Ricky Mehra is an early-stage VC in the digital health, deep healthtech and longevity space. Ricky founded and general partner of Continuum Health Ventures (CHV), a seed thru Series A fund based in Toronto and Silicon Valley. The fund engages with best-in-class founders who are helping to democratize the future of medicine. As we continue to move away from a sickcare model, CHV has a vision to usher in the next generation of early-stage companies that will extend human healthspan. Ricky is also part of the leadership team at NextMed.Health, a global conference that brings together ideas and people connected to the future of medicine.
Previous to that Ricky was a benchtop scientist, analyst, and entrepreneur from Toronto, Canada. He had a successful exit from a big-data predictive analytics healthtech company (Q2 Metrics) and has spent over 14 years servicing intelligence globally to F500 medical device and pharmaceutical companies. In parallel, Ricky maintains a deep passion for education reform and the future of education.
Ricky currently sits in advisory boards for multiple startups across the globe. Ricky serves as a visioneer for Xprize (Health Conclave), an Associate and Mentor at the CDL, a judge and mentor for numerous early stage healthtech awards, and a panel speaker on the convergence of health and tech. He also volunteers time with The Knowledge Society where he has an active mentoring role for gifted students with a focus on the future of health.