Wende Hutton
General Partner
Canaan Partners
Biography
Healthcare investor Wende Hutton brings 24 years of experience, investing in a broad array of healthcare opportunities, focusing on therapeutics, medical devices, and healthcare IT, with a special interest in ophthalmology. She has facilitated bringing over a dozen medical devices and drugs to market, and currently sits on the boards of Antiva Biosciences, Chrono Therapeutics, Glooko, OncoResponse, ReVision Optics and Theraclone Sciences. Prior investments include BiPar Sciences (acquired by Sanofi-aventis), Chimerix (CMRX), Dermira (DERM), Labrys Biologics (acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical) and Transcend Medical (acquired by Alcon/Novartis). Wende was recognized among Fierce Biotech’s 2014 “Fierce 15” women in biotech and honored as one of The Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business 2015 by The San Francisco Business Times.