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Eli Velasquez

Venture Development Director at VentureWell

📍 Amherst, Massachusetts, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
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Investor-in-Residence
Sep 2022
RISE was born out of Assuta’s commitment to remain at the forefront of patient care. It serves as Assuta’s vehicle for forging collaborations aimed at fast-tracking the development and clinical deployment at scale of healthcare innovations in diagnostics, surgery, and patient experience, with an eye to creating new services for our patients. RISE pursues collaborations with ventures at any stage of the development cycle, engaging its partners to understand their unique needs and tailor our offerings accordingly so that they can realize their goals quickly and efficiently. To that end, RISE provides its partners with access to a wealth of digital data as well as access to Assuta’s cutting-edge AI platform, which includes advanced image and data processing capabilities operating in collaboration with NVIDIA and AWS: resulting in actionable output that facilitates accelerated product development, algorithm modeling and training, validation, and inferencing. Taking full advantage of its unique position at the center of the Israeli ecosystem, RISE complements Assuta’s clinical excellence and unique data offerings with access to our network of leading industry, venture capital, and business strategic partners, as well as access to senior medical opinion leaders: providing both expert clinical insight and the know-how crucial to transforming ideas into breakthrough medical solutions. This holistic combination of elements, and the ability to leverage the agility afforded by Assuta’s private status to meet our partners’ changing needs, makes RISE the ultimate partner for the development of medical technologies, and presents a unique opportunity to rapidly advance innovation through seamless validation and implementation at scale in clinical settings.
Investor-in-Residence
Jul 2022
As a partnership of Haifa Municipality, hiCenter, and the Haifa Economic Corporation, IN-VENTech is a unique startup business program that offers startups up to $100K in grants, connections to investors and clients, office funding, business development, mentoring, community and much more. Located at Haifa's uprising downtown port quarter, the program is designed to enable participating companies to maximize their success in raising capital and penetrating global markets. Who's right for the program? • Technologically innovative companies • Ventures after Proof of Concept and before their first meaningful investment round • Priority to companies who graduated from an acceleration program and/or technological incubator • Companies that will make downtown Haifa their HQ for at least 3 years • Priority to companies in the BlueTech, Medical, SmartCity industries and with social orientation What do we offer? • Connection to industry, corporations and main institutions in Haifa • Forging an advisory board and a pool of business mentors suited with the company's specific needs • Getting you ready for your company's first round of meaningful investment and constantly exposing you to relevant funding and investment resources • Preparation to global activity, product connection & integration to designated Intl. markets • Funding of office rent for the duration of the program in working spaces around downtown Haifa – 4 min walk from Haifa Merkaz train station • Grants for selected companies of up to $100K NO MANAGEMENT FEES AND NO EQUITY DILUTION INVOLVED!
Board Member
Dec 2021
What would a venture fund look like if it was truly built by founders, for founders? We set out to make it happen. Having built 4 venture-backed startups, we know the struggle even the most successful founders go through to source value-add investors who understand what its like to build a company from the ground up. Before we wrote our first check in 2012, we committed to always putting founders first, come what may, and almost a decade later we are proud to have never wavered from our promise.
Investor
Jan 2020
Portfolia is the most powerful community of women and men investing in the companies we want in the world. Our collective investments are changing health, active aging & longevity, sustainability, education, and the overall venture capital landscape while also backing diversity. Our currently open funds are Femtech III, focused on enhancing the wellness of all women, and advancing innovation in womens health; and Active Aging & Longevity II, focused on significant opportunities and challenges in aging well, as well as those focused on new strides and technologies in the field of longevity. We drive change while creating wealth. If youd like to join us, email investorrelations@portfolia.com, and our Investor Relations Team will contact you.
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2023
Principal - Gaingels Healthcare Fund
Aug 2023
Gaingels is a leading venture investment syndicate in support of and representing the LGBTQIA+ community and allies in the venture capital space. Gaingels also supports its companies with a diverse talent and capital pipeline and provides an internal diverse board member recruitment advisory to help bring more diversity and representation within private boards. Gaingels invests in companies with diverse/LGBTQIA+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in other high-growth companies resolved on building more inclusive teams. Gaingels is an ardent supporter the Diversity Term Sheet Rider Initiative to increase access to venture funding events for non-traditional check writers, and regularly co-invests with select VC leads across a variety of sectors, from technology, to B2B, healthcare and consumer, in competitive and over-subscribed rounds from Seed to Growth/pre-IPO. For more information visit www.gaingels.com.
2022
Investor-in-Residence
Sep 2022
RISE was born out of Assuta’s commitment to remain at the forefront of patient care. It serves as Assuta’s vehicle for forging collaborations aimed at fast-tracking the development and clinical deployment at scale of healthcare innovations in diagnostics, surgery, and patient experience, with an eye to creating new services for our patients. RISE pursues collaborations with ventures at any stage of the development cycle, engaging its partners to understand their unique needs and tailor our offerings accordingly so that they can realize their goals quickly and efficiently. To that end, RISE provides its partners with access to a wealth of digital data as well as access to Assuta’s cutting-edge AI platform, which includes advanced image and data processing capabilities operating in collaboration with NVIDIA and AWS: resulting in actionable output that facilitates accelerated product development, algorithm modeling and training, validation, and inferencing. Taking full advantage of its unique position at the center of the Israeli ecosystem, RISE complements Assuta’s clinical excellence and unique data offerings with access to our network of leading industry, venture capital, and business strategic partners, as well as access to senior medical opinion leaders: providing both expert clinical insight and the know-how crucial to transforming ideas into breakthrough medical solutions. This holistic combination of elements, and the ability to leverage the agility afforded by Assuta’s private status to meet our partners’ changing needs, makes RISE the ultimate partner for the development of medical technologies, and presents a unique opportunity to rapidly advance innovation through seamless validation and implementation at scale in clinical settings.
Investor-in-Residence
Jul 2022
As a partnership of Haifa Municipality, hiCenter, and the Haifa Economic Corporation, IN-VENTech is a unique startup business program that offers startups up to $100K in grants, connections to investors and clients, office funding, business development, mentoring, community and much more. Located at Haifa's uprising downtown port quarter, the program is designed to enable participating companies to maximize their success in raising capital and penetrating global markets. Who's right for the program? • Technologically innovative companies • Ventures after Proof of Concept and before their first meaningful investment round • Priority to companies who graduated from an acceleration program and/or technological incubator • Companies that will make downtown Haifa their HQ for at least 3 years • Priority to companies in the BlueTech, Medical, SmartCity industries and with social orientation What do we offer? • Connection to industry, corporations and main institutions in Haifa • Forging an advisory board and a pool of business mentors suited with the company's specific needs • Getting you ready for your company's first round of meaningful investment and constantly exposing you to relevant funding and investment resources • Preparation to global activity, product connection & integration to designated Intl. markets • Funding of office rent for the duration of the program in working spaces around downtown Haifa – 4 min walk from Haifa Merkaz train station • Grants for selected companies of up to $100K NO MANAGEMENT FEES AND NO EQUITY DILUTION INVOLVED!
Member
Jul 2022
Join a vibrant network of world-class investors, access high-potential startups, and play a vital role in making angel investing more inclusive. Elevate your impact, strengthen your portfolio, and be part of a community that’s transforming the landscape of Hispanic and Latino ventures. ***https://angelesinvestors.com/membership/ *** Follow us on LinkedIn to support impactful ventures! What We Do: - Exclusive Investment Opportunities: Members access high-potential startups within the Hispanic and Latino entrepreneurial ecosystem. - Networking and Growth: Connect with experienced investors and gain opportunities for board seats and executive roles in emerging companies. - Quarterly Summits: Our events showcase diverse founders and startups, providing funding and support to drive their success. Attend a summit to experience the power of diverse innovation: ***https://angelesinvestors.com/event/ *** Join Angeles Investors! Unlock unique investment opportunities and connect with a community dedicated to Hispanic and Latino success. - Accredited Members: Invest in high-potential startups and attend our exclusive quarterly Summits. - Associate Members: Enhance your investing skills and network through exclusive events and mentorship. Explore membership options today: ***https://angelesinvestors.com/membership/ *** Stay Updated! Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news and events: ***https://angelesinvestors.com/newsletter *** Exclusive for Members: ***https://www.skool.com/angeles-investors***
Board Member
Jul 2022
Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) leverages philanthropic resources to mobilize and amplify the power of our communities. Weve been building, funding, and fueling Latine power for 40 years. We’re conveners, creating spaces for organizations, the private sector, and philanthropy to connect and collaborate in order to dismantle the inequities that affect the wellbeing of Latines in the U.S. and our communities across the Americas.
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