Fundraising Lessons from MedTech: Insights from Vessl Prosthetics’ Sydney Robinson

Raising funds for a MedTech startup isn’t just about pitching investors—it’s about building relationships, gathering...

Written by Eric Sugalski

It’s been just over a year since I joined Robin Hood Ventures as an angel investor. While many investors in the group are far more seasoned, I’ve gained invaluable insights b...

I had the privilege of interviewing the Value Analysis Whisperer himself, Mark Copeland, who cracked open the black box of Value Analysis Committees and shared the secrets that MedTech companies need ...

Written by Eric Sugalski

Here's what usually happens in MedTech. A development team is thick in the details -- designing, prototyping, testing..

They reach a level of technical maturity when t...

Design Freeze is a significant milestone in MedTech. It's the point when you're ready to start the Verification & Validation (V&V) process. It implies maturity of your technical design and also your d...

Written by Eric Sugalski

Prototyping is an essential part of medical device development. But, the vast majority of companies get it all wrong. I've been in medical device design and development (w...

Written by Eric Sugalski

I hear it often -- "We need an MVP."

But most of the time it really means, we need a prototype on the cheap. Or, we need to get our first product launched and we're operatin...

Written by Christopher Scholl

Ever built the wrong medtech device?

I’ve worked at a number of medical device companies and each one took a different approach to writing User Needs and Design I...

You’ve probably heard of Proteus. 

At one time it was the darling of digital health. But within a single year, Proteus went from a $1.5B valuation to a fire sale at $15m. 

Here's a recreation ...

Quick 510(k) = Quick exit 

Right?

Not quite.

Here's some interesting data: 

SVB: 2019 Trends in Healthcare Investments and Exits

Ok, the data is a bit dated. But the push for the quick 51...

Written by Eric Sugalski

In many medical device organizations, the role of quality management is limited to reactive and compliance-focused activities. In these situations, quality managers primar...

Written by Eric Sugalski

In the complex world of medical device development, one area that often causes confusion is understanding the division of responsibilities between design, quality, and regula...