Mel Barsky

Partner / Core Team

Mel is the co-founder and Partner of CABHI Ventures and has over 30-years experience in private equity, venture capital, healthcare, finance and technology.

Mel has held senior management positions with start-ups and Fortune 100 corporations, as well as governance experience on numerous private and public boards.

Mel Barsky has been the Director of Business Development at the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) since 2017. CABHI, led by Baycrest Health Sciences, helps innovators develop, disseminate, scale, and promote adoption of promising innovations in the aging and brain health sector. CABHI was formed as a unique private / public collaboration that has raised over $175M and has levered an additional $70M+ for investing in the brain health and longevity sector. To-date, CABHI has funded ~400 projects globally. CABHI innovators and portfolio companies have secured over $560M in follow on investments.

Prior to CABHI, Mel was Co-Founder, President & COO of healthtech company INTERVENT Canada. INTERVENT has served over 2.5 million patients globally; over 200 corporations; and has been published in more than 100 peer reviewed major medical journals demonstrating the efficacy of its programs and improvement in health outcomes.

Previously, Mel was a Founding Partner and Executive Director of Scotiabank Private Equity Investments, where he invested primarily in financial services and information technology sectors.

← Dr. David Mikulis

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