Ricky Mehra

Founder and General Partner, Continuum Health Ventures

Ricky Mehra is an early-stage VC in the Deep Healthtech and Healthspan Longevity space. Ricky is General Partner of Continuum Health Ventures (CHV), an early stage fund based in Toronto and the Bay Area. The fund engages with best-in-class founders who are helping to democratize the future of medicine. As we continue to move away from a sickcare model, CHV has a vision to usher in the next generation of early-stage companies that will extend human healthspan. Ricky is also part of the leadership team at NextMed.Health, a global conference that brings together ideas and people connected to the future of medicine.

Previous to that Ricky was a benchtop scientist, analyst, and entrepreneur from Toronto, Canada. He had a successful exit from a big-data predictive analytics healthtech company (Q2 Metrics) and has spent 14+ years servicing intelligence globally to F500 Medical Device and Pharmaceutical companies. In parallel, Ricky maintains a deep passion for education reform and the future of education.

Ricky currently sits in advisory boards for multiple startups across the globe and serves as a Visioneer for Xprize (Health Conclave), an associate and mentor at the CDL, a judge, and mentor for numerous early stage healthtech awards and a panel speaker on the convergence of health and tech. Ricky spends a lot of time opining on the future of AI (role of innovation) in Healthcare by way of panels and talks. Ricky also volunteers time with The Knowledge Society where he has a role in mentoring gifted students with a focus in healthtech.