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

  • Alberto 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.

  • Operations

    Former Logistics Director for Herdez Corporation (MEX:HERDEZ), MBA from IPADE Business School.

  • Ophthalmology

    Adjunct Clinical Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute (Harvard) and Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts University School of Medicine.

  • Dr. Jose Luis Monroy, OD
    Director of Sales and Marketing

    Former Country Manager for CooperVision and former Commercial Director for Bausch + Lomb and CibaVision.

  • Dr. Raul Suarez, MD
    Ophthalmology

    Former President of the Mexican Ophthalmology Association, Director of the Vision Institute in Mexico.

Advisors

  • Henry Weil
    Board of Directors & Prof at MIT
    Unconfirmed
    Praveen Tyle
    Former CSO for Bausch + Lomb
    Unconfirmed
    Tony Astorga
    Former SVP CFO at Blue Cross Blue Shield
    Unconfirmed
  • Alexander Klibanov, PhD
    Prof of Chemistry at MIT
    Unconfirmed
    Director of Refractive Surgery at IDOC
    Rick Potvin
    Unconfirmed
  • Paul Karpecki
    Unconfirmed
    Stuart Grant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Jonathan Fleming
    Managing Director OxBio Partners
    Unconfirmed
    Charles Cooney
    Board Member Genzyme
    Unconfirmed
    Marc Moret
    Managing Director Lobnek
    Unconfirmed
  • Marcela Pons
    Family Office Amvita
    Unconfirmed
    fjpardo@nafin.gob.mx
    Investment Director Nafinsa Bank
    Unconfirmed
    MaryAnn Guerra
    Managing Director BioAccel
    Unconfirmed
  • Hernan Fernandez
    Managing Director for Angel Ventures Mexico
    Unconfirmed

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