Jason
Colgate

Jason Colgate is a seasoned life sciences investor and operator who specializes in architecting strategic growth and financial returns for businesses ranging from Fortune 50 enterprises to PE/VC-backed portfolio companies. At Coddle Creek Capital, he leads medtech investments from The Pearl Healthcare Innovation Center in Charlotte, NC. Jason’s extensive investment background includes roles with JJDC (Johnson & Johnson’s venture arm), Bourne Capital Partners, New Health Investments, and a multi-billion-dollar family office. Operationally, he has held executive leadership positions at Boston Scientific, IQVIA (formerly Quintiles), and various private fund portfolio companies.

Jason holds an MBA and Venture Fellowship from UNC Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he co-founded the Alternative Investments Conference and later helped launch UNC’s Center for the Business of Health. He also holds a BMus in Cello Performance on the Dinah Shore Scholarship at Vanderbilt University. Passionate about advancing both music and medicine, Jason serves on nonprofit boards such as SCBIO and the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, where he also occasionally performs as a Cellist.