V.Kadir Kadhiresan

V Kadir Kadhiresan, PhD, is the Vice President of Venture Investments at Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC Inc, based in the Boston and Cambridge area of Massachusetts, United States. Since joining the corporate venture arm in 2007, he has leveraged over two decades of operational and business development experience to source, invest in, and manage venture opportunities. Working closely with corporate leadership, he focuses his investment strategy on the medical device and digital health sectors while holding board seats at several portfolio companies. His notable investment portfolio features successful public offerings and major exits, including Novocure, Inspire Medical Systems, and Neotract, which was acquired by Teleflex. He also backed Spinal Modulation before its acquisition by St Jude Medical, alongside Coherex Medical and Torax Medical, both of which were ultimately acquired by Johnson & Johnson corporate subsidiaries.