Dan Kidle

Biography

 Dan is a Principal at Arboretum Ventures, a healthcare focused venture capital firm located in Ann Arbor, MI. In this role, Dan focuses on supporting Arboretum’s portfolio companies and leading new investments across the firm’s sectors of interest, with particular emphasis on life science tools. Since joining Arboretum in 2011, Dan has undertaken significant due diligence responsibilities to support more than a dozen of the firm’s new and follow-on investments, including Ebb Therapeutics, NeuMoDx, IntelliCyt, Rethink, Cardiac Dimensions, Strata Oncology, and SI-BONE. Dan’s portfolio company involvement has included serving on the board of directors for life science tools company IntelliCyt, until its $90 million acquisition by Sartorius in 2016. Outside of Arboretum, Dan serves on the Oversight Committee for Wayne State University’s M-TRAC program and on the Investment Advisory Board for the Monroe-Brown Biomedical Seed Fund at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Arboretum, Dan held finance roles at Eli Lilly & Company, supporting the company’s U.S. sales and marketing operations. Dan earned his BBA and MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Research Interest

 Biomedical,Sales and Marketing operations