Immanuel Thangaraj
Managing Director, Palo Alto- B.A.
- University of Chicago
- M.B.A.
- University of Chicago
Immanuel Thangaraj has 18 years of experience in operations and venture capital. Mr. Thangaraj began his venture career at ARCH Venture Partners (“AVP”), a leading venture capital firm with over $2 billion under management which makes early stage technology and healthcare investments. During his tenure at AVP, he managed one of its portfolio companies, HealthQual, a medical information company, until its sale to Nellcor, a large hospital supplies company. Mr. Thangaraj left AVP in 1995 to run a start-up telecommunications services company called Integrated Telemanagement, which was later sold to Cam-Net Communications.
In addition to the portfolio company boards on which he serves, Mr. Thangaraj is also responsible for Essex Woodlands’ investment in two Chinese companies, Microport Scientific Corporation (HK:853) and China Cord Blood Services Corporation (NYSE: CO).
Mr. Thangaraj also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for MAP International, is an Advisory Board member for the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, is an Advisory Board member of the Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center (GCIC) at the Cleveland Clinic. In addition, Mr. Thangaraj is a Trustee of Trinity School in Menlo Park, California and on the board of the India Community Center.
Mr. Thangaraj joined Essex Woodlands as a Partner in 1996, and was promoted to Managing Director in 1998.
