Jenny Barba

Jenny earned her BA in Neuroscience from Colorado College and her MBA and MHSA from University of Michigan.

Jenny Barba, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Features Capital, is a venture investor and board member with over twenty-five years of experience financing the growth of medical device and healthcare technology innovation. Jenny has executed over $4 billion in capital transactions across thirty lead- managed public and private equity offerings, M&A, and alternative investments. Jenny specializes in deal sourcing, portfolio construction, harvesting growth and building management teams in medical technology companies across all stages of development and a broad spectrum of diseases. Jenny has a successful track record fundraising for shareholder value creation, and strategic planning for corporate development, market expansion, commercialization growth and exits. Jenny has a broad network of trusted relationships with senior leaders in venture capital, founders, executives, board members, innovation centers and economic development.

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Jenny is a Kauffman Fellow and received the Class 26 Leadership Award, Board Member of Laplace Interventional, Board Observer OCON Therapeutics, Trustee of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital part of Dartmouth Health, Steering Committee Member of the University of Michigan Fast Forward Medical Innovation Hub and the Northern New England MedTech Collaborative, speaker at University of Michigan, Tel Aviv University, Life Science Intelligence (LSI), Women in Venture Capital, BioUtah, BioKansas, Montreal FundFest, and University of Vermont, and an advisor to several life sciences startup hubs.

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Jenny is recognized as a 2024 Ten Emerging Fund Managers to Watch in 2024, by Venture Forward, National Venture Capital Association. Jenny is frequently requested to speak as a thought leader at global healthcare and venture capital industry events. Features Capital is a member of Recast Enablement Cohort 5, Recast Accelerate Cohort 1, Bridge Global, Plexo GPx Cohort 5, Catalyze and VC+Include.

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Jenny received her BA in Neuroscience from Colorado College and an MBA and MHSA from the University of Michigan. Jenny and her family live in Norwich, Vermont where they are often skiing and adventuring outside on trails.

As a member of Class 26, Jenny is serving her fellowship at BioVentures Investors under the mentorship of Pam Nightingale.