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Jim Adox is the Executive Managing Director of Venture Investors Health Fund and is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
He joined Venture Investors in 2006 as a Managing Director and has 25 years of venture capital experience.
He leverages his technical, operational and venture capital background by focusing on investment prospects in medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health.
Jim holds two issued US patents in medical devices.
Jim serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of HistoSonics, a company Venture Investors spun out of the University of Michigan and in which VIESF IV led the $15 million Series A financing.
In addition, Jim serves on the Board of Directors of ViaLase, where he led the Seed and Series A rounds, and Dvant Pharma.
He was previously Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tissue Regeneration Systems (TRS), where he was a co-Founder and the Company’s first CEO (acquired by Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic).
He also was previously Board Observer of NeuMoDx (acquired by Qiagen for $310 million) and Board Observer of LenSx (acquired by Alcon for up to $744 million).
Prior to his venture capital positions, Jim had nine years operating experience both domestically and internationally.
Jim worked in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and the Czech Republic.
In these roles, he wore many functional hats: marketing, engineering, business development and operations.
Jim is fluent in Spanish.
Jim Adox active positions
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Venture Investors LLC
 Venture Investors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Venture Investors LLC (Venture Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2006 |
Netsocket, Inc.
 Netsocket, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Netsocket, Inc. provides internet protocol service assurance solutions. It specializes in internet protocol networking service assurance, unified communications service assurance, virtualized networking, video calibration service assurance, and voice over internet protocol service assurance. The company was founded by Kenneth Lewis on September 19, 2006 and is headquartered in Plano, TX. | Director/Board Member | - |
HistoSonics, Inc.
 HistoSonics, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology HistoSonics, Inc. develops medical devices. The company was founded by Christine Gibbons, Jim Bertolina, Zhen Xu, William Robert, Hall Timothy, J. Brian Fowlkes, Thomas W. Davison, and Charles Cain in November 2009 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI. | Chairman | - |
UpTo, Inc.
 UpTo, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services UpTo, Inc. provides social networking platform services. It makes an app that allows users to follow each other's schedules and publish their own schedules. The company was founded by Christopher Kaufman, Gregory L. Schwartz, David Webber and Mathew Piccinato in 2011 and is headquartered in Detroit, MI. | Director/Board Member | - |
Skyspecs, Inc.
 Skyspecs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Skyspecs, Inc. provides energy equipment. It specializes in asset inspections, drones, robotics, automation, wind turbine blade inspections, analytics software, renewable energy, asset performance management, and wind energy. The company was founded by Danny Ellis and Thomas Brady in 2012 and is headquartered in Anna Arbor, MI. | Director/Board Member | - |
Vialase, Inc.
 Vialase, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Vialase, Inc. provides healthcare services. The company is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Michigan Venture Capital Association
 Michigan Venture Capital Association Investment ManagersFinance Michigan Venture Capital Association operates as a non-profit trade organization designed to bring together venture capital industry participants in the state of Michigan. The company was founded by 2002 by Terry Cross and David P. Weaver in 2002 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI. | Director/Board Member | - |
| University of Michigan College of Engineering | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Former positions of Jim Adox
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EDF Ventures
 EDF Ventures Investment ManagersFinance EDF Ventures (EDF Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by Mary L. Campbell. The firm headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | Private Equity Investor | 31/08/2006 |
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Training of Jim Adox
| University of Michigan | Graduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| XTERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | Electronic Technology |
| Private companies | 13 |
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EDF Ventures
EDF Ventures Investment ManagersFinance EDF Ventures (EDF Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by Mary L. Campbell. The firm headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | Finance |
Venture Investors LLC
Venture Investors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Venture Investors LLC (Venture Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. | Finance |
Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc.
 Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc. is a medical device company commercializing a skeletal reconstruction and bone regeneration technology platform. Its platform has two novel and proprietary components, which include scaffold technology and coating technology. The company was founded by James R. Adox, Stephen E. Feinberg, William L. Murphy, Frank La Marca, and Scott Hollister in January 2005 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MI. | Health Technology |
Incept BioSystems, Inc.
 Incept BioSystems, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Incept BioSystems, Inc. develops microscale and nanoscale technologies to treat infertility. The company was founded by Michael Crowley, Charlie Covert and Gary D. Smith in 2005 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI. | Health Technology |
Huron River Venture Partners LLC
 Huron River Venture Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Huron River Venture Partners LLC (Huron River Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Ryan Waddington and Tim Streit. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | Finance |
Michigan Venture Capital Association
Michigan Venture Capital Association Investment ManagersFinance Michigan Venture Capital Association operates as a non-profit trade organization designed to bring together venture capital industry participants in the state of Michigan. The company was founded by 2002 by Terry Cross and David P. Weaver in 2002 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI. | Finance |
Netsocket, Inc.
Netsocket, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Netsocket, Inc. provides internet protocol service assurance solutions. It specializes in internet protocol networking service assurance, unified communications service assurance, virtualized networking, video calibration service assurance, and voice over internet protocol service assurance. The company was founded by Kenneth Lewis on September 19, 2006 and is headquartered in Plano, TX. | Technology Services |
Avail Networks, Inc.
 Avail Networks, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Avail Networks, Inc. designs, develops and markets broadband network access solutions over unified access networks to service providers. The company's products include frontera of broadband multi-service access solutions and RA-2000 dial concentrator. Avail Networks was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI. | Communications |
HandyLab, Inc.
 HandyLab, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology HandyLab, Inc. develops and manufactures novel clinical diagnostic testing products. It serves medical, industrial and bio-defense markets. The company was founded by Kalyan Handique and Sundaresh Brahmasandra in 2000 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MI. | Health Technology |
HistoSonics, Inc.
HistoSonics, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology HistoSonics, Inc. develops medical devices. The company was founded by Christine Gibbons, Jim Bertolina, Zhen Xu, William Robert, Hall Timothy, J. Brian Fowlkes, Thomas W. Davison, and Charles Cain in November 2009 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI. | Health Technology |
UpTo, Inc.
UpTo, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services UpTo, Inc. provides social networking platform services. It makes an app that allows users to follow each other's schedules and publish their own schedules. The company was founded by Christopher Kaufman, Gregory L. Schwartz, David Webber and Mathew Piccinato in 2011 and is headquartered in Detroit, MI. | Technology Services |
Skyspecs, Inc.
Skyspecs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Skyspecs, Inc. provides energy equipment. It specializes in asset inspections, drones, robotics, automation, wind turbine blade inspections, analytics software, renewable energy, asset performance management, and wind energy. The company was founded by Danny Ellis and Thomas Brady in 2012 and is headquartered in Anna Arbor, MI. | Technology Services |
Vialase, Inc.
Vialase, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Vialase, Inc. provides healthcare services. The company is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA. | Health Services |
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