Gunnar Schaefer

Medtech Innovator • Strategic Advisor • Startup Mentor • Angel Investor • Board and consulting available

📍 United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 1 investments📅 2 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2024
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2024
Angel Investor
Aug 2024
Founded in San Diego, CA, NuFund is one of the largest, most active and most successful early-stage investor groups over the past 20+ years. We represent diverse backgrounds and perspectives, and work together to foster a culture of excellence, respect, innovation, and fun.
2020
Selection Committee Member
Dec 2020
iSelect recognized the looming crises of diabetes and obesity early on, pinpointing poor nutrition as the root cause. Since 2014, our mission has been to harness the forces of Creative Destruction in agriculture and health technology innovation to address these critical issues. We invest in pioneering companies that are redefining the food and health system, emphasizing yield, taste, nutrition, and sustainability to combat obesity, reduce waste, and tackle metabolic diseases. Our portfolio boasts over 60 companies, illustrating our commitment and impact. These firms are advancing crop quality, minimizing fertilizer use, and innovating in healthcare to cut costs and fast-track health improvements. With time, we have shifted our focus from yield to taste and nutrition, and now to enhancing nutritional density, targeting the root cause in obesity and metabolic—a market with vast untapped potential and significant implications for US GDP growth. iSelect provides investors with broad exposure to innovators in the AgTech and HealthTech sectors, offering our 500+ investors the chance to increase investments in high-performing companies and deliver insightful market intelligence that influences both venture and public market strategies. Our approach gives investors a unique blend of risk mitigation and opportunity maximization in sectors poised for substantial growth. Our network of investors, entrepreneurs, and early adopters reshapes the landscape of ag, food and health, creating sustainable impact, driving economic growth, investor returns and building a healthier future for all. With our deep human network of market insight, robust portfolio, and commitment to innovation, were not just investing in companies; were investing in a healthier, more sustainable world. #AgTech #HealthTech#SustainableInvesting #FoodTech #ImpactInvesting #AgricultureInnovation #NutritionTech #Biotech #FutureOfFood
2015
Co-Founder
Mar 2015
Flywheel is pioneering the future of medical imaging data management and analysis. We enable a world where every healthcare decision is informed, precise, impactful and leverages the power of trustworthy AI. The Flywheel platform empowers healthcare professionals, researchers, and innovators to access and curate medical imaging data for the development of cutting-edge imaging algorithms that accelerate biomarker discovery and deliver advances in patient outcomes.