Mark S. Colella
Principal

Mark S. Colella specializes in medical device investing at 5AM Ventures. Mark has over 14 years of venture capital and operating experience in medical device and healthcare companies, and currently serves, or has served, in board or advisory roles with companies which include: Ceterix Orthopedics, Flexion Therapeutics, Incline Therapeutics, Semprus Biosciences, Viveve and WaveRx. He also sits on the Advisory Board for the Innovation and New Ventures Office at Northwestern University and The V Foundation Wine Celebration—a charity wine auction—which has raised over $30 million for cancer research. Before joining 5AM Ventures in 2008 he was head of marketing for BÂRRX Medical, a Bay Area start-up medical device company. Prior to BÂRRX, he held various management roles with Stryker, focused in the fields of orthopedics, laparoscopy, urology, gynecology, and general minimally invasive surgery. In addition, he spent four years as an Executive Director managing healthcare facilities with Primrose Alzheimer's Living, Inc., an early-stage healthcare service start-up company, and one year working for Versant Ventures. Mr. Colella holds a B.S. in Biology from Williams College and earned his M.B.A. from Northwestern University, the Kellogg School of Management. Prior to Williams College he spent two years at the United States Air Force Academy. Mr. Colella is based in the Menlo Park, CA office.