Scalpel Ventures

Scalpel Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Apex, North Carolina, focused on early-stage investments in musculoskeletal care and healthcare technologies. Co-founded by Dr. Selene Parekh, an orthopedic surgeon with over 20 years of experience and more than 10 patents, and Saket Jain, a tech entrepreneur with two decades of operational experience, the firm targets companies developing innovative solutions in musculoskeletal implants, cartilage regeneration, sports medicine, and related healthcare fields. Scalpel Ventures takes minority interests in portfolio companies and offers investors a deal-by-deal selection model rather than a traditional blind-pool fund structure, with a $25K minimum investment, a $10M target fund size, a 10-year fund life (with a 2-year extension option), and a 20% targeted IRR. The firm participated as a backer in Senticell's $7M Seed round in September 2026.