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Karen Spilizewski, Vice President

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Karen Spilizewski joined RiverVest® in January 2008 as a vice president. She is also a vice president of BioEnterprise Corporation in Cleveland, where she directs business development for medical device and equipment companies. Karen divides her time between BioEnterprise and RiverVest and is located in RiverVest’s Cleveland office.  Karen serves on the board of VentureMed Group, Inc. and Standard Bariatrics, Inc.   She is a former director of Securus Medical Group, Inc., which was acquired by Boston Scientific Corporation and a former observer at Neuros Medical, Inc.


“As a biomedical engineer by training, I am fascinated by cutting-edge medical technologies. It is incredibly rewarding, both professionally and personally, to help accelerate life science technologies through development and into the marketplace, where they can truly help people.”


Since 2005, Karen has worked through BioEnterprise to identify, assess, and accelerate the growth of emerging medical device companies that originate from universities, clinical research, local entrepreneurs, or companies relocating to Ohio. Prior to joining BioEnterprise, Karen gained significant medical device industry experience at Avery Dennison Corporation, where she spent 19 years in research and business development.

Karen brings a broad knowledge of the seed and early-stage life science opportunity landscape in Ohio and Western Pennsylvania and the ability to source and evaluate the most promising deals. Through her product and business development expertise, Karen is able to help entrepreneurs accelerate their companies toward next development milestones.

Karen earned her M.B.A., M.S. in Macromolecular Science and B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

RiverVest Venture Partners

St. Louis Office
101 S. Hanley Road, Suite 1850
St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone: 314.726.6700
Fax: 314.726.6715
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12730 High Bluff Drive, Suite 160
San Diego, CA 92130
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11000 Cedar Avenue, Suite 100
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: 216.658.3982
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