Hank Plain

Bio

Hank Plain is a General Partner of Lightstone Ventures. He also serves as a General Partner at Morgenthaler Ventures, which he joined in 2007 after more than 25 years in the pharma and medical device industry. Mr. Plain began his career in 1980 with Eli Lilly. He left Lilly to become CEO of Perclose, where he led the company through a successful IPO and acquisition by Abbott Laboratories in 1999. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, he co-founded eight medical device companies along with the team at The Foundry medical device incubator. Mr. Plain serves on the boards of Earlens, Nuvaira, Moximed and Setpoint. He previously served on the boards of nine companies that were acquired – Claret Medical, Miramar Labs, Twelve Medical, Ardian, Access Closure, Acclarent, Cabochon, EPI and TransVascular. Mr. Plain is Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation in Monterey, CA and the Future Citizens Foundation/First Tee of Monterey County.