George Arida
Chief Financial Officer (acting)
George Arida is a seasoned life sciences executive with broad experience in biotechnology ventures, having served as an investor, board member, and operator from startup and development stages through exit. He previously founded 30 Ventures, a Madison-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on early-stage opportunities in digital health, biotechnology research tools, and diagnostics. George was previously a partner at Venture Investors LLC where he led investments in seed and early-stage biotech and medtech opportunities. He was a founding director of the Mid-America Healthcare Investors Network, an association of over forty regional venture capital firms active in early-stage healthcare investing, and has served as an advisor to various incubators, accelerators, venture conferences, and to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. George previously served as CFO for Capital Resource Advisors (acquired by Rogerscasey). George has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.