Ryan has been actively investing in healthcare since 1996. He specializes in healthcare investments in the medical device, healthcare services, healthcare technology and specialty pharma sectors. 

During his investment career, he has served on 46 boards of directors and has overseen the deployment of $1.0 billion in equity capital. Ryan has been named four times to the Forbes Midas List of best venture capital investors. 

Prior to founding Questa, Ryan was a General Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), where he joined in 1996, became a General Partner in 2004 and served on the firm’s investment committee for 11 years spanning four funds totaling $8.0 billion in total capital. He led the firm’s global healthcare investing practice and served as a member of NEA’s four-person management committee. 

Previously, Ryan was with the Health Care Investment Banking Group of Alex. Brown & Sons and Arthur Andersen & Co. He graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Political Science.

Aabed is a Partner at Questa Capital, as well as a physician and investor focused on partnering with companies in the healthcare sector. Prior to Questa, he was a Director and Founding Member at Martis Capital, where he focused on private equity investments in the healthcare sector.  Previously, he was with Capricorn Investment Group and New Enterprise Associates. 

Early in his career, Aabed contributed to the Human Genome Project, an international research effort led by the National Institutes of Health. He also worked on health economics and policy initiatives at Kaiser Permanente and the U.K.’s National Health Service. 

Aabed graduated from Harvard University with an AB in Biochemical Sciences, and from Stanford University with an MD and MBA. He completed his medical residency training at Stanford University, where he continues to serve as a Clinical Assistant Professor and Senior Scholar.

He enjoys spending time with his wife and children, exploring new places, and finding ways to keep life interesting. 

Steph is a Vice President at Questa Capital where she focuses on sourcing and executing new investment opportunities and supporting portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Questa, Steph was a Vice President at Calera Capital, a middle market private equity firm, where she focused on investments in the healthcare sector. Steph previously served as an Associate at Frazier Healthcare, a growth buyout healthcare focused firm, and as Director of Corporate Development at PCI Pharma Services, a Frazier Healthcare portfolio company, where she executed the sale of PCI Pharma to Partners Group.

Steph graduated from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California with a BS in Business Administration and a full scholarship on the Trojan Debate Squad, and received her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

A longtime debater, Steph once planned to pursue law but discovered a passion for healthcare investing during college. Seeing its impact firsthand, she chose finance as a way to drive meaningful change in the industry.