Ryan Drant

Ryan joined NEA in 1996, and became a General Partner in 2004. He specializes in healthcare investments in the specialty pharma, medical device and healthcare information technology sectors. Present board memberships include BENU, Carticept Medical, Concentric Medical, Esprit Pharma, ExploraMed II, ForHealth Technologies, Intrinsic Therapeutics, PatientKeeper, Spine Wave, Viacor and Vibrynt. Past board memberships include ESP Pharma (acquired by Protein Design Labs, Inc.), FoxHollow Technologies (NASDAQ: FOXH), Provation Medical (acquired by Wolters Kluwer), and Proxima Therapeutics (acquired by Cytyc Corporation), and Ryan co-led NEA’s investment in Xcel Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.). Prior to joining NEA, Ryan was with the Health Care Investment Banking Group of Alex. Brown Sons in San Francisco where he focused primarily on the medical device, biopharmaceutical and healthcare information technology areas. Previously, he worked in the San Francisco office of Arthur Andersen Co. Ryan received a BA from Stanford University.