Danny Sachs, MBA, MD

Danny founded or co-founded a dozen start-ups that have raised over $1 billion from
venture capital and strategic investors. Their approved products are changing medical
practice in a variety of specialties. Among his companies, four have been acquired and
three completed IPOs. He is an inventor on over 100 U.S. patents and applications.
Danny serves as CEO of a funded start-up, Director on the Board of Nortech Systems
(revenue $139 M), and Advisor to Discovery Capital (UMN VC fund). He previously
served as Instructor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School,
an investor with two venture capital firms, and Research Associate in Discovery
Targeting at Eli Lilly. He has served on the board of directors of twelve companies.  
He has led the Bakken Medical Devices Center (BMDC) Innovation Fellows Program at
the University of Minnesota as Director since 2020. Since joining, nine projects
conceived by Innovation Fellows have been selected by the NSF to participate in the
Innovation Corps program, and many projects have received grants or licensed IP to
start-ups.
Danny earned BA and MD degrees from the University of Michigan, Board Certification
from the American Board of Emergency Medicine after his residency at Christ Hospital
(Cook County, Chicago), and an MBA from Harvard Business School.