Investor Connect: Jay Cormier of Eyedaptic
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Jay Cormier, Founder and CEO of Eyedaptic. Headquartered in Orange County, California, Eyedaptic offers a comfortable wearable device that uses proprietary vision-enhancing software that effectively simulates a person's natural vision. Designed in conjunction with leading ophthalmology retinal specialists, low vision optometrists, and…
Investor Connect: Ipshita Mandal-Johnson and Giorgio Reggiani of Global Bio Fund
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Dr. Ipshita Mandal-Johnson, Co-founder and CEO, and Giorgio Reggiani, Co-founder and CFO at Global Bio Fund. GBF is a value-capital fund with a gender smart lens investing in bio sectors, including digital health. They invest and scale women-led bio ventures at early…
Investor Connect: Coss Marte of CONBODY
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Coss Marte, Founder, and CEO at CONBODY. Headquartered in New York, NY, and founded in 2014, CONBODY is a prison-style boot camp that employs formerly incarcerated individuals as fitness instructors. CONBODY was founded by Coss Marte, a former drug kingpin who created…
Investor Connect: Lawrence Chavez of EveryDay Contacts
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Lawrence Chavez, CEO at EveryDay Contacts. EveryDay Contacts is a premium daily disposable contact lens, doctor-enabled, subscription-based, direct-to-consumer company designed for both patients and eye care professionals. Built around a unique technology that enhances the wettability of the silicone hydrogel daily disposable…
Investor Connect: David Narrow of Sonavex
In this our 700th episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes David Narrow, CEO at Sonavex. Sonavex is a venture-backed clinical stage Medtech company spun out from Johns Hopkins with two FDA clearances. The company's technology uses deep learning to improve arteriovenous fistula (AVF) maturation times for patients with end-stage renal…
Investor Connect: Gerald Gallagher of Healthworx
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Gerald Gallagher, Venture Capital Manager at Healthworx. Healthworx is a $100M healthcare fund that operates at the intersection of healthcare and innovation by creating, co-creating, and investing in Series A and B startups to improve healthcare quality, accessibility, and affordability. As the…
Investor Connect: Jeremy Miller of Health-E Commerce
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Jeremy Miller, Chairman, and Founder of Health-E Commerce. Health-E Commerce is the parent brand of a portfolio of brands that consists of its brand FSA Store, HSA Store, WellDeserved Health, and Caring Mill. Health-E Commerce's mission is to make it simple and…
How to Spot the Best MedTech & Healthcare Deals in a Changing World
This is the Investor Connect KiwiTech 2022 podcast series. In this series, we discuss trends and topics in the startup world. I hope you enjoy this episode. For a full transcript, click here. Thank you for joining us for the Investor Connect KiwiTech 2022 podcast series. For more episodes, please…
Investor Connect: Jessica Karr of Coyote Ventures
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Jessica Karr, Founding General Partner at Coyote Ventures. Coyote Ventures is a venture capital fund investing in early-stage startups that are innovating in women's health and wellness, founded by Jessica Karr and Dr. Brittany Barreto, who are scientists turned entrepreneurs turned investors.…
Investor Connect: Glib Buriak of HIFE VC
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Glib Buriak, Managing Partner at HIFE VC. HIFE is a venture arm of the Ukrainian investment company Adamant Capital, with 12 years in the market. HIFE searches for local talents or teams to build or develop businesses in areas of MedTech, FinTech,…
Investor Connect: Eloiza Tecson of EY Ventures Group
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Eloiza Tecson, Managing Partner at EY Ventures Group. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, EY Ventures Group is dedicated to moving early-stage (pre-seed and seed) brands and professionals forward at scale. Serving as strategic advisors and investors within the health, wellness, and sports…
Investor Connect: Brom Rector of Empath Ventures
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Brom Rector, Founder of Empath Ventures. Empath Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in psychedelic medicine startups. They specifically focus on pre-seed and seed-stage psychedelic startups that are doing novel psychedelic molecule development and pick-and-shovel plays in the psychedelics industry.…
Investor Connect: Gurdeep Prewal of Rocana Venture Partners
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Gurdeep Prewal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Rocana Venture Partners. Rocana Venture Partners is an LA-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage consumer packaged goods brands. They find truly disruptive, hyper-growth, mission-driven brands that provide consumers with better living choices. Their…
Investor Connect: Wesley King of Coherent Capital
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Wesley King, Co-Founder of Coherent Capital. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Coherent Capital is focused on supporting successful late Seed and Series A fundraises ($4m to $20m raises) with a health and wellness technology focus. The company exists to support early-stage entrepreneurs…
Investor Connect: Brett Brohl of Bread & Butter Ventures
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Brett Brohl, Managing Partner at Bread & Butter Ventures. Bread & Butter Ventures is an early-stage VC firm based in Minnesota - the "Bread and Butter State" - investing globally while leveraging the State and region's unparalleled access to strong corporate connections,…
Investor Connect: Richard Teideman, Angel Investor
In this episode, Hall welcomes angel investor, Richard Teideman. Richard is the Commercial Director and an investor with a private family office based in the UK. He has owned 7 companies, with one trade sale and one IPO on the London Stock Exchange. He has been personally investing since 2008…
Investor Connect: Dr. Neal Vail Angel Investor/Progenerative Medical, Inc.
In this episode, Hall welcomes Dr. Neal Vail, angel investor and Chief Technical Officer/Co-founder at Progenerative Medical. Progenerative Medical is a pre-commercialization stage medical device company focused on expanding clinically proven reduced pressure therapy into spinal and orthopedic indications. Their initial clinical application is to significantly improve clinical outcomes and…
Investor Connect: Robert Davidson of CURE Pharmaceutical
In this episode, Hall welcomes Robert Davidson, CEO of CURE Pharmaceutical. CURE Pharmaceutical is an innovative drug delivery and development company committed to improving drug efficacy, safety, and the patient experience through its proprietary drug dosage forms and delivery systems. CURE has an industry-leading full-service cGMP manufacturing facility and is…
Investor Perspectives on Healthcare Trends: Eyal Lifschitz of Peregrine Ventures
This is Investor Perspectives. I'm the host of Investor Connect, Hall T Martin, where we connect startups and investors for funding. In today's show, you'll hear investor perspectives on healthcare trends, post-COVID-19. COVID-19 has changed the landscape for startups giving us a new normal. During the pandemic, it became clear…
Investor Perspectives: The Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare
In today's show, you'll hear investor perspectives on the COVID-19 impact on the healthcare market. This is Investor Perspectives, I'm the host of Investor Connect, Hall T Martin, where we connect startups and investors for funding. It's the time of COVID-19. Healthcare is currently undergoing tremendous change across the U.S.…
