Managing Director
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Rich Minicus is a finance, business development, and banking professional with over 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, venture capital, and entrepreneurial CFO positions. He worked for 21 years in medical technology business development with Becton Dickinson and Pfizer and started his career with nine years in corporate finance and banking at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets and J.P. Morgan. Mr. Minicus helped make venture capital investments with Becton Dickinson’s venture group and Merrill Lynch Venture Capital, with focus on companies in medical devices, diagnostics, life science, and biotechnology. Mr. Minicus has been a leader on teams which have closed over 100 business development and financing transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, venture capital investments, technology licenses, and public and private offerings of debt and equity. He is an expert in valuations, financial analysis, and construction of operating models. In recent years, Mr. Minicus has served as Chief Financial Officer of several startup medical technology companies. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Biology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, an MSE in Physiology from City University of New York, and a BA in Economics from Amherst College. He also holds a certificate in health care bioethics. Mr. Minicus is married with one son and resides in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Outside of work, he enjoys running, biking, golf, studying philosophy and theology, and deep conversations with friends. He is an accomplished guitarist and loves bringing his Martin acoustic to singalongs.
