
Matt Arens
Title: CEO, Senior Portfolio Manager, Founder
Role: Finds and invests in innovative micro-, small- and mid-cap health care companies he views as having a high probability of outsized returns. Founded First Light in September 2013.
Focus Areas: Identifying Innovation, Conviction-Based-Weighted Position Sizing
Experience: 25 years
Previous Firms: Kopp Investment Advisors
Featured In: BusinessWeek, Barron’s, Pensions & Investments, Investment News, Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press; Keynote Speaker at PricewaterhouseCoopers CFO Forum, Featured Speaker at DeviceTalks West
Education: Purdue University
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