Management Team

david m. geliebter
sven m. jacobson

Scientific Advisory Board Members

critical diagnostics advisory board members

james v. snider, Ph.D., president of critical diagnostics
james l. januzzi, md
robert l. jesse, md, Ph.D.
richard lee, md
alan stewart maisel, md
david a. morrow, md, mph
william franklin peacock iv, md, facep
alan wu, Ph.D., D.A.B.C.C.
donna j. edmonds

remedy pharmaceuticals' advisory board members

moses v. chao, Ph.D.
gregory j. del zoppo, md william dalton dietrich, III, Ph.D.
ulrich dirnagl, md
edward d. hall, Ph.D.
j. marc simard, md, Ph.D.
eugene d. means, md (chief medical officer)

 

 

 
 


sven m. jacobson, principal
Sven is a Principal of Carrot Capital and is responsible for operations of the fund and its seed stage companies. He has founded 5 healthcare startups for the fund and served as CEO and CFO of each at various times during their development. Sven represents Carrot Capital on the boards of Access Scientific and Remedy Pharmaceuticals, all Carrot Capital-initiated companies.
 
Sven has honed his entrepreneurial skills at both small and large companies.  Prior to joining Carrot at its inception, he consulted to a broad array of companies, from DRM software providers to fabless semiconductor startups, assisting them with strategy development, product commercialization, and project implementation.  At Leisureplanet, he was a key member of the startup team that launched Leisureplanet.com in Europe and the USA, and led a team of 45 people across the ecommerce and information technology functions. At Rennies, he was responsible for acquisitions, disposals, and strategic initiatives, and became the youngest board director in the vast conglomerate’s 100-year history when he was elected to the board of directors of the 1400 person, $2 billion turnover financial services and travel division.  There he ran the sales, account management, and information technology functions, and achieved significant operational and revenue improvements.
 
Prior to his business career, Sven worked on embedded real-time systems, where he developed his love and respect for science and technology.  He is an avid reader of medical journals and a self-taught healthcare patent and intellectual property expert. He has a broad network of clinical, scientific, and venture contacts through his involvement in establishing and communicating with the advisory boards of the Carrot Capital startups.
 
Sven has a B.Sc. Electrical Engineering and was awarded best final year light current engineering student. For his MBA, he graduated Dean’s list with distinction. Sven lives in Manhattan with his wife Sonia and sons, Jonah and Levi.  He is a “foodie” and never tires of Manhattan's variety.

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