# Ashley Seehusen

> Ashley Seehusen is a venture partner at Santé and CEO of Santé Accel, where she works on seed-stage company formation, talent matching, and founder coaching. Her earlier career spans engineering, product marketing, leadership at established companies, and co-founding Nasus Medical after Stanford’s 2018-19 Biodesign Innovation Fellowship. She also helps lead Stanford’s Biodesign Faculty Fellowship.

- **Role:** Venture Partner at Santé and CEO of Santé Accel
- **Organizations:** Santé, Santé Accel, Stanford Biodesign, Nasus Medical, Boston Scientific, Intuitive Surgical, Maya Medical, Barrx Medical, Covidien, Stryker Neurovascular
- **Education:** BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, MBA, Babson College, Biodesign Innovation Fellowship, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Credited with more than ten published patents in Stanford’s incoming fellowship introduction in 2018., Co-founded Nasus Medical out of the 2018-19 Stanford fellowship., Leads Santé Accel’s company formation and entrepreneurial talent development work.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2018** — Began as an engineer at Boston Scientific, then worked in marketing and product leadership at Intuitive Surgical, acquired Covidien businesses, and Stryker Neurovascular.
- **2018-2019** — Completed Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship.
- **2019** — Co-founded Nasus Medical with Adam Gold and Shira Koss; served as CEO.
- **2022** — Santé announced her role as venture partner and chief operating officer of Santé Accel.
- **2023** — Listed as CEO of Santé Accel in Stanford’s CEO Summit booklet.
- **2024** — Participated in an entrepreneurship mentoring panel and moderated a cross-border investor syndication panel at LSI Europe in Sintra, Portugal.

## Achievements

- Credited with more than ten published patents in Stanford’s incoming fellowship introduction in 2018.
- Co-founded Nasus Medical out of the 2018-19 Stanford fellowship.
- Leads Santé Accel’s company formation and entrepreneurial talent development work.
- Helps lead Stanford’s Biodesign Faculty Fellowship.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — LSI’s public USA 2026 panel preview listed her for Website to Term Sheet: Decoding Investor Expectations and Venture Math at the March 16-20 event; the preview establishes the announced lineup, not attendance.
- **2026-08** — IHU Strasbourg’s 2026 BEST innovation week page lists her among its directors and experts and dates the Strasbourg course August 24-28; no attendance claim is made.

## Links

- Website: https://sante.com/team/ashley-seehusen
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-seehusen

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