Medtech Money

In this episode, our host Giovanni Lauricella and our guest Luca Ravagnan from Wise SRL discuss what his team is working on at Wise, the story of a researcher taking a company from inception to Series C, the effort that went into each round, the importance of local awards, why a mentor when you are starting out is helpful, the major learning moments going from R&D founder to CEO of commercialization and so much more. Luca Ravagnan LinkedIn WISE Srl Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

In this episode, our host Giovanni Lauricella and our guest Fionn Lahart from OneProjects discuss becoming an entrepreneur, the Bioinnovate program in Ireland, the product they are working on at OneProjects, how he met Christoph Hennersperger (Co-Founder)and how they deal with running a company while being located in two different countries, the naming of their rounds and why they did it the way they did, how he raised capital as a first time entrepreneur, the importance of a slide deck and not over complicating it, and so much more. Fionn Lahart LinkedIn OneProjects Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

In this episode, our host Giovanni Lauricella and our guest Robert Hamilton from NovaSignal discuss the “glamour” of being a Medtech startup executive, why access to blood flow was such a problem and how he discovered the problem, the “mistake” he made in code that lead to NovaSignal, understanding how to fill your talent gaps as a founder, how he got the first money in the door, the skill set required to manage a board, understanding how to raise capital to hit that next milestone, not being greedy and raising too much money, and so much more. Robert Hamilton LinkedIn NovaSignal Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

In this episode, our host Giovanni Lauricella and our guest Todd Usen from Activ Surgical discuss his focus on people and teamwork at Activ Surgical, his background in the Medtech space at Boston Scientific, Smith & Nephew, and Olympus Medical, what Activ Surgical is solving, how they have raised $77 million to date, what were the most important parts in raising the capital, what makes a venture capital group the right partner, putting an investor deck together at a startup and so much more. Todd Usen LinkedIn Activ Surgical Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

In this episode, Giovanni Lauricella and James Eadie discuss why he loves Medtech investing, his background in becoming an investor, what is Sante, who they invest in, how they invest, what they look for, their new $260 million dollar fund, the mechanics of investing, the importance of strategy when raising capital early, evaluations in early rounds, his advice and pitfalls and so much more. James Eadie LinkedIn Sante Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

In this episode, Giovanni Lauricella and Peter Vranes discuss his background as an entrepreneur, how they founded Nutromics, what the company is doing, where does Australia fit in the global MedTech industry, the advantageous clinical trial environment in Australia, their experience raising capital and closing their most recent round, the lack of investors and how that affects startups in Australia, their experience with Medtech Innovator, why Peter always takes investor meetings,  and so much more. Peter Vranes LinkedIn Nutromics Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

In this episode, Giovanni Lauricella and Cristiano Fontana discuss how they came up with the name Three Bridges M&C, his background in the medical device and how he works with early stage startups to fill their gaps, differences in raising money from different kinds of investors, pre-market evaluations, why evaluations are so high, discussing why company evaluations change country to country, and so much more. Cristiano Fontana LinkedIn Three Bridges M&C Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

In this episode, Giovanni Lauricella and Janelle Goulard discuss her background in the healthtech space, their focus around advanced materials, why they invest in hardtech, their average check size, what geographies they invest in, the evolution of their five funds, the exit times in Medtech and why that influenced them to move to later stage, their preference of how deal flow comes to them, and so much more. Janelle Goulard LinkedIn Pangaea Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

In this episode, our host Giovanni Lauricella and our guest Daniel Hawkins from Avail Medsystems discuss his $100 million raise, his experience at Intuitive Surgical and what it was like to be employee number 6, his exit to Johnson and Johnson, his experience in raising money at Sofinova, his promise he made to investors, he discusses his strategy around IP with his companies, how he raised $100 million over zoom, his relationship with Fred Moll, advice for startups and so much more. Daniel Hawkins LinkedIn Avail Medsystems Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website

In this episode, Giovanni and Ahmed discuss how far $14,000 can go if you are capital efficient, the bioenter program at University of California - Irvine, how he founded his company, how he raised their initial sum of money, the importance of constant communication with investors, and so much more. Ahmed Zobi LinkedIn Syntr Health Technologies Website Giovanni Lauricella LinkedIn Project Medtech LinkedIn Project Medtech Website