Rhiya Pau

Healthcare Investor at the Laerdal Million Lives Fund

๐Ÿ“ United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 2 investments๐Ÿ“… 5 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Jun 2024
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Board Member
Jun 2024
CorFlow was founded on the belief that current PCI and cardiac care remains suboptimal due the fact that underlying microvascular dysfunction and obstruction is not detected and treated adequately. CorFlow believes, like much of the medical community, that the next frontier of innovation and positive impact on clinical outcomes in cardiology and beyond will come from the microvascular space. Our first solution is a system that will be the first to diagnose microvascular obstruction (MVO) in real time during PCI and serve as a treatment platform in the cath lab. There are ongoing clinical studies to demonstrate safety and efficacy so the platform remains investigational use only. Our Mission - To extend and improve the quality of human life with a relentless pursuit to solve unmet medical needs Our Vision - To be the leader in diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for restoring healthy microvascular blood flow anywhere in the human body where a critical need exists Our Values - To place quality above all else - To treat all people with the highest moral and ethical standards - To be a fair partner to everyone we work with and serve - To foster inclusion, transparency, well-being and positivity with our employees while chasing ambitious goals - To embrace a holistic view of success, inclusive of environmental, social and governance targets we hold ourselves accountable for CorFlow was founded in 2016 in Baar, Switzerland and now has offices in both Baar and Bern, Switzerland. The company has been financed by a combination of seed funding by angel investors, Venture Capital, and grants via a partnership with the Swiss government that awards significant innovation to improve health care. The Series A financing round closed in 2021, and a Series B round is targeted for 2023. Our CEO is Paul Mead, who brings close to 20 years of operational experience in medtech working for Medtronic. The Chairman of our Board is Rick Geoffrion, CEO of Cyrano Therapeutics.
Investor
May 2021
The Laerdal Million Lives Fund is committed to investing in, partnering with and supporting entrepreneurs who are developing and deploying new emerging technologies capable of saving lives across the globe. We target investments in commercial stage technologies that (i) address mortality rates across clinical areas, such as maternal, neonatal, emergency medicine, critical care, surgery and others, and (ii) provide better medical education and training to providers and patients. We prioritize investments that can meaningful impact mortality rates at a global scale by improving healthcare quality and outcomes regardless of demographic or geography, thus contributing directly to our global goal of saving 1 million lives annually by 2030.
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2024
Board Member
Jun 2024
CorFlow was founded on the belief that current PCI and cardiac care remains suboptimal due the fact that underlying microvascular dysfunction and obstruction is not detected and treated adequately. CorFlow believes, like much of the medical community, that the next frontier of innovation and positive impact on clinical outcomes in cardiology and beyond will come from the microvascular space. Our first solution is a system that will be the first to diagnose microvascular obstruction (MVO) in real time during PCI and serve as a treatment platform in the cath lab. There are ongoing clinical studies to demonstrate safety and efficacy so the platform remains investigational use only. Our Mission - To extend and improve the quality of human life with a relentless pursuit to solve unmet medical needs Our Vision - To be the leader in diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for restoring healthy microvascular blood flow anywhere in the human body where a critical need exists Our Values - To place quality above all else - To treat all people with the highest moral and ethical standards - To be a fair partner to everyone we work with and serve - To foster inclusion, transparency, well-being and positivity with our employees while chasing ambitious goals - To embrace a holistic view of success, inclusive of environmental, social and governance targets we hold ourselves accountable for CorFlow was founded in 2016 in Baar, Switzerland and now has offices in both Baar and Bern, Switzerland. The company has been financed by a combination of seed funding by angel investors, Venture Capital, and grants via a partnership with the Swiss government that awards significant innovation to improve health care. The Series A financing round closed in 2021, and a Series B round is targeted for 2023. Our CEO is Paul Mead, who brings close to 20 years of operational experience in medtech working for Medtronic. The Chairman of our Board is Rick Geoffrion, CEO of Cyrano Therapeutics.
2021
Investor
May 2021
The Laerdal Million Lives Fund is committed to investing in, partnering with and supporting entrepreneurs who are developing and deploying new emerging technologies capable of saving lives across the globe. We target investments in commercial stage technologies that (i) address mortality rates across clinical areas, such as maternal, neonatal, emergency medicine, critical care, surgery and others, and (ii) provide better medical education and training to providers and patients. We prioritize investments that can meaningful impact mortality rates at a global scale by improving healthcare quality and outcomes regardless of demographic or geography, thus contributing directly to our global goal of saving 1 million lives annually by 2030.
2018
Investment Associate, Private Equity
Nov 2018
We are now British International Investment: https://www.linkedin.com/company/british-international-investment/