Mentors

Mentors are successful entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, and scientific technical experts. EFL Mentors work hand in hand with founders over the course of the nine month program. Mentors provide customized advice on go to market strategies, product strategy, technology development, fundraising strategy, and other aspects related to scaling your business. Mentors also provide industry and investor connections

Mentors

EFL mentors are experts in their fields, and bring deep industry roots and fundraising expertise to every interaction with their startups.

Abe Murray

General Partner, AlleyCorp

Deep Tech

Adam Wollowick

Senior Director of Business Development, Stryker Trauma and Extremities

Digital Health

Ade Ajanaku

Staff Product Manager, Intuit

Digital Tech

Adi Eckhouse Barzilai

Co-Founder & CEO, Present Gaming

Digital Tech

Alan Harris

Physician-Scientist Entrepreneur and Pharmaceutical Executive

Life Sciences, Deep Tech

Alan Roemer

Board of Directors, Multiple Biotechnology Companies

Life Sciences

Alessandro Piol

President, Epistemic AI and Managing Partner and Founder, AlphaPrime Ventures

Digital Tech

Alex Schubert

Partner, SciFounders

Life Sciences

Alexandra Manick

Principal, Schooner Capital

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Andrei Vrabie

GC & COO, Parameter Ventures

Digital Tech, Digital Health

Andrew Koopman

President , NextStage Bioconsulting

Life Sciences

Andy Feldstein

President, ViaSpectrum

Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Andy Hamilton

President Emeritus , NYU

Life Sciences

Anjali Ganguli

Chief Strategy Officer, Syndax Pharmaceuticals

Life Sciences

Ann Lai

Managing Partner, Skeleton Key VC

Deep Tech

Anthony Curro

Board Chair, Xylyx Bio Inc., Curro Consulting

Life Sciences

Arda Ural

Americas Leader for Life Sciences Sector, Ernst & Young (EY)

Life Sciences

Ari Wright

Principal, Bison Ventures

Deep Tech

Arthur Klausner

Life Sciences Executive and Investor

Life Sciences

Ashwath Kumar

Computational Biologist, Parse Biosciences

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Avi Rosenbaum

Founder, Advisors.bio

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Balki Iyer

Founder and CEO, Bridge Green Upcycle

Deep Tech

Bharat Tewarie

Founder, Boston BioPharma Consultants / Board of Directors, Alveo Technologies / CEO and Chair Board Of Directors, ViroCarb

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Bill O'Farrell

Startup Founder, Advisor, and Co-Founder/Former CEO, Body Labs, SpeechWorks, and OpenAir.com

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Bob Schneider

Associate Dean and Professor, Radiation and Oncology, NYU Langone Health

Life Sciences

Brian Neer

CIO, Neer Venture Partners

Digital Tech

Bruce Cronstein

Professor, Medicine, NYU Langone Health

Life Sciences

Bruce Zetter

Charles Nowiszewski Professor of Cancer Biology, Harvard Medical School

Life Sciences

Bud Ghegan

Managing Director, Berkley Capital

Digital Tech

Carmen Kerschbaum

Senior Executive, CFO & COO, Life Sciences Executive & Investor

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Casey Perley

Director, Army Applications Laboratory

Life Sciences

Chipper Boulas

Founder, Business-builder, Investor

Digital Tech

Chris Ho

Director, Vickers Venture Partners

Deep Tech

Chris Maher

Founder & General Partner, Samaritan Partners

Digital Health

Christian Theriault

Partner at Material Impact, Serial Entrepreneur, and Mentor

Life Sciences, Deep Tech

Christopher McKelvy

Managing Partner, K. Ventures

Digital Health

Claire Leurent

Strategic Investor in Biotech & Healthcare

Life Sciences

Claire Wadlington

Managing Director, 1414 Ventures

Digital Tech

Coppelia Marincovic

Partner, Solvay Ventures

Deep Tech

Cy Whitten

Vice President, CRCM Ventures

Deep Tech

Dale Thomas

Consultant, DT3 Ventures

Deep Tech

Dan Madden

Principal, National Security, Squadra Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Daniel Darling

Managing Partner, focal

Digital Tech

Daniel Herrera

Co-Founding General Partner, Eleven26 Capital

Digital Tech

Daniel Leibholz

Senior Vice President, Former CTO, ADI

Deep Tech

Danny Levner

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Board Member, Emulate, Inc. and Co-Founder and Chairman, Sight Diagnostics

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Dave Shor

Multi-time Founder, CEO, Advisor, Mentor, Multiple Technology and Consumer Product Companies

Deep Tech

David Famolari

Managing Director, Hearst Ventures

Digital Tech

David Fenyö

Professor, Computational Biology, NYU Langone Health

Life Sciences

David Nierengarten

Research Analyst and Managing Director, Wedbush Securities

Life Sciences

Debbie Lin

Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Caris Life Sciences

Life Sciences, Deep Tech, Digital Health

Dennis Hillen

SVP, Insurance Strategy, Oscar Health

Digital Health

Deren Koseoglu

Vice President of Global Accounts, eMolecules

Life Sciences

Devin Mann

Director, HiBRID Lab, NYU Langone

Digital Health

DiDi Dione

Founder, H+M R.I.S.E.™ Consulting

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Doron Sagman

President, Arel Biopharma Consulting Inc.

Digital Health

Doug Stern

Partner, PlumTree Ventures

Digital Tech

Elcin Zan

Chair, Nuclear Medicine, Cleveland Clinic

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Emre Koksal

Founder, FenixPyre and Professor, The Ohio State University

Digital Tech

Eric Tan

Partner, Blackwood Healthcare Breakthroughs

Life Sciences, Deep Tech, Digital Health

Eric Wedepohl

Investor, Lawyer, and Counselor

Deep Tech

Erica Schroeder

CMO, Symphony AI

Digital Tech

Ernie Bio

Managing Director, Forgepoint Capital

Digital Tech

Francois Nader

MD, MBA; Chairman, Acceleron Pharma, Benevolent AI, Talaris/Board Member, Moderna/Senior Advisor, Blackstone Life Sciences

Life Sciences

Frank Vallese

Director of Strategic Partnerships, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Deep Tech

Gill Sawhney

Senior Life Sciences Investment Banker/Consultant

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Glenn Krevlin

Founder, Principal, and Portfolio Manager of Glenhill Capital

Digital Tech

Gopal Gopalakrishnan

Co-Founder, Concerto.ai

Digital Tech, Digital Health

Gregg Wallace

Partner, Nirman Ventures

Deep Tech

Hernando Bunuan

Founder & Managing Partner, Z2Sixty Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Health

Howard Kivell

Former Urologic Surgeon, Integrated Medical Professionals, PLLC

Digital Health

Hyder Alabed

Vice President of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Ventures, CIRI

Deep Tech

Hyuk-Jeen Suh

General Partner, SkyRiver Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Ian Greenberg

VP Business Development / Corporate Development, GSK

Life Sciences

Inna Lobel

Creative Director, Head of Industrial Design, frogNA

Deep Tech

Isabel Van De Keere

Principal Consultant & Fractional Executive, Innovation Consultancy

Digital Health

Jae Zhong

Senior Program Manager, Digital Ventures, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Digital Health

Jafar Rizvi

Portfolio Manager and Partner, Harding Loevner LP

Digital Tech

James Beem

Vice President, Socially Determined

Digital Health

James Burkett

Co-Founder, Partner, Florin Digital LP

Deep Tech

Jane Suh

Principal, AlleyCorp

Digital Health

Jesse Shefferman

CEO and Founder, Protara Therapeutics, Inc.

Life Sciences

Jill Richmond

GP, Full Stack VC

Digital Tech

Jin Montclare

Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NYU Tandon

Deep Tech, Scientific Mentor

Jinsy Jacob

Physician, Human+Machine rise

Digital Health

João Sedoc

Assistant Professor, New York University

Digital Tech

Jodd Readick

CTO, Precision Ag AI and IoT

Digital Tech, Digital Health

John Dexheimer

President, LightWave Advisors, Inc.

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Jose Bohorquez

President, Bold Type

Digital Health

Josh Raysman

Principal/Advisor, Negative Split - Digital Advisors

Digital Health

K.P. (Suba) Subbalakshmi

Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology

Digital Health

Kange Kaneene

Venture Partner, Hearst Level Up

Digital Tech

Keerthi Vishnudas

Director, Partnerships & Innovation, GE Healthcare

Digital Health

Kenneth Moch

President, Euclidean Life Science Advisors, LLC and Serial Biotech Entrepreneur

Life Sciences

Kevin Cho

Associate Director, CDO Sales Team, Samsung Biologics

Life Sciences

Kike Miralles

Investment Director, Intel Capital

Deep Tech

KK Kambhampati

Partner, Cloquet Capital Partners

Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Kristin King

Chief Business Officer, FiteBac Technologies

Deep Tech, Digital Health

Kunal Sethi

General Partner, Ayuh Ventures

Deep Tech

Lawrence Johnson

Senior Vice President and Head of Fintech Engagement, Morningstar

Digital Health

Lorraine Marchand

General Manager, Life Sciences, Watson Health

Life Sciences, Deep Tech

Lucy Wang

Co-Founder and General Partner, Divergent Capital / Advisor, Rendered AI

Life Sciences, Deep Tech

Luis Cabral

Pro. Economics and International Business, Chair of Economics Department, NYU Stern

Deep Tech

Luna Schmid

Partner, Google Ventures

Digital Tech

Manuel Jaime

Member, NuFund Venture Group

Digital Tech

Marc Weill

Senior Advisor, Two Sigma Ventures

Digital Tech, Digital Health

Mark Kolb

Partner, Tech Council Ventures

Digital Health

Maude Tessier

Chief Business Officer, Seismic Therapeutic

Life Sciences

Melissa Moore

Vice President of Clinical Research, Plus Therapeutics, Inc.

Life Sciences

Merika Koday

Vice President, Accelerator Life Science Partners

Life Sciences

Mike Pambianchi

Business Fellow, Breakthrough Energy

Deep Tech

Miriam Bredella

Associate Dean for Translational Science, Director Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Professor of Radiology

Digital Health

Mirko Kerschbaum

CEO and Founder, PEGAZA LLC

Deep Tech

Mirza Ahmed

Senior Director, Digital Healthcare, Business Operations, Hikma Pharmaceuticals

Digital Health

Monica Cheng

Senior Director of Business Development, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson&Johnson

Life Sciences

Morgan Hitzig

Investor, Venrock and Officer, US Navy Reserve

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Nadav Shimoni

Managing Director , Arkin Digital Health

Digital Health

Nancy Ondovik

Principal, New Company Creation JJDC, Johnson & Johnson

Life Sciences

Navneet Puri

Founder & Board Member, Nevakar, Inc.

Life Sciences

Nikhil Choudhary

Managing Partner, Nirman Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Nil Gural

Senior Associate, Polaris Partners

Life Sciences

Nimit Mehta

Partner, Bain & Company

Digital Tech, Digital Health

Nitzan Shapira

Director of Product, Cisco

Digital Tech

Noam Solomon

CEO, Immunai

Life Sciences

Oliver Mitchell

Founding Partner, Autonomy Ventures / Venture Partner, ff Venture Capital

Deep Tech

Olivia Zetter

Strategic Advisor & Venture Partner, ARCH Venture Partners

Deep Tech

Omri Shacham

Partner, Elliptic Ventures

Deep Tech

Patrick Mahaney

Senior Advisor, National Security Innovation Network

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Paul Horn

Governor, New York Academy of Sciences / Former Senior Vice Provost, NYU

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Peter Alff

Senior Venture Partner, Orange Grove Bio

Life Sciences

Peter Pfeiffer

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Life Sciences

Priyanka Rohatgi

Entrepreneurial Business Leader, Venture Capital, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology

Life Sciences

Promise Phelon

Founder/General Partner, Growth Warrior Capital

Digital Tech

Rachael-Linn Spooner

VP Strategic Planning, Clinical Digital Solutions, Northwell Health

Life Sciences, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Rahul Mehendale

CEO | Health Tech

Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Life Sciences, Digital Health

Rana Al-Hallaq

Partner, Pfizer Ventures and Executive Director, Worldwide Business Development, Pfizer

Life Sciences

Richard Foster

Emeritus Director, McKinsey & Company Venture Partner, Lux Capital

Digital Health

Rick Peng

Digital Health Innovation, Business Development, Licensing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Digital Health

Robert Padulo Ph.D

Venture Capitalist, Board Member, Senior Advisor, 3x-Entrepreneur | Managing Partner at Treasure Coast Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Roger Klein MD JD

Principal, Roger D. Klein, MD JD

Life Sciences, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Roland Turck

Managing Partner, TurckBio

Life Sciences, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Ron Cohen

MD; BioPharma CEO/Founder; Board member, Egret Therapeutics

Life Sciences

Ron Lennox

Life Sciences Investor, Board Member, Founder

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Ryan Lewis

Partner, SRI Ventures

Digital Tech

Ryan Wang

Founding Partner, Outpost Capital

Deep Tech

Sahil Kirpekar

Chief Business Officer, atai Life Sciences, Angel Investor, Startup Mentor, Board Director

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Sam Phelps

Associate Vice President, Portfolio Oversight, CIM Group

Deep Tech

Sapna Srivastava

Director, Independent

Life Sciences

Sarah Dolman

Partner, Recon Strategy

Life Sciences

Satish Chandran

Chief executive Officer, Prodigy Biotech, Inc.

Life Sciences

Scott Saxberg

Founder and CEO, Cache Island Resources Inc.

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Sean Day

Venture Principal, Rock Health Capital

Digital Health

Sean Schreiber

EVP/COO, Alliance Health

Digital Health

Sebastian Titz

Investment Manager, 3M New Ventures

Deep Tech

Sejal Patel

VP Chemistry, Scorpion Therapeutics

Life Sciences

Ser-Chen Fu

Partner, Pacific 8 Ventures

Life Sciences

Serhat Pala

General Partner, Cross Ocean Ventures; President, NuFund Ventures

Digital Tech, Digital Health

Shoibal Datta

Head of Digital Health Sciences, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Silvia Garcia Codony

Sr Director, NY Ventures

Life Sciences

Sonal Matai

Managing Director & President - US Business, Karl Storz United States

Digital Health

Steffanie Bristol

Advisor, Strategic Investor

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Stephen Chang

Strategic Partner, Cell One Partners

Life Sciences

Steve Socolof

Managing Partner, Tech Council Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Thomas Fuchs

Department Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health at Mount Sinai

Digital Health

Thomas Wisniewski

Partner, RosePaul Investments

Digital Tech

Tobias Egle

Associate, M Ventures (CVC of Merck Group)

Deep Tech

Valentin Menedetter

General Partner, Vektor Partners

Digital Tech

Vamsi Velcheti

Professor of Medicine, New York University | Hematology, Oncology

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Victoria Gamerman

Global Head of Data Governance and Insights, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Wally Wang

Founder and Managing Partner, SAV(Scale Asia Ventures)

Deep Tech

Wayne Mackey Ph.D

Founder / CEO, Statespace Labs

Digital Tech

Yizhen Dong

Partner, Global Founders Capital

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Zach Harrell

Physical Scientist, Army Applications Laboratory

Deep Tech