Gwen Watanabe

Bio

Gwen joined Saratoga Ventures in 2004 after working as a Managing Director & Founder for Lava Ventures, a private equity medical device and high technology investment fund. Gwen has also been a serial entrepreneur with early roles in AneuRx (acquired by Medtronic), Bacchus Vascular (acquired by Covidien), and Nellix (acquired by Endologix). In November 2003, Gwen was profiled in Hawaii Business Magazine. Gwen currently serves on the Board of Directors for both Catharos Medical and Hotspur Technologies. In August 2008, Gwen was inducted into the Cambridge Who's Who Registry. Gwen has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.