Ken Aldrich has been an LASVP Partner since August 2004. Ken is a private equity investor and entrepreneur. He is Managing Director of Convergent Ventures, an early stage life sciences investment company, and an active member of Tech Coast Angels. He has provided early-stage funding for a variety of biomedical and technology start-ups, and is currently Chairman of Lifeline Cell Technology, a stem cell company seeking to provide cells for therapeutic transplants to treat diabetes, liver disease and macular degeneration. Ken has also been a contributor, fundraiser, and member of the Advisory Board of Phillips Brooks House Association, the umbrella organization through which almost all student community volunteer work at Harvard College is conducted.