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Lightstone’s Jason Lettmann Compares and Contrasts US, Irish Medtech Scenes After Three Years Abroad

March 23, 2018

When we last spoke with Jason Lettmann, General Partner at Lightstone Ventures, he had just set up his firm’s shop in Ireland. Three years later, the VC returns to Menlo Park and shares his Medtech observations from abroad. In this podcast, Lettmann compares the entrepreneurial infrastructure in the US with Ireland. He also discusses Lightstone’s recent fund and tries to explain why he doesn’t tweet.

Jason Lettmann

General Partner

Lightstone Ventures

Jason Lettmann is a General Partner of Lightstone Ventures as well as a Partner on the Life Science team at Morgenthaler Ventures. Jason invests in biopharmaceutical and medical device companies and brings over 15 years of operating and venture experience in the life science sector. Jason currently serves on the Board of Directors of Alexo Therapeutics Ltd., Carrick Therapeutics Ltd., FIRE1 Ltd., Promedior Inc., Ra Pharmaceuticals Inc., Relievant Medsystems Inc., Second Genome Inc. and Vapotherm Inc. Jason also established Lightstone’s Europe office in 2014 located in Dublin, Ireland, to expand the firm’s investment activities to Europe and currently serves as Director of Lightstone Capital Management Ireland Ltd. Before joining Morgenthaler in 2009, Jason was a Vice President at Split Rock Partners where he focused on early-stage venture investments in medical devices and the life sciences. During his time at Split Rock, Jason was actively involved with the firm’s investment in Ardian (acquired by Medtronic), Cabochon Aesthetics (acquired by Ulthera), Atritech (acquired by Boston Scientific), Entellus Medical (NASDAQ: ENTL), Evalve (acquired by Abbott) and Transcend Medical (acquired by Alcon). Jason was also previously a co-founder and on the Board of Tarsus Medical before its acquisition by Integra Life Sciences in 2013 as well as involved with the founding of Zyga Technologies.