDA Device Evaluation

Roy Hessel
Previously Founder & CEO at EyeBuyDirect, President & CEO at Clearly.ca

Dale Nordenberg
CEO of Novasano Health, Previously CIO at CDC

Paul Di Capua
Regional Medical Officer Caremore Health, Internal medicine Stanford
Do your reference checks
Feel free to contact any of the founders we’ve worked with in the past to ask them about their experience working with us.