Neda Amidi
President at Plug and Play Tech Center
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
President
2021 - Current
Partner & Global Head, Health
2018 - 2021
Neda Amidi serves as a Partner and Global Head of Health at Plug and Play. She leads investments in digital health and biotech startup companies. She is responsible for global partnerships with corporations including Johnson & Johnson, Cleveland Clinic, Sanofi, Roche, and others.
Investment Director, Health
2016 - 2018
Principal
2015 - 2018
Associate
2013 - 2015
Plug & Play Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in emerging growth companies.
Plug & Play Topeka is a Venture Capital company that offers corporate Innovation, open Innovation, and accelerator Programs.
Investor
2018
Visby Medical is a diagnostics company that develops PCR-based diagnostic tests for the detection of infectious diseases.
Raised $376,911,564.00 from CARB-X and Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
Investor
2017
Owkin is an AI precision medicine company with a vision to find the right drug for every patient.
Raised $304,100,000.00 from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi.
Consumer Operations Coordinator
2011 - 2012
Zamzee is a meter that measures activity and a website that makes moving fun.
Raised $1,000,000.00 from Hopelab.
Community Engagement Intern
2010 - 2011
Kiva is an international non-profit organization that enables families to make small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Raised $11,800,000.00 from Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative and The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation.
Business Analyst
2008 - 2010
Intern
2007 - 2007
Plug & Play Topeka is a Venture Capital company that offers corporate Innovation, open Innovation, and accelerator Programs.