Kevin Hykes
President and CEO of CVRx
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overview
Work Experience
President and CEO
2024 - Current
Independent Director
2022 - 2024
CVRx is a medical device company developing implantable technology for the treatment of high blood pressure.
Raised $390,600,000.00 from Vensana Capital, Treo Ventures, Venrock, Hatteras Venture Partners, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, New Enterprise Associates, Gilde Healthcare and Action Potential Venture Capital.
Venture Advisor
2019
Vensana Capital is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on healthcare with breakthrough innovations in medical technology.
Independent Director
2017 - 2024
Chairman and CEO
2013 - 2017
Metavention develops medical devices to help with interventional therapies for high blood pressure and other metabolic diseases.
Raised $65,000,000.00 from Horowitz Group, Sanderling Ventures, Versant Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and RK Mellon.
President and CEO
2021 - 2024
Augmedics is a provider of augmented reality (AR) surgical image guidance solutions.
Raised $143,600,000.00 from CPMG, Evidity Health Capital, H.I.G. Capital, Revival Healthcare Capital and Almeda Ventures.
Operating Partner
2020 - 2021
Private equity firm specializing in the medical device and diagnostic sectors of healthcare
President and CEO
2020 - 2021
Independent Director
2015 - 2020
Veran Medical Technologies is an image-guided medical device company that helps physicians diagnose disease and deliver therapies.
Raised $152,920,113.00 from Madryn Asset Management.
President and CEO
2017 - 2020
Relievant Medsystems is a medical device company specializing in diagnosing and treating chronic low back pain.
Raised $273,550,000.00 from Vensana Capital, Morgenthaler Ventures, Endeavour Vision, Lightstone Ventures, Canaan Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Ally Bridge Group.
Operating Partner
2013 - 2017
Versant Ventures caters to the healthcare sector with early and later stage venture, private equity, and debt financing investments.
Independent Director
2009 - 2015
Hansen Medical designs and manufactures medical robotics for the accurate positioning and control of catheter-based technologies.
Raised $115,971,247.00 from Jack Schuler, Fred Moll, M.D, Westwood Holdings Group and Oracle Investment Management Inc..