Karen Spilizewski is a Managing Director at RiverVest Venture Partners, focusing on early-stage medical device technologies. She joined in 2008, previously worked at BioEnterprise and Avery Dennison, and holds degrees from Case Western Reserve University.
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RiverVest writes $3M to $30M checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.
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- Avery Dennison Corporation
- BioEnterprise · vice presidentuntil 2020
- RiverVest Venture Partners · Vice PresidentNow
- RiverVest Venture Partners · Managing DirectorNow
- Avery Dennison Corporation
- RiverVest · Vice PresidentNow
- RiverVest · Managing DirectorNow
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Who is Karen Spilizewski?
Karen Spilizewski is a Managing Director at RiverVest Venture Partners, focusing on early-stage medical device technologies. She joined in 2008, previously worked at BioEnterprise and Avery Dennison, and holds degrees from Case Western Reserve University.
How much does Karen Spilizewski invest?
Karen Spilizewski invests through RiverVest, which writes checks of $3M to $30M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Karen Spilizewski?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Karen in the subject. A warm intro from a founder RiverVest backed works better.
What did Karen Spilizewski do before RiverVest?
Avery Dennison Corporation; vice president at BioEnterprise; Avery Dennison Corporation.
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