Health Venture Partners was created based on the shared passion for bringing the best evidenced technologies into the hands of as many patients and health care professions as possible.

Our team

The team combines clinical, market access, health technology assessment, regulatory, and commercial expertise to hand-hold clients through the end-to-end journey from ideation to scale.

We have experience working across:

Regulated medical devices (including software as a medical device and AI as a medical device)
Non-clinical and sub-clinical products
Both B2B and B2C models
Hardware and digital products, including combination devices and therapies

The rest of the team complements this experience as investors, clinicians, senior NHS leaders, health economists, regulatory experts, grant writers, market access and HTA professionals, project and event managers, and industry executives.

Isaac Ezro

FOUNDER
Isaac has extensive experience supporting health technology companies big and small generate the evidence they need to commercialise successfully. His work includes supporting health technology assessments (such as NICE in the UK), developing commercial strategies, fundraising and acting as a business advisor and board member. He also invests and works with a network of VC and angels and is an advisor to 5 accelerators.
Daniel Revell Ward

PARTNER
Daniel combines extensive experience in top-tier strategy consultancies and within the NHS, across roles in NHS Improvement, NHSX and NHS England. In these roles he worked closely with key organisations including the MHRA and NICE to support effective regulation, assessment and reimbursement of digital health technologies. He offers particular insight into the NHS innovation landscape, market access for digital health technologies, commercial policies and reimbursement routes.
Eden Primo

OPERATIONS PARTNER
Eden has led national and international projects and programmes in the technology sector. Most recently at Sony Interactive Entertainment and Playstation, where she supported the rollout and adoption of new processes and technologies. She also has extensive experience in event management in a diverse range of roles, including for West End theatre shows such as The Life of Pi, and in technology sectors for internal and externally facing events. Eden additionally has experience in marketing and PR for startups and scale-ups.
⁠⁠Iain O’Neil

PARTNER
Iain is a digital and technology leader with two decades of experience driving transformation across government and private sector. He specialises in shaping strategy and delivering complex, high-stakes technology programmes — from national digital services like the NHS App and COVID-19 vaccine systems to EPR rollouts. Iain has held senior leadership roles spanning FTSE 250 companies, central government, national charities, and health systems, building multidisciplinary teams and bridging policy with frontline delivery. He is also a trustee of a national social care charity.
Idris Griffiths

PARTNER
Idris has held c-suite roles across both provider and commissioning capacities within healthcare systems. He was Chief Executive Officer at the only regional commissioning group that achieved the highest rating for 5 consecutive years. Before that he was Chief Operating Officer of one of the largest regional care boards in the UK, and Chief Operating Officer of a large acute hospital.
Jeremy Lack

PARTNER
Jeremy is a globally recognised attorney specialising in intellectual property and health and life science general counsel. He has a strong technical background, has worked in the US, Europe and Asia and with pharma, medical devices, and software products. Most recently he was general counsel to two unicorn startups and is founder of InnovADR.
Lee Gutcher

PARTNER
Lee combines nearly two decades experience in operational management in the UK NHS with leading strategic partnerships at one of the fastest growing European health tech companies. He has a robust understanding of NHS procurement and business case development, partnership delivery and technology deployment. He is also an advisory board member and expert reviewer for London’s biggest digital health accelerator.
Nick Prior

PARTNER
Nick brings a unique blend of clinical, founder and lived experience to health technology companies in particular go-to-market, clinical pathways, usability and patient centred design. Nick is an NHS doctor who specialises in mental health and startup founder who also brings a strong understanding of B2C sub-clinical commercial strategy and a broad network of stakeholders.
Ross O’Brien

PARTNER
Ross is co-founder of XR Health Alliance and is a digital health leader with 15+ years of experience driving innovation across the NHS, government, and digital health startups. He specialises in AI-driven digital health solutions, immersive technologies, and supporting international companies to successfully enter and scale in new markets. He also supports governments in the UK and abroad on national health strategy. Ross was formerly Managing Director UK & Europe at Wysa (UK’s largest AI mental health brand, 30%+ market penetration). He was previously Director of Innovation at a London based hospital. Ross supports startups and investors on digital health strategy, market access, and responsible adoption of immersive and AI technologies.
Roxanne Stevenson-Brown

PARTNER
Roxanne is a Schwarzman scholar and is a leader in cross-boarder healthcare partnerships, with a focus on health technologies. Roxanne has operational experience from her time leading clinical service delivery in a London hospital serving a 3.5 million + population and a globally renowned cancer institute. Roxanne has also spent time in industry, most recently leading commercial strategy and evidence generation at a VC-backed startup. She is also lead scholar for the China-United States exchange foundation.