Yolia Health
Yolia developed the Invisalign for the eyes. A contact lens and ophthalmic eye drop solution that fixes presbyopia with only 3 days of treatment.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Medical Devices and Equipment
- Location San Diego, CA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded December 2004
- Employees 6
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website yolia.com
Company Summary
Yolia is a bio-medical device company committed to helping eye care providers preserve, restore and enhance vision though cost-effective, non-invasive forms of treatment. We differentiate ourselves by delivering ophthalmic medical treatments though optometric sales channels. Yolia's technologies have been proven to correct vision without surgery.
Team
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CEOAlberto Osio first conceived of Yolia Health while earning an MBA at MIT's Sloan School of Management, where he was both an MIT Business Plan Competition semifinalist and a Harvard Biotech Business Plan Competition finalist. He has more than 10 years of international sales & marketing in China, US and Mexico. Alberto is also the Co-founder of Angel Ventures Mexico.
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OperationsFormer Logistics Director for Herdez Corporation (MEX:HERDEZ), MBA from IPADE Business School.
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OphthalmologyAdjunct Clinical Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute (Harvard) and Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts University School of Medicine.
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Dr. Jose Luis Monroy, ODDirector of Sales and MarketingFormer Country Manager for CooperVision and former Commercial Director for Bausch + Lomb and CibaVision.
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Dr. Raul Suarez, MDOphthalmologyFormer President of the Mexican Ophthalmology Association, Director of the Vision Institute in Mexico.
Advisors
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Henry WeilBoard of Directors & Prof at MITUnconfirmed
Praveen TyleFormer CSO for Bausch + LombUnconfirmed
Tony AstorgaFormer SVP CFO at Blue Cross Blue ShieldUnconfirmed -
Alexander Klibanov, PhDProf of Chemistry at MITUnconfirmed
Director of Refractive Surgery at IDOC
Rick PotvinUnconfirmed -
Paul KarpeckiUnconfirmed
Stuart GrantUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Jonathan FlemingManaging Director OxBio PartnersUnconfirmed
Charles CooneyBoard Member GenzymeUnconfirmed
Marc MoretManaging Director LobnekUnconfirmed -
Marcela PonsFamily Office AmvitaUnconfirmed
fjpardo@nafin.gob.mxInvestment Director Nafinsa BankUnconfirmed
MaryAnn GuerraManaging Director BioAccelUnconfirmed -
Hernan FernandezManaging Director for Angel Ventures MexicoUnconfirmed
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