CHRYSALIS VENTURES - Key Persons
Charlie identifies new investments and investment themes and collaborates with the management teams of existing portfolio companies across the firm's focus areas of technology and healthcare to build valuable businesses.
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University
David is one of the leading venture capitalists in mid-America and a well-respected voice in healthcare business and innovation.
David is active in civic and charitable affairs on both national and local levels. Recognizing the critical role education plays in catalyzing American innovation and competitiveness, as well as its potential to improve public health, David served as an elected member of the Jefferson County (KY) Board of Education (2012-2016) and as its chair for two years. He is a director of the Humana Foundation, which focuses on social determinants of health as a means of enhancing health equity, and of the C.E. & S. Foundation, which focuses on improving access and outcomes in P-16 education.
David has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC (constitutional and foreign affairs law) and at the University of Louisville (entrepreneurship), and is currently an adjunct professor of innovation at Bellarmine University in Louisville. David lectures frequently in Chrysalis' region on topics related to venture capital and the changing healthcare industry.
Doug evaluates new business opportunities and assists current portfolio companies in the technology sector. Doug is also a board member to Chrysalis Ventures' portfolio companies, Regent Education and My Health Direct.
Irv currently serves as Senior Advisor to Chrysalis Ventures and participates in deliberations of the firm's investment committee.
As a Partner at Chrysalis Ventures, Wright invests with entrepreneurs who use information and data to drive innovation for businesses. He focuses on data-driven innovation in healthcare and training. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of several companies, including Regent Education, GoNoodle, Lucina Health, and Edj Analytics. Wright has worked with the management teams of nineteen of Chrysalis Ventures' investments, including current investments, AlayaCare, and meQuilibrium, which was white-boarded in Chrysalis Ventures' office, and graduates including Digitalsmiths (sold to TiVo), Cybera (sold to Sumeru), iSqFt (sold to Genstar Capital) Advanced Academics (sold to DeVry), Genscape (sold to GFI), Appriss (sold to Bain Capital), MyHealthDirect (sold to Experian Health), StraighterLine (sold to BV) and Continuum (sold to T-Mobile).