Meet our team
Luc Ghislain
North Star: Brain Capital is our core asset and drives economic growth. The brain is essential infrastructure of the 21st-century economy.
We need to optimize brain skills:
Learning velocity
Problem-solving
Communication
Adaptability
Productivity
We need to detect and manage neurodegenerative disease.
I have worked across a full spectrum of technologies and cultivated early adopter partnerships delivering ultrasonic liquid handling automation tools to pharma for high-throughput screening.
Led an award winning high-throughput analysis instrument from concept to launch, integrating ultrasonics with mass spectrometry. Labcyte was acquired by Beckman Coulter Life Sciences in 2019.
I'm a proven leader in PoC, MVP & Launch, Strategic Partnerships, Angel Investing.
Kerri O'Brien
Physiologist and seasoned COO/CEO with a 20+ year track record scaling for-profit and non-profit ventures across SaaS, MedTech, EdTech, and HealthTech. Proven leader in driving growth, operational excellence, and strategic transformation. Advisor to early-stage startups in SaaS, SaMD, and digital health, with deep expertise in funding, product development, and go-to-market execution. Passionate about building solutions that improve lives and leading teams with agility, purpose, and results.
Karim Refaey
I’m a physician-scientist turned venture capitalist at DigitalDx Ventures, where we invest in early-stage diagnostics and AI-enabled tools.
Before VC, I completed my MD from Egypt, an MSE in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins, and Neurosurgery from Johns Hopkins and Mayo Clinic. My research focused on NeuroTech, Epilepsy, and Brain-Computer Interfaces.
I held roles in Big Pharm like Siemens Healthineers, Johnson & Johnson, and Abbott which has deepened my understanding of clinical development, regulatory pathways, and commercialization strategies in healthcare.
