Startups

I’ve now co-founded three lab startups:

  • Avomeen (Est. 2010) is a full-service chemical testing laboratory. I helped drive the business from formation to profitability, running key marketing, sales, finance, legal, and regulatory projects including launching our website, developing our first sales channels, setting up our accounting and HR systems, and applying for FDA and DEA registration. Avomeen was acquired for $30M+ in 2016.
  • Labdoor (Est. 2012) is a consumer watchdog that independently tests and ranks supplements and other health products for its 20M+ users. We raised a 2013 Seed led by Mark Cuban, joined Y Combinator in Winter 2015, raised a 2016 Series A led by Floodgate, and are now operating profitably.
  • (Stealth) (Est. 2024) is a new startup inventing the future of food safety. $10M+ raised.

I’m also the founder and chairman of a nonprofit medical device startup:

  • Air to All (Est. 2020) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit medical device startup designing low-cost respirators and ventilators for COVID-19 and beyond. We recruited 700+ volunteers to design open-source nonprofit medical devices, and raised donations from angels and fundraisers.

I also create, buy, and grow startups through Utopic, my holding company.