Cary Adams is the founder of ProXimal Ventures, where he invests in medical device and technology companies. He was the founding President of the Sacramento Angels, and is a former Chair of SARTA, where he now leads its MedStart Program. He has invested in fourteen seed-stage technology companies, eight in the medical device and technology space. Those companies have gone on to raise over $150 million in venture capital from over thirty VC firms. Cary recently retired from legal practice where he was one of the founding partners of Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLC, with over thirty years legal practice experience, primarily in the healthcare industry. He has taught Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery to JD, MBA, and MHA students, receiving the Adjunct Faculty Distinguished Service Award at USC’s School of Policy Planning and Development in 2006. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Maryland Law Review.