# Azin Parhizgar

> Azin Parhizgar is a seed investor at CroíValve backing Health Care and Medical Device. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CroíValve](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cro%C3%ADvalve)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/azin-parhizgar-phd/6/5b2/313

Azin Parhizgar is an experienced and successful medical device industry executive and entrepreneur. Prior to joining Claret Medical, she served as the Chief Operating Officer of Conor Medsystems which led to the acquisition of the company by Johnson & Johnson, Inc. in 2007. She spent one year post-merger with Johnson & Johnson for fullintegration of the companies. Between 1996-2000 she held the positon of Executive Vice President for Arterial Vascular Engineering, which was acquired by Medtronic. She spent two years at Medtronic post-merger in increasing roles of responsibility leading to her role as Executive Vice President of Emerging Ventures and New Technologies. Dr. Parhizgar has served as an advisor to emerging medical device technology companies including several Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board positions. Dr. Parhizgar received both her Ph.D. in Cell, Gene and Tissue Engineering and her M.Sc. in Biomechanical Engineering and Artificial Organ Design from Brown University, Providence, RI.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Medical Device | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Moray Medical | Moray Medical develops a structural heart robotic delivery systems for edge-to-edge valve leaflet repair.Moray Medical is working to improve the quality of life for the millions suffering from leaky heart valves. Using our proprietary microfluidic robotics, more cardiologists can safely and cost-effectively treat the large number of patients whoneed mitral valve clip therapies. | $5.7M | Seed | Apr 12, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Physicians Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-physicians-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Heal Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heal-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CroíValve

VC Fund · Dublin, Ireland

CroíValve is a developed a safe, effective, easy to use, percutaneous solution for treating all patients with severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

4 contacts available at CroíValve.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Azin Parhizgar | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/azin-parhizgar |
| Lucy O'Keeffe | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucy-o-keeffe |
| Martin Quinn | CMO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-quinn-2b0a |
| Paul Heneghan | Principal Engineer and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-heneghan |

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## FAQ

### What does Azin Parhizgar invest in?

Azin Parhizgar invests primarily in Health Care and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Azin Parhizgar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Azin Parhizgar closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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