Dr. Can "John" Akgun

Business Advisor

Can (pronounced “John”) is a serial entrepreneur with 15+ years experience launching, building, and leading healthcare ventures. Can held Business Development and Commercial Executive roles for SPEAG, Zurich MedTech, Imbio, LLC and Flywheel Exchange. He served as Head of Portfolio Development for Invenshure, a biotech venture studio focused on building tech and biotech companies (10 companies launched, 3 exits to date). Can is an internationally published researcher, holds multiple patents and is a thought leader in medical imaging and computational techniques including AI/ML. Can has a MSc in Electrical Engineering and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the  Univ. of Minnesota.