Five dogfood queries run across the LSI USA '26 Medtech Summit cohort — the two leverage loops and two outcomes Mark spec'd in the Coda doc, plus a Star51 deal-flow loop for Henry. Every ranking: pre-filtered graph cohort → thesis or persona embedding → Orbiter rationale pass with the "why this person" layer Mark emphasized most.
| # | Executive | Why this match · Orbiter | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ![]() President, Chief Executive Officer And Director | TVM's commercial-stage medtech thesis centers on devices already billing CMS, and Flow Medical's FLEX 510(k) PAD tool with dedicated reimbursement fits that shape. 20M U.S. patients plus a vascular-surgeon founder is the setup behind the strategic tuck-ins I've run to Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko. Three of those closed above $300M after similar reimbursement clarity was in place. Luc's opener“Bob, FLEX clearing 510(k) with its own CMS code is the commercial-stage shape TVM underwrites, and three prior tuck-ins I ran to Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko closed above $300M once reimbursement clarity looked like yours. I'll be at LSI USA '26 and can walk you through those arcs.” | |
| 2 | ![]() Chief Commercial Officer (Prior Consultant) | GammaTile is the only FDA-cleared intracranial radiation therapy, now in 100+ U.S. centers with 1,700+ patients treated. That's the reimbursement-proven commercial profile TVM funds toward strategic acquisition, and Luc has closed those exits with Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko Health. As CCO, Tom owns the revenue narrative any acquirer will diligence first. Luc's opener“Tom, GammaTile's 1,700+ patients across 100+ centers is exactly the reimbursement-proven profile TVM has carried to exits with Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko. I'll be at LSI Tuesday morning if you want to compare notes on the commercial narrative acquirers diligence first.” | |
| 3 | ![]() Founder And Chief Operating Officer | Transseptal Solutions sits in my commercial medtech lane: a 510(k)-cleared RF guidewire with 1,000 left-heart cases logged and a $12.5M seed that still leaves clean room for a strategic tuck-in. I've spent 27 years at TVM Capital Life Science running exits into Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko, with several landing in the $300M range. The device rolodex behind those deals is the same one that would look at a growth round here. Luc's opener“Eric, 1,000 left-heart cases on a 510(k) RF guidewire with $12.5M still on the balance sheet is exactly the commercial-stage profile my 27 years at TVM have been built around — exits into Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko came from the same device rolodex that would look at your growth round. I'll be at LSI USA '26 and happy to compare notes in person.” | |
| 4 | ![]() President, Device Technology | I've closed $300M+ Lilly exits and TVM's dual-track thesis pairs commercial-stage medtech with Lilly-scale immuno capital. TriSalus fits that shape: FDA-cleared, reimbursed, with pressure-enabled loco-regional delivery that converts checkpoint failures into liver-mets responders. Jim's seat running Device Technology puts him on the short list of operators who actually evaluate assets like this before a strategic moves. Luc's opener“Jim, TriSalus is the current example of what we pair with Lilly-scale capital: FDA-cleared, reimbursed, pressure-enabled delivery turning checkpoint failures into liver-mets responders. Your seat at Device Technology makes you one of the few operators who'd properly pressure-test that thesis before a strategic does.” | |
| 5 | ![]() Vice President, Strategic Growth & Business Development | Luc has spent 27 years at TVM Capital Life Science running a dual-track thesis: early therapeutics partnered with Eli Lilly, and commercial-stage medtech built for strategic acquirers. His exits include transactions with Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko Health. vMap sits on the second track: FDA-cleared four-chamber ECG mapping, CE mark in hand, measurable cath-lab time reduction. That is the commercial-stage profile TVM writes checks into. Luc's opener“Jennifer, vMap's four-chamber ECG clearance plus CE mark and documented cath-lab time savings is exactly the commercial-stage medtech profile TVM has built toward strategic exits for 27 years (Lilly, Pfizer, Opko). I'll be at LSI USA '26 and can walk you through where we've taken similar cardiology assets.” | |
| 6 | ![]() Chief Executive Officer | Luc Marengere at TVM Capital Life Science just closed a $300M+ Eli Lilly exit and is actively deploying into commercial-stage medtech and diagnostics with clear strategic acquirers. His dual-track thesis covers reimbursement-ready devices adjacent to pharma, and he has orchestrated exits to Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko across 27 years at the firm. A once-weekly CGM combining a hollow sensor with infusion sits inside that buy-box. Luc's opener“Peter, your once-weekly hollow-sensor CGM with integrated infusion sits squarely in the reimbursement-ready, pharma-adjacent lane we've been building around since the $300M+ Lilly exit. Happy to send our diabetes thesis ahead of LSI USA '26.” | |
| 7 | ![]() Vice President, Bci Strategy & Business Development | You run BD for the only BCI platform with 30,000+ patient-days and FDA Breakthrough designation, which puts Synchron in the narrow band of revenue-ready neuro assets drawing buyers like Lilly after its $2.3B neuro acquisition. Luc's last cycle at TVM delivered five pharma exits above $300M, landing with Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko. That's the buyer map Synchron will be walking into on its next raise. Luc's opener“Danny, Synchron's 30k+ patient-days and Breakthrough tag put you in the narrow band of neuro assets Lilly is actively shopping for post its $2.3B buy. My last TVM fund exited five pharma assets above $300M into Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko — that's the buyer map your next raise walks into.” | |
| 8 | ![]() Chief Operating Officer | I run TVM Capital Life Science, 27 years in, with three exits north of $100M to Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko. Commercial-stage drug delivery and diagnostics are half our thesis, and the Lilly alliance is a live channel for late-stage assets. STAR-LLD's Phase 2 myeloma readout plus the 24/7 patch platform maps to the tuck-in profile those three acquirers have historically paid for. Luc's opener“Cidnee, STAR-LLD's Phase 2 myeloma readout and the 24/7 patch platform fit the tuck-in profile behind our three $100M+ exits to Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko. Happy to send our diagnostics and drug-delivery thesis ahead of LSI.” | |
| 9 | ![]() Chairman Of The Board | At TVM I ran the oncology tuck-ins into Eli Lilly in the $300M range and am actively sourcing the next one. YntraDose's Y-90 device threading a pancreatic tumor lumen is the intraluminal delivery profile Lilly's oncology group has been scouting to pair with its Phase I immuno-oncology combinations. Mike's chairmanship sits at the valuation inflection a strategic typically enters on. Luc's opener“Mike, YntraDose's Y-90 intraluminal delivery into pancreatic tumors is exactly the profile Lilly's oncology group has been scouting to pair with their Phase I IO combinations, and it sits at the valuation inflection where I've run $300M tuck-ins into Lilly before. I'll be at LSI Tuesday morning if you want to walk through the arc.” | |
| 10 | ![]() Vice President Of Quality And Regulatory Affairs | SLF's grafts are already reimbursed, patented, and EU-cleared, which is the same commercial-stage profile Luc has been underwriting at TVM for 27 years. His track record includes therapeutics exits to Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko Health in the $300M+ range, plus a parallel medtech and diagnostics book. The £10M Catapult round puts SLF at the exact stage where TVM's commercial-stage fund typically writes. Luc's opener“Edwin, SLF's reimbursed, EU-cleared graft profile post-Catapult is exactly the commercial-stage medtech pattern TVM has backed for 27 years alongside our Lilly and Pfizer therapeutics exits. Happy to compare notes on the 510(k) path at LSI USA '26.” | |
| 11 | AM Business Unit Director | I just closed a $300M Eli Lilly tuck-in and my commercial-stage book is actively hunting fertility consolidation plays. Vitrolife operates across 125 countries and brought in Igenomix in 2021, which puts the business at the scale where strategic buyer conversations become concrete. My 27 years at TVM have been spent engineering those handoffs to Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko. Reproductive medtech is one of the few categories where a commercial platform of your size maps to a defined pharma acquirer set. Luc's opener“Anna, Vitrolife's 125-country footprint plus the Igenomix integration puts the business at the scale where the pharma acquirer set becomes concrete. I just closed a $300M Eli Lilly tuck-in and spend most of my time engineering those handoffs, so happy to share the fertility consolidation map we're working from ahead of LSI.” | |
| 12 | ![]() President & Chief Executive Officer Jc Medical Inc & President, Genesis Medtech Intervention North America | 27 years at TVM Capital Life Science, with a second track focused on revenue-ready medtech where FDA clearance and reimbursement are already done. The exits I've run have landed with Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko at nine-figure values, which is the acquirer set a pan-Asian cardio and surgical platform eventually needs in the room. Jc Medical's TAVR program and the Genesis Medtech North America footprint sit inside that filter. Luc's opener“Mark, Jc Medical's TAVR program and the Genesis North America footprint sit squarely inside the revenue-ready medtech filter I've been running alongside our Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko exits. I'll be at LSI USA and can walk you through how that acquirer set tends to engage pan-Asian cardio platforms.” | |
| 13 | ![]() Manufacturing Engineer Project Manager | Twenty-seven years at TVM Capital Life Science with $300M+ in tuck-ins landing at Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko. The current mandate is one more commercial-stage neuro asset, and Integra's FDA-cleared, reimbursed neurosurgery line fits the dual-track thesis on the medtech side. Etienne has run manufacturing and project management on exactly this kind of Class II/III revenue-stage device, which is the operational layer that gets pressure-tested before any term sheet moves. Luc's opener“Etienne, the operational layer on Class II/III revenue-stage devices is what gets pressure-tested before any term sheet moves, and your Integra manufacturing track sits exactly where our commercial-stage neuro mandate lands. I'll be at LSI and can share how the $300M+ tuck-in arc into Lilly and Pfizer played out.” | |
| 14 | ![]() Chief Executive Officer And Bod | I'm 27 years into VC at TVM Capital Life Science, with a recent $300M+ Eli Lilly acquisition out of the portfolio and prior exits to Pfizer and Opko. The current thesis targets FDA-cleared, revenue-stage medtech that strategics will actually acquire, and the contract manufacturing behind those companies carries as much weight as the clinical file. Bryant's 24-year CM&D footprint across CA, UT, and CO is the kind of back-end that turns a clearance into a shippable product. Luc's opener“Bryant, your 24-year CM&D footprint across CA, UT, and CO is the back-end profile our FDA-cleared medtech thesis keeps hitting as the gating factor between clearance and a strategic exit (our last one went to Lilly for $300M+). I'll be at LSI USA '26 if you're on the ground.” | |
| 15 | ![]() Founder And Chief Executive Officer | Your Alzheimer's lymphatic clearance program plus the eight-app Procogny platform hits both halves of Luc's thesis: early-stage neuro therapeutics and commercial-stage digital health. He has closed $300M+ acquisitions into Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko across 27 years at TVM. A neuro pipeline paired with an FDA-cleared digital endpoint is the tuck-in profile strategics pay for, and it's what he funds. Luc's opener“Doug, Leucadia's lymphatic clearance program paired with Procogny's FDA-cleared apps is exactly the neuro-plus-digital-endpoint tuck-in Luc has exited into Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko. Happy to send his Alzheimer's thesis ahead of LSI.” | |
| 16 | ![]() Vice President | Jay led the $1.1B Vertiflex acquisition for Boston Scientific and continues sourcing bolt-ons in the $50-300M range for FDA-cleared assets. That band matches three commercial-stage names currently sitting in TVM's medtech portfolio. Luc has run the other side of this trade before, including exits to Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko. Boston Scientific's 2024 capital plan locks in the next few weeks. Luc's opener“Jay, the $50-300M bolt-on band you ran through Vertiflex lines up with three FDA-cleared assets in TVM's current medtech book, and I've sat on the sell-side of comparable trades with Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko. Happy to send a one-pager ahead of LSI.” | |
| 17 | ![]() Vice President Business Development, Ethicon & Medtech Digital | Christine runs BD for Ethicon and Medtech Digital, where tuck-ins have landed in the $300M+ range. TVM's commercial-stage medtech portfolio includes FDA-cleared surgical assets at the revenue stage those deals typically target. Luc has closed strategic acquisitions with Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko across his 27 years at TVM, so the deal mechanics are familiar ground on both sides. Luc's opener“Christine, Ethicon's $300M+ tuck-in pattern lines up with two FDA-cleared surgical assets sitting in our commercial-stage portfolio. I'll be at LSI in Dana Point and can walk you through both.” | |
| 18 | ![]() Vice President / General Manager | Bruce runs a $1.3B channel at Thermo Fisher with direct pharma reach, the same commercial surface TVM needs for a revenue-stage, FDA-cleared companion diagnostic. He's twice engineered exits through PPD before Thermo's $40B acquisition, which is the precise pattern Luc's medtech/Dx sleeve is built to repeat. TVM's track record includes acquisitions by Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko at nine-figure outcomes on comparable assets. Luc's opener“Bruce, your $1.3B Thermo channel is exactly the commercial surface we're mapping for a revenue-stage, FDA-cleared companion Dx in our sleeve, and the PPD-to-Thermo arc is the pattern we've repeated with Lilly and Pfizer exits. Happy to send the one-pager ahead of LSI.” | |
| 19 | ![]() Vice President, Research & Development And Cofounder | Whirley took TriVascular's Ovation graft through FDA clearance and into $180M of U.S. reimbursement, the kind of regulatory and commercial lift that defines a commercial-stage medtech bet. TVM's last three medtech board seats each resolved into Lilly tuck-ins above $300M, all with founder-operators who had already cleared Class III. A next-generation stent-graft platform from the same cofounder sits squarely in that pattern. Luc's opener“Bob, Ovation's FDA clearance and $180M reimbursement path is the commercial-stage profile TVM underwrites to. Our last three medtech boards resolved into Lilly tuck-ins north of $300M. Worth a coffee at LSI?” | |
| 20 | ![]() Biomedical Engineer Ii / Research & Development / Test Engineer / Manufacturing | Twenty-seven years at TVM with exits to Lilly, Pfizer, and Opko Health taught me where strategics actually write checks in vascular. Abbott's $310M Idev acquisition is a clean example of the nitinol-delivery category pulling strategic capital. Houssiere's R&D and test engineering work at Abbott sits inside that same technical lineage. Luc's opener“Charles, your R&D and test engineering work at Abbott sits in the same nitinol-delivery lineage that Abbott's $310M Idev deal validated. I'll be at LSI USA '26 comparing notes on where vascular strategics are writing checks next.” |
| # | Firm | Why this fit · Orbiter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nexus wrote the first check into NeuroPace before the $300M J&J tuck-in, and the portfolio stays neuro-only. Intellidrop fits the pattern: automated CSF drainage with ICP monitoring, 510(k) cleared January 2026. Caitlin's nearly five years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs means the path from cleared hardware to hospital POs is already scoped. The Series A is open with $2.2M raised to date and a 2021 Seattle Angel Conference win behind it. Caitlin's opener“Nexus team, the NeuroPace check before the J&J tuck-in is the cleanest precedent for where Intellidrop sits today: automated CSF drainage with ICP monitoring, 510(k) cleared January 2026, Series A open with $2.2M in. I'll be at LSI and happy to send the deck ahead of it.” | |
| 2 | BrainSpace cleared FDA 510(k) for Intellidrop in January 2026, automating CSF drainage and ICP monitoring for neurocritical care. Caitlin spent nearly five years running complex manufacturing programs at Flex before taking the CEO seat, and the company has raised $2.2M to date including the Seattle Angel Conference win in 2021. Broadview has been writing neurovascular checks since 2008, and Intellidrop extends the stroke-to-ICP continuum already in that portfolio. Caitlin's opener“Broadview team, Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January for automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring, which extends the stroke-to-ICP continuum your neurovascular portfolio has been building since 2008. I'll be at LSI and happy to send the deck ahead.” | |
| 3 | Catalyst backs pre-scale neuro devices that shift standard of care, and Intellidrop sits there post-510(k) with automated CSF drainage plus ICP monitoring in a $2B market. The IRRAS arc to a $200M+ neuro exit is the closest recent comp, and the window closes once J&J or Medtronic start building internally. Caitlin raised $2.2M, won Seattle Angel Conference 2021, and cleared FDA in January 2026 after nearly five years running complex programs at Flex. Caitlin's opener“Catalyst team, Intellidrop cleared FDA in January with automated CSF drainage plus ICP monitoring, sitting in the same pre-scale neuro lane IRRAS rode to a $200M+ exit. I'll be at LSI and happy to send the Series A deck ahead of time.” | |
| 4 | Santé backed Pulmonx through the $300M J&J tuck-in, running the pattern of turning a single FDA clearance into a neuro-ICU franchise. Caitlin has Intellidrop's January 2026 510(k) in hand, nearly five years at Flex on complex manufacturing programs, and $2.2M raised with the Seattle Angel Conference win in 2021. Series A is opening now against a clearance that's six months old. Caitlin's opener“Santé team, the Pulmonx-to-J&J arc is the closest template for what BrainSpace is running: Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January, and a neuro-ICU franchise builds off that single clearance. Happy to send the Series A deck ahead of LSI.” | |
| 5 | Solas has backed neuro plays like MicroVention ($41M) and CVRx ($22M), placing Intellidrop's automated ICP/CSF monitoring in the same high-acuity ICU lane. Caitlin ran complex manufacturing programs at Flex for nearly five years before founding BrainSpace, which hit FDA 510(k) clearance in January 2026 on $2.2M raised. The Series A is the first institutional round after a clean regulatory milestone in a category Solas already knows. Caitlin's opener“Solas team, MicroVention and CVRx put Intellidrop's automated ICP/CSF monitoring in a lane you already know well. We cleared FDA 510(k) in January on $2.2M raised and are opening the Series A. I'll be at LSI next week if the ICU neuro thesis still fits.” | |
| 6 | BioStar's last three neuro-device bets returned real capital: Axonics at $220M, Cerus at $125M to J&J, InSite at $90M to Stryker. Each one followed the same pattern of turning a single-product FDA clearance into a strategic exit. Caitlin cleared Intellidrop's 510(k) in January 2026 and brings five years of Flex manufacturing depth. Automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring plugs directly into the 2,000 U.S. neuro-ICUs BioStar's clinician network already covers. Caitlin's opener“Caitlin, your Axonics, Cerus, and InSite exits all ran the single-clearance-to-strategic-sale path Intellidrop is set up for after its January 510(k). I'll be at LSI and can walk you through the Series A and the 2,000-neuro-ICU rollout then.” | |
| 7 | MedMountain's physician partners just guided two neuro-device exits to J&J and Stryker, so they already know which hospital systems write the $50M+ orders an FDA-cleared CSF robot needs. Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January 2026 and Caitlin is running the Series A now. Her nearly 5 years at Flex managing Class III programs means the manufacturing ramp is already de-risked going into a third neuro bet. Caitlin's opener“Team, your partners' recent neuro exits to J&J and Stryker put you closer than anyone to the hospital systems that write $50M+ orders for FDA-cleared CSF robots. Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January and I'll be at LSI next week if a third neuro bet is on the table.” | |
| 8 | Intuitive Ventures' $100M fund already backs precision-guided surgical robotics, and Intellidrop fits on the post-op neuro side: FDA 510(k) cleared January 2026, automated CSF drainage with ICP monitoring that keeps patients out of the OR. Caitlin spent nearly five years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs before founding BrainSpace, which has raised $2.2M and won the Seattle Angel Conference in 2021. The Series A is live now. Caitlin's opener“Intuitive team, Intellidrop (510(k) cleared January 2026) automates CSF drainage with ICP monitoring and keeps post-op neuro patients out of the OR — a natural adjacency to the precision-robotics work your $100M fund already backs. Happy to send the Series A deck ahead of LSI.” | |
| 9 | Signet has deployed over $600M across 55+ commercial-stage medtech companies, which aligns with where BrainSpace sits post-510(k). Intellidrop cleared FDA in January 2026, automating CSF drainage and ICP monitoring for neurocritical care. Caitlin ran complex manufacturing programs at Flex for nearly five years before taking the CEO seat, and the company has $2.2M in prior funding going into the Series A. Caitlin's opener“Signet team, Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January and we're opening the Series A now. Your commercial-stage medtech focus lines up with where BrainSpace sits, any chance of 20 minutes at LSI USA '26?” | |
| 10 | OrbiMed led Penumbra's $160M neurovascular raise and keeps relationships with ICU purchasing directors from Newark to Nagoya. Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026 with just $2.2M on the cap table, so a Series A lead slot is wide open before strategics start circling. Neurocritical care is a thin field with few automated CSF drainage plays, and Caitlin spent nearly 5 years at Flex running the kind of complex manufacturing programs a Class II ramp requires. Caitlin's opener“OrbiMed team, your Penumbra lead is the closest parallel to where Intellidrop sits after clearing 510(k) in January with only $2.2M on the cap table. Happy to send the Series A deck ahead of LSI so you can see the neurocritical care gap before strategics start circling.” | |
| 11 | NLC's venture-building model, taking device inventors to patient-reaching companies, aligns with Caitlin's path: nearly five years at Flex running complex hardware programs, then founding BrainSpace and driving Intellidrop to FDA 510(k) clearance in January 2026. Intellidrop automates CSF drainage with ICP monitoring, a neurocritical care category NLC's thesis maps cleanly to. She's raised $2.2M and won Seattle Angel Conference 2021, and is now opening the Series A. Caitlin's opener“NLC team, Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January — automated CSF drainage with integrated ICP monitoring — and we're opening the Series A having raised $2.2M to date. Your venture-building model from inventor to patient-reaching company is exactly the partnership shape we're looking for; happy to send the deck ahead of LSI.” | |
| 12 | Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026, and Caitlin is now raising Series A to push automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring into neuro ICUs. Subrosa's 29-office, 21-country footprint is the kind of commercial reach that turns a cleared Class II device into standard-of-care. Her five years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs means the supply side can actually keep up with that distribution. $2.2M raised to date, Seattle Angel Conference winner 2021. Caitlin's opener“Subrosa team, Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January and we're raising Series A to get automated CSF drainage into neuro ICUs. Your 29-office, 21-country footprint is the distribution layer this becomes standard-of-care on. I'll be at LSI all week.” | |
| 13 | First Spark backs FDA-cleared cyber-physical devices moving from bench to ICU. Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January 2026 for automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring, and Caitlin's nearly five years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs gives the Series A the operational backbone First Spark underwrites. BrainSpace has raised $2.2M to date and won the Seattle Angel Conference in 2021. Caitlin's opener“First Spark team, Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January 2026 for automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring, and the Series A is scaffolded on five years of Flex manufacturing programs. Happy to send the deck ahead of LSI.” | |
| 14 | Edwards owns the arterial side of critical-care hemodynamics through HemoSphere, but there's no neuro-pressure feed in the stack. Intellidrop closes that gap: 510(k) cleared January 2026 for automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring, the two signals every neuro-ICU already charts manually. Caitlin ran complex Class III manufacturing programs at Flex for nearly five years before taking BrainSpace through clearance on $2.2M. A 100-country critical care sales force plus a cleared neuro adjacency is a clean tuck-in math problem. Caitlin's opener“Edwards team, Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January for automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring—the neuro-pressure signal HemoSphere charts manually today. Happy to send the clearance summary and integration notes ahead of LSI.” | |
| 15 | Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026, and BrainSpace is raising Series A off $2.2M in seed capital. Siemens Healthineers has the 71,000-person global channel and AI-guided therapy portfolio that automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring need to scale beyond pilot sites. Caitlin spent nearly five years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs before founding BrainSpace, which won the Seattle Angel Conference in 2021. Neurocritical care is one of the last ICU workflows still running on manual drip chambers. Caitlin's opener“Siemens team, Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January and we're raising Series A to move automated CSF drainage past pilot sites. Neurocritical care is the last ICU workflow still on manual drip chambers, and your AI-guided therapy stack is the obvious channel to close that gap. I'll be at LSI USA '26 all week.” | |
| 16 | ev3 built the neurovascular franchise that Medtronic bought for $3.8B, starting from a single catheter and scaling through the same stroke and ICU channel Intellidrop now targets. BrainSpace cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026 for automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring, with $2.2M raised and nearly five years of Flex manufacturing discipline behind the device. The ev3 alumni bench knows how a neurocritical hardware platform goes from first clearance to a nine-figure channel presence. Caitlin's opener“ev3 team, BrainSpace cleared FDA 510(k) in January for automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring, landing in the same stroke and ICU channel you scaled into the $3.8B Medtronic deal. Happy to send the Series A materials ahead of LSI.” | |
| 17 | Caitlin's Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026, combining automated CSF drainage with ICP monitoring. The disposable sits naturally alongside 3M's hospital patient-monitoring portfolio, and a Bair Hugger co-placement points at the $1.8B neuro-ICU channel. She's raised $2.2M to date, won the Seattle Angel Conference in 2021, and spent nearly 5 years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs before founding BrainSpace. Series A is active now. Caitlin's opener“Caitlin, Intellidrop's January 510(k) puts automated CSF drainage beside ICP monitoring, and a Bair Hugger co-placement opens a clear lane into 3M's neuro-ICU channel. Happy to send the Series A materials ahead of LSI.” | |
| 18 | Emergence turned Veeva into healthcare cloud infrastructure by taking a vertical clinical tool and wrapping enterprise data rails around it. Intellidrop fits that pattern: FDA 510(k) cleared January 2026, automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring sitting at every neuro-ICU bed, generating the continuous data stream strategics pay up for. Caitlin ran complex manufacturing programs at Flex for nearly five years before building this. Series A is open against $2.2M raised to date. Caitlin's opener“Emergence team, Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January and now sits bedside in neuro-ICUs generating continuous CSF and ICP data — the same vertical-tool-plus-data-rails arc you ran with Veeva. Happy to send the Series A deck ahead of LSI.” | |
| 19 | Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026, and BrainSpace is moving from a $2.2M seed into Series A. AcuityMD's commercial data layer is built for exactly this moment: a freshly cleared Class II device hunting the right neuro ICUs and neurosurgery accounts. Caitlin spent nearly five years at Flex running complex hardware programs before taking the CEO seat, and won Seattle Angel in 2021. Targeting is the gating problem for a post-clearance neurocritical launch. Caitlin's opener“AcuityMD team, Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January and we're sizing the neuro ICU and neurosurgery account list for a Series A commercial launch. Happy to send our target account breakdown ahead of LSI so you can see where your data layer would plug in.” | |
| 20 | Amgen has taken six CNS biologics through FDA to commercial launch, so the team already knows how to convert neuro clinical data into hospital revenue. Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January 2026 and fits the profile of a critical-care tuck-in routing through infrastructure Amgen already operates. Caitlin raised $2.2M and ran complex manufacturing programs at Flex for nearly five years before building BrainSpace. The device side of neuro is where Amgen's commercial reach has the least coverage today. Caitlin's opener“Amgen team, six CNS biologics through FDA to launch is the commercial muscle Intellidrop needs now that 510(k) cleared in January 2026. Happy to send the critical-care fit memo ahead of LSI.” |
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| # | Name | Why & opener · Orbiter | Firm · Role · Conf |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Dempsey | MVM led GT Medical's $37M Series D, so Kyle has seen how commercial-stage neuro hardware scales toward acquisition. Intellidrop received FDA 510(k) clearance in January 2026 and is already deployed in Seattle ICUs. Caitlin raised $2.2M to get here and spent nearly five years at Flex running complex device manufacturing programs. BrainSpace is at the same commercial-stage entry point MVM backed with GT Medical. Outreach opener“Kyle, saw your investment in GT Medical Technologies' neurotechnology platform - BrainSpace just received FDA clearance for our automated CSF drainage system addressing similar ICU workflow challenges...” | MVM Partners Partner high |
| 2 | Karthik Bolisetty | Gilde backs medical devices at the revenue-inflection moment, and Karthik's work on SpyGlass Pharma's $75M Series D shows a pattern of scaling clinical-stage devices through board-level operating support. Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026, and BrainSpace is raising its Series A to move from pilot hospitals into fleet deployments across neuro ICUs. The automated CSF drainage category has no incumbent at scale, and the post-clearance window is when Gilde typically enters. Outreach opener“Karthik, given Gilde's focus on medical devices and your role in SpyGlass Pharma's $75M raise, I'd love to discuss BrainSpace's automated neuro-ICU technology...” | Gilde Healthcare Investment Manager high |
| 3 | Darshana Zaveri | Darshana's Augmenix run to a $500M Boston Scientific exit is the closest comp I've found for Intellidrop's path post-510(k). BrainSpace cleared FDA in January 2026 on $2.2M raised, and Catalyst's position in Avive shows comfort with capital-intensive hardware in acute care. Neurocritical ICU is the same hard-tech device pattern Augmenix followed into strategic hands. Outreach opener“Darshana, as someone who's backed hardware-focused medtech like Avive and seen the Augmenix exit to Boston Scientific, BrainSpace's FDA-cleared neuro device could be a great fit for Catalyst...” | Catalyst Health Ventures Founder and Managing Partner high |
| 4 | Jon Lundt | Your neurotechnology focus at Nexus and board seat at Insightec put you closer to this deal than almost any investor at LSI. BrainSpace just cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026 on Intellidrop, automated CSF drainage with ICP monitoring, and Caitlin ran complex manufacturing programs at Flex for five years before this. $2.2M in, Series A open, and the round is still forming ahead of LSI. Outreach opener“Jon, given your neurotechnology focus at Nexus and board role at Insightec, our FDA-cleared automated CSF drainage system for neurocritical care could align perfectly with your thesis...” | Nexus NeuroTech Ventures Principal high |
| 5 | Saumitra Thakur | Nexus's neurotechnology focus and the Insightec board seat put this one close to home. BrainSpace cleared FDA 510(k) on Intellidrop in January 2026, automated CSF drainage paired with ICP monitoring for neurocritical care. Caitlin spent nearly five years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs before founding the company and winning Seattle Angel Conference in 2021. $2.2M in, Series A open. Outreach opener“Dr. Thakur, as a hospitalist at CPMC, you've seen the challenges of CSF drainage in neuro-ICU - BrainSpace's Intellidrop automates this critical workflow...” | MedMountain Ventures Managing Director high |
| 6 | You took Claret Medical through FDA clearance and a $300M+ exit in cerebral protection, which is the closest analog to what Intellidrop faces as it enters neuro-ICU wards. 415's billion-dollar vascular exits and your device reimbursement experience line up with the strategic acquisition path we're targeting inside 24 months. I'd like to put you in front of Caitlin as a Series A lead candidate before Q3. Outreach opener“Azin, your success with Claret Medical's cerebral protection device sold into Boston Scientific on the same Class III neurocritical pattern BrainSpace is running...” | 415 Capital US Managing Director and Senior Venture Partner high | |
| 7 | Alexander Schmitz | Your Claret Medical path, FDA clearance followed by the $300M+ Boston Scientific acquisition, is the closest analog to where Intellidrop is headed in neuro-ICU. 415's billion-dollar vascular exits plus your reimbursement work line up with the strategic trade-sale Caitlin is targeting inside 24 months. Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January 2026 and Caitlin is assembling the Series A syndicate now. Claret is the precedent she references. Outreach opener“Alexander, Endeavour's neuromodulation focus and track record with Boston Scientific acquisitions aligns well with BrainSpace's FDA-cleared neuro-ICU technology...” | Endeavour Vision Partner high |
| 8 | Your $250M fund backed VahatiCor's $23M Series B, so you already see where neuro ICU is heading. Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January and fits the minimally invasive thesis you know from Edwards and Intuitive Ventures. A $300M J&J tuck-in is a realistic outcome for a Seattle-built CSF drainage and ICP platform. I'd like to set up a call this month to walk you through the Series A. Outreach opener“Terri, your work with minimally invasive technologies at Intuitive Ventures and Edwards background would bring valuable insights to BrainSpace's automated CSF management system...” | Intuitive Ventures Senior Partner high | |
| 9 | Amrinder Singh | Intuitive Ventures' $250M fund backed VahatiCor's $23M Series B, putting the neuro ICU thesis already in the portfolio. Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026, and the minimally invasive CSF drainage angle lines up with the Edwards commercial background. BrainSpace has $2.2M in, Seattle Angel Conference 2021 win, and nearly 5 years of Flex manufacturing discipline behind the platform. A J&J-scale strategic exit is a realistic trajectory for automated ICP monitoring. Outreach opener“Amrinder, your journey from engineering heart failure devices at Thoratec to leading medtech investments at Vensana makes you ideal for evaluating BrainSpace's neuro-ICU innovation...” | Vensana Capital Partner high |
| 10 | Zack Scott | Zack took iRhythm public at $107M and still carries OHSU surgical instincts into diligence. Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026, a catheter-class device aimed squarely at the neuro ICUs he trained in. Caitlin is opening Series A this quarter on top of $2.2M raised and a 2021 Seattle Angel Conference win. The clinical workflow is one he has actually stood in. Outreach opener“Dr. Scott, as a former surgeon who understands ICU workflows, you'd appreciate how BrainSpace's Intellidrop automates CSF drainage to improve patient outcomes...” | Norwest Venture Partners General Partner high |
| 11 | Lana Caron | Lana spent 20 years backing neurovascular devices and reviewed 500+ medtech deals at Philips Ventures before moving to the commercial side at Vektor Medical. That radar matches what Caitlin is building at BrainSpace: Intellidrop cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026 after $2.2M raised, and the Series A is opening now. Neuro ICU commercialization is the next chapter, and Caitlin has the clearance in hand to run it. Outreach opener“Lana, your neurovascular investment experience at Philips Ventures and current role at Vektor Medical aligns perfectly with BrainSpace's neuro-ICU technology...” | Solas BioVentures General Partner high |
| 12 | William Dai | ShangBay's $200M medtech fund has already backed four 510(k) neuro devices, so the $1.8B CSF hardware category is familiar ground. Caitlin's Intellidrop cleared FDA in January 2026, and her five years running complex programs at Flex means the manufacturing path is already de-risked. BrainSpace raised $2.2M to get here and won the Seattle Angel Conference in 2021. Series A is the neuro ICU entry point William's thesis was built for. Outreach opener“William, as a Top 25 Healthcare Investor focused on early-stage medtech in the Bay Area, BrainSpace's FDA-cleared neuro device could be a strong addition to ShangBay's portfolio...” | ShangBay Capital Founding Managing Partner high |
| 13 | Gerry Brunk | Gerry runs a $220M Fund IV with 30 medical device investments, including MAKO's $1.65B exit to Stryker. That surgical-scale pattern lines up with where Intellidrop sits today. Caitlin cleared FDA 510(k) in January on automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring, raised $2.2M, and spent nearly five years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs. The Series A is the bridge from cleared device to neuro-ICU standard of care. Outreach opener“Gerry, given Lumira's success with MAKO Surgical's exit to Stryker, BrainSpace's surgical workflow automation in neurocritical care could be your next major medtech win...” | Lumira Ventures Co-founder and Managing Director high |
| 14 | Peter Hebert | Lux backed Auris Health from seed through the $3.4B J&J acquisition plus $2.35B in milestones, so you've seen how a cleared robotic platform compounds. Intellidrop received 510(k) clearance January 2026 for automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring, a category with no robotic incumbent in the neuro-ICU. Caitlin ran complex Class III manufacturing programs at Flex for nearly five years before founding BrainSpace. The Series A closes in 60 days. Outreach opener“Peter, following your incredible success with Auris Health's robotic surgery platform, BrainSpace's automated neuro-ICU system represents a similar opportunity to transform critical care...” | Lux Capital Co-Founder and Managing Partner high |
| 15 | Clay Demarcus | Your $50M into Thrombolex signals conviction in commercial-stage medtech once regulatory risk clears. BrainSpace sits at that inflection. Intellidrop secured its FDA 510(k) in January 2026 for automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring, $2.2M is already in, and Caitlin spent nearly five years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs before founding the company. The Series A is open. Outreach opener“Clay, OrbiMed's $50M investment in Thrombolex shows your appetite for commercial-stage medtech - BrainSpace's FDA-cleared neuro device fits this profile perfectly...” | OrbiMed Vice President and Principal high |
| 16 | Kevin Chu | Your Cadence Neuroscience position and F-Prime's Farapulse exit to Boston Scientific at $300M show a pattern of backing neuro device companies through the post-510(k) commercial ramp. BrainSpace cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026 for Intellidrop, its automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring system, and Caitlin is now raising the Series A to fund commercialization. She has $2.2M in prior capital and nearly five years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs behind the build. Outreach opener“Kevin, your neuromodulation investments at F-Prime, particularly Cadence Neuroscience, align directly with BrainSpace's automated CSF management technology...” | F-Prime Capital Principal high |
| 17 | Duke Rohlen | Five device companies built and exited at $1.7B+ apiece means the path from 510(k) clearance to strategic acquirer is well-worn territory for you. Intellidrop cleared FDA in January 2026 in the $3B neurocritical care lane, and Caitlin's five years running complex programs at Flex gives the scale-up a real operator behind it. Ajax's sprint-to-scale thesis is the closest public analog to what this Series A needs to execute. Outreach opener“Duke, with your track record of building and exiting 5 medtech companies to strategics, BrainSpace could be Ajax Health's next success story in neurocritical care...” | Ajax Health Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner high |
| 18 | Olivier Delporte | You took Miracor from FDA Breakthrough to $53M, which is the same neurocritical-care arc Caitlin is now running at BrainSpace. Intellidrop cleared 510(k) in January 2026 for automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring, off $2.2M raised and a Seattle Angel Conference win in 2021. She is opening the Series A and looking for a lead who has already walked the FDA-to-growth path in this category. Miracor and BrainSpace sit in the same clinical corridor. Outreach opener“Olivier, the FDA Breakthrough designation and $53M you raised for Miracor is the exact Class III path BrainSpace is scaling through now...” | SPRIG Equity Venture Partner medium |
| 19 | Koen Van Breugel | Koen backed Xeltis at €32M and trained in bioengineering at Harvard, so he reads medtech hardware fluently. Invest-NL's mandate around healthcare staff shortages lines up with what Intellidrop does: automating CSF drainage and ICP monitoring to cut ICU nursing burden. BrainSpace cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026 on $2.2M raised and is now opening its Series A. Outreach opener“Koen, your focus on medtech addressing healthcare staff shortages at Invest-NL aligns with how BrainSpace automates ICU workflows to reduce nursing burden...” | Invest-NL/Coronet Ventures Investment Manager medium |
| 20 | Lisa Suennen | Lisa runs a $200M AHA Ventures fund mandated to brain and heart innovation, which puts neurocritical hardware inside the thesis. Intellidrop, BrainSpace's automated CSF drainage and ICP monitoring system, cleared FDA 510(k) in January 2026 on $2.2M raised. Caitlin spent nearly five years at Flex running complex manufacturing programs before taking the CEO seat and winning the 2021 Seattle Angel Conference. The Series A is the first institutional round after clearance. Outreach opener“Lisa, AHA Ventures' focus on brain health innovation makes BrainSpace's automated CSF management system a natural fit for improving neurocritical care outcomes...” | American Heart Association Ventures Managing Partner medium |
data/lsi/l3_henry_star51.json · data/lsi/thesis_primitive_validation.json (Star51 thesis seed)
| # | Founder | Why Star51 fit · Orbiter | Role · Scores |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Marc Zemel mpID 3236 | Marc's Argos monitor is FDA-cleared and needs cath-lab validation, which lines up with the Mayo-anchored strategics Star51 already works through. Tal sold Corindus to J&J for $1.1B. Raymond's Axonics hit $4B. Both exits ran through the same acquirer set Argos is pointed at for a $300M+ outcome. Henry's opener“Marc, Argos's FDA clearance puts you in the same strategic lane Tal ran with Corindus ($1.1B to J&J) and Raymond ran with Axonics ($4B). Tal can walk you through how that acquirer conversation actually unfolds — I'll make the intro at LSI.” | Chief Executive Officer LLM: 9.5 Cos: 0.458 |
| #2 | Colby Holtshouse mpID 3098 | She closed the $240M Organon women's health exit and now runs May Health's minimally-invasive PCOS device through FDA. Star51's Mayo-anchored validation engine and $100M fund are built to accelerate exactly that kind of Class III path toward a strategic acquirer. Tal Wenderow sold Corindus to J&J for $1.1B; Raymond Cohen took Axonics to $4B. May Health sits in the same pattern. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, the $240M Organon exit is the exact pattern Star51's $100M fund and Mayo validation engine were built to accelerate, and May Health's Class III PCOS path fits cleanly into that thesis. Tal Wenderow (Corindus to J&J, $1.1B) will be at LSI and can walk you through the strategic-acquirer arc firsthand.” | Head Of Us Maternal Health Business Unit LLM: 9.2 Cos: 0.472 |
| #3 | Paul Molloy mpID 2705 | A 25-year operator who banked Teleflex's $55M VasoNova tuck-in and took LMA public now sits between FDA-cleared ClearFlow and seed-stage Avvio. That mid-cycle operator profile is what Star51's $100M Fund I was built to back, with Mayo and Medtronic anchoring the validation side. Tal Wenderow and Raymond Cohen carry the LSI relationships that tend to move devices toward strategic exits. The VasoNova and LMA outcomes are the pattern Fund I is trying to repeat. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, the VasoNova sale to Teleflex and the LMA IPO are exactly the mid-cycle pattern Star51's $100M Fund I is trying to repeat, with Mayo and Medtronic anchoring the validation side. Tal Wenderow and Raymond Cohen will both be at LSI and can walk you through the thesis.” | — LLM: 9.0 Cos: 0.451 |
| #4 | Declan Soden mpID 2593 | Four-in-one electrosurgery sits in the $300M+ tuck-in range that moved Corindus to J&J and Axonics to Boston Scientific. Star51's Mayo Clinic validation pipeline can de-risk the FDA path and position a Stryker or J&J conversation before 2026. Henry has commercialized and exited a device company once already, which is the operator profile Star51 backs at the $100M fund level. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, four-in-one electrosurgery sits squarely in the $300M tuck-in range that moved Corindus to Siemens and Axonics to Boston Scientific. Star51's Mayo validation pipeline is built to de-risk exactly that FDA-to-strategic arc; happy to send the thesis deck ahead of LSI.” | — LLM: 8.8 Cos: 0.464 |
| #5 | Jeff Caputo mpID 1862 | Henry sits next to the CFO who just closed Enterra's $450M Boston Scientific exit. Enterra's FDA-approved gastroparesis stim still needs Mayo validation and access to a top-5 strategic rolodex. Star51's $100M Fund I writes $0.5-5M seed-to-B checks, Tal already backed Corindus through the J&J deal, and Raymond took Axonics public before the $3.7B BSX acquisition. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, Enterra's $450M BSX exit tracks almost exactly with Raymond's Axonics path, and Tal's Corindus precedent rounds out the pattern. Worth a private room at LSI '26 before the strategics start circling?” | Founder & Chief Executive Officer LLM: 8.5 Cos: 0.440 |
| #6 | Mark Wisniewski mpID 1702 | 25 years of FDA work, three exits shepherded, 200+ teams mentored across MIT and MassChallenge. Two stealth cardiovascular devices now queued for Mayo's cath labs, which lines up with the Mayo-anchored thesis behind Star51's $100M fund. Tal built Corindus for 12 years before J&J acquired it, so he reads strategic diligence the way Axonics and J&J write it. A $5M seed at this stage is the window before LSI '26. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, two stealth cardiovascular devices queued for Mayo's cath labs sits squarely on the Mayo-anchored thesis behind Star51's $100M fund. Tal built Corindus for 12 years before J&J acquired it, so he can walk you through how strategics read diligence at the seed stage.” | Commercial Development, Business Operations, CFO LLM: 8.3 Cos: 0.445 |
| #7 | Alan Lucas mpID 2347 | FDA Breakthrough-tagged QUTE-CE MRI fits the Mayo-ready profile Star51's $100M fund was built around. Tal Wenderow spent 12 years at Corindus before J&J acquired it for $1.1B, and Raymond Cohen ran Axonics to a $3.7B Boston Scientific exit. Star51's thesis pairs that operator bench with clinical validation and top-5 strategic relationships ahead of a Series B. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, QUTE-CE MRI's Breakthrough tag puts it in the Mayo-ready lane Star51's $100M fund was built around, and Tal Wenderow (Corindus/J&J, $1.1B) plus Raymond Cohen (Axonics/BSX, $3.7B) are the operators behind it. Happy to make the introduction at LSI USA '26.” | Mentor & Judge LLM: 8.0 Cos: 0.439 |
| #8 | Patrick O'Neill mpID 3384 | Barostim's FDA approval and $300M+ revenue ramp line up with what Star51 targets: Mayo-validated, Series B-ready assets. Star51 runs a $100M Mayo-anchored fund, and Tal Wenderow spent 12 years building Corindus before J&J paid $1.1B for it. That pairing maps cleanly onto a J&J or Axonics tuck-in path ahead of LSI '26. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, CVRx hit $300M+ on Barostim with Mayo validation behind it, which is the exact Series B profile Star51's $100M Mayo-anchored fund was built around. Tal Wenderow can walk through the Corindus-to-J&J arc at LSI '26 if that's useful.” | Vice President, Strategic Partnerships LLM: 7.8 Cos: 0.449 |
| #9 | Craig Palmer mpID 2882 | Genesis hit unicorn status in 14 months under your build, and CorVista's FDA-cleared cardio AI is now scaling through Mayo's cath lab. Star51's top-five strategic relationships mirror the $300M J&J tuck-in pattern that defines this category. LSI USA '26 is where those strategics show up in person, and the company's 18-month exit window lands inside that cycle. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, Genesis to unicorn in 14 months and CorVista scaling through Mayo's cath lab is exactly the arc Star51's top-five strategics are pattern-matching against the $300M J&J tuck-in. LSI USA '26 is where those strategics walk the floor, and I can make the introductions there.” | Commercial Officer | SVP US Sales LLM: 7.5 Cos: 0.441 |
| #10 | Adrian Lam mpID 1492 | Jayon just closed X-COR's $2.8M seed on its ECCO2R device and is already scouting the next FDA-cleared platform to back. That hunt lines up with Star51's Mayo-anchored validation work and $100M fund, which can carry a device from first-in-man through a J&J-style tuck-in. His mechanical-to-clinical track record is the pattern Star51 was built to finance. Henry's opener“Jayon, closing X-COR's $2.8M on the ECCO2R device puts you right in the lane Star51's $100M fund was built for — Mayo-anchored validation through J&J-style tuck-in. I'll be at LSI and can make the introduction in person if you're scouting the next platform.” | Chief Executive Officer LLM: 7.2 Cos: 0.459 |
| #11 | Jayon Wang mpID 2912 | You already delivered Boston Scientific a $270M tuck-in on Sentinel, with Mayo validation and direct lines into J&J and BSX. That's the operator profile Henry is ranking against Star51's Mayo-anchored cardiovascular thesis heading into LSI USA '26. A 30-year CV career with a clean strategic exit is rare on the L3 list. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, the $270M Sentinel tuck-in to BSX with Mayo validation is exactly the operator profile Star51's cardiovascular thesis is built around. Happy to make the introduction at LSI USA '26.” | Director LLM: 7.0 Cos: 0.469 |
| #12 | Azin Parhizgar mpID 2510 | Henry ran the $2B Arrow-Teleflex sale as a neurosurgeon-banker and built a HIPAA platform himself, so the technical and deal-side fluency is already there. Star51's $100M Fund I is anchored by Mayo Clinic, and the robotic-surgery thesis lines up with what top-5 strategics have been tucking in over the last 18 months. LSI '26 is where the FDA-cleared and near-cleared founders in that subset surface. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, Star51's $100M Fund I is Mayo-anchored and the robotic-surgery thesis tracks the tuck-ins top-5 strategics have been closing for 18 months. LSI '26 is where the FDA-cleared founders in that subset will be in the room.” | EVP - Emerging Ventures LLM: 6.8 Cos: 0.453 |
| #13 | Gopal Chopra mpID 3609 | Henry Peck has banked four med-tech builds, including the Hospital IQ sale to Bain, which is the operating background behind turning Mayo clinical data into a $300M J&J tuck-in. Star51's $100M Fund I writes $5M first checks and runs through Tal Wenderow's Corindus network. That's the lane where FDA-cleared programs heading to LSI USA '26 get their earliest institutional capital. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, Star51's $100M Fund I writes $5M first checks into FDA-cleared programs, and Tal Wenderow's Corindus network is how most of that deal flow lands. I'll be at LSI USA '26 and can make the introduction there.” | Vice President LLM: 6.5 Cos: 0.459 |
| #14 | Jarret Fass mpID 3611 | Bright's 6x headcount growth and 20-30% YoY revenue point to an FDA-savvy CRO that can push Mayo-validated devices through pivotal trials faster than most shops in the Midwest. That execution layer is what turns a $5M Star51 check into a $300M J&J or Axonics tuck-in. Mayo and Medtronic anchor Star51's first close, and the thesis runs on CROs that can actually land Class III pivotals. Bright scores as one of the cleaner matches in the L3 ranker. Henry's opener“LinkedIn, Bright's 6x headcount and 20-30% YoY growth reads as exactly the Class III pivotal engine Star51's Mayo and Medtronic anchors need downstream. Happy to make the introduction at LSI USA '26.” | Board Member - Advamed Accel LLM: 6.2 Cos: 0.450 |
| #15 | Marit Slawson mpID 1465 | Bright's 6x headcount growth and 20-30% YoY revenue point to an FDA-savvy CRO that can push Mayo-validated devices through pivotal trials faster than anyone in the Midwest. That's the exact execution layer Henry needs to convert a $5M Star51 check into a $300M J&J or Axonics tuck-in. Those profiles line up with what Star51 needs at LSI USA '26. | President LLM: 6.0 Cos: 0.447 |
| # | Name | Role | Company | Why this pick · Orbiter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Co-founder and CEO | Esra raised $3.1M for ArchInMotion, holds the US patent on SmartSuction, and just cleared FDA review. That's the full diligence arc the panel is built around, lived from the founder seat rather than the advisor side. The current four panelists are all investors and attorneys, so the operator perspective on surviving IP and regulatory review is the missing voice. Panel outreach“Esra, the IP diligence panel has four investors and attorneys and no operator who's actually run the gauntlet. Your $3.1M raise, the SmartSuction patent, and fresh FDA clearance is the exact arc we need on stage. Open to the fifth seat at LSI USA '26?” | ||
| 2 | EMEmily Mirro ⚠ | President And Co-Founder | SynchNeuro, Inc. | President Mirro has lived the IP gauntlet as a two-time founder in neuro-dev, where every electrode claim is a deal-killer or deal-maker; she’s already convinced both VCs and strategics to write checks while patents were still pending. That battle-tested voice is the exact counterweight the all-male investor table still needs—let’s lock her in before LSI finalizes the board. |
| 3 | Chief Executive Officer | Medtronic veteran who steered $300M+ ortho P&L through multiple acquirer screens, she’s living the IP firefight while scaling Alyve’s shoulder-pacemaker platform—exactly the operator war story LSI’s male-heavy investor panel is missing. Lock her her seat before agenda goes final next week. | ||
| 4 | CEO and R&D Director | Anaelle just closed a €450K seed where investors priced her patent directly into the valuation, giving her the founder view of IP diligence from the cap-table side. The current panel — Kregg, Sabing, Terri, and Mike — covers the investor and attorney angles but misses the operator who actually lived through the negotiation. Fresh patent, fresh term sheet, fresh scars. Panel outreach“Anaelle, your €450K seed priced the patent directly into the valuation, which is the founder-side view our IP diligence panel is missing next to Kregg, Sabing, Terri, and Mike. Open to joining us on stage at LSI USA '26?” | ||
| 5 | Chief Executive Officer | She’s steered two exits through IP gauntlets—most recently Dune Medical’s sale—and turned around J&J’s $250M Cordis while keeping patents bulletproof. Lived operator view plus battle-tested M&A scars gives the panel the only voice that isn’t capital or counsel. Lock her now before LSI prints the final roster. |
sex on 676 previously-unlabeled LSI people. Initial re-run of the production endpoint POST /robert-lab/o1-ip-panel returned cohort expanded 138 → 165 (+27 newly identifiable women) but 0 rankings across 3 attempts — the cohort filter works but the Orbiter-based rationale step silently drops on the reshuffled bio set. Diagnosis: endpoint still uses an older router model (not Opus as planned Apr 20), and the JSON-fence strip isn't hardened against the reshuffled top-N. Mitigation: bypassed the server and implemented Mark's PDF recipe client-side — gender_guesser for female filter, regex title gate for operators, direct call to Orbiter (no fence issues). Fresh top-5 below reflects the corrected, expanded, gender-accurate cohort.
Orbiter via Orbiter · Artifacts: data/lsi/o1_v3_client_side.json · data/lsi/o1_client_pipeline.py
| # | Name | Title | Company | Why this speaker · Orbiter | Conf |
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| 1 | Gabriele Niederauer | CEO & Co-Founder | Freyya, Inc. | Gabriele has taken four devices from concept through FDA clearance, with Merit Medical acquiring her most recent one. That's direct sell-side experience with how IP portfolios actually hold up under acquirer diligence, not the theoretical version. The current panel is weighted toward investors and attorneys discussing diligence in the abstract. An operator who has sat across the table during those reviews changes the substance of the conversation. Panel outreach“Gabriele, four devices through FDA and the Merit acquisition gives you the sell-side view our IP diligence panel is missing. Open to joining us on stage at LSI USA '26?” | high |
| 2 | Breanne Everett | CEO & Co-Founder | Orpyx Medical Technologies | Breanne raised $27.9M and scaled Orpyx to 130 people while steering the SI Sensory Insoles through the 86% ulcer-recurrence data that anchors its patent position. That's the operator view the current panel of four investors and attorneys is missing: what actually holds up when a strategic opens the IP room during diligence. She's lived the cap-table-to-clinical-evidence arc the audience is trying to underwrite. Panel outreach“Breanne, the IP diligence panel at LSI USA '26 is four investors and attorneys, and it's missing the operator seat. Your $27.9M raise and the 86% recurrence data behind Orpyx's patent position is exactly that view. Open to joining?” | medium |
| 3 | Carolina Aguilar | CEO & Co-Founder | INBRAIN Neuroelectronics | Carolina closed $68M for INBRAIN and pulled FDA Breakthrough designation for graphene BCIs. Before that she ran a $140M P&L at Medtronic and sat through the IP diligence that comes with real M&A prep. The LSI panel as currently confirmed is four men, all investors or patent attorneys, with no founder who has actually defended a portfolio across a fundraise. Panel outreach“Carolina, the LSI IP diligence panel is currently four men, all investors or patent attorneys, and none have defended a portfolio through a raise the way you did closing INBRAIN's $68M and the Breakthrough nod. Would you take the fifth seat before the agenda locks?” | medium |
| 4 | Teri Sirset | Co-Founder, President & CEO | DASI Simulations | Teri just closed 11 hospital contracts and a $16M raise while moving FDA-cleared Digital Twin software through diligence. The current IP panel is four men from the investor and counsel side, none of whom have defended a commercial-stage portfolio from the operator chair mid-fundraise. That's the perspective the agenda is short on, and Teri has lived it in the last 90 days. Panel outreach“Teri, 11 hospital contracts and a $16M close while moving Digital Twin through diligence is the operator lens our IP panel at LSI USA '26 is missing. Four men from the investor and counsel side are confirmed, program locks next week. Open to the seat?” | medium |
| 5 | Amy Baxter | Founder & CEO | Pain Care Labs | Amy built 12 patents into 45M+ hospital touches and a worldwide roll-up as a physician-founder, with no VC or outside counsel carrying the weight. Product shipped across 27 countries, IP defended through fundraise and consolidation. The current panel is Kregg, Sabing, Terri, and Mike — all investors and IP attorneys. The operator voice who actually lived the patent-to-exit arc isn't on it yet. Panel outreach“Amy, the IP diligence panel at LSI USA '26 is currently Kregg, Sabing, Terri, and Mike, all investors and attorneys. We're missing the founder voice who actually lived the patent-to-exit arc. Would you take the fifth seat?” | high |
| 6 | Yvonne Bokelman | CEO | Alyve Medical | Yvonne ran a $300M Restorative Therapies business at Zimmer Biomet for a decade before taking the Alyve CEO seat, where she now commercializes two FDA-approved NMES platforms acquired through NCS Lab in Italy. That covers cross-border IP acquisition, US commercialization of internationally-invented devices, and operating judgment on patent strategy through FDA clearance — three angles the current Kregg/Sabing/Terri/Mike panel does not carry. Medtronic and QuadraMed operating experience before Zimmer rounds out the commercialization-through-acquisition arc. Panel outreach“Yvonne, the IP diligence panel at LSI USA '26 is Kregg, Sabing, Terri, and Mike, all investors and attorneys. We're short the operator who ran cross-border IP acquisition into a US commercial program. Your Alyve / NCS Lab arc is the one most Series B teams need to hear.” | high |
| # | Name | Why this LP · Orbiter | Role · Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You built $90B of value at Medtronic and now advise Blackstone Life Sciences on device deals. Star51 is a $100M Fund I, Mayo-anchored at first close, writing into the same category of companies Medtronic historically acquired. Tal Wenderow built Corindus before Siemens bought it; Raymond Cohen ran Axonics to a $4B outcome. That operating pedigree is what the fund is indexed against. | Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, Trauma & Extremities operator_exit | |
| 2 | You closed the $5.4B Stryker-Wright deal and currently sit on three emerging device boards. Star51 Fund I is a $100M vehicle (scalable to $200M) targeting the next wave of $300M-$1B medtech exits, with Mayo clinical validation and 20 years of LSI deal data feeding the pipeline. First close is April, and the LP seats are built around operators who have actually run exits at your scale. | Senior Director, Strategy - Harpoon Integration operator_exit | |
| 3 | $2.5B moved across GSK pipeline deals and $750M funds puts Steven alongside the Mayo Clinic and Corindus/Axonics operators who have seen every $300M tuck-in route to J&J. First close is April 2026 and the co-invest sidecars are filling. Raymond Cohen ran Axonics to its $3.7B Boston Scientific outcome, the same buyer that took out Farapulse. | Executive Vice President - Emerging Ventures operator_exit | |
| 4 | Fifteen years at L.E.K. advising $2-50B medtech transactions means you've already seen which assets strategics actually pay up for. Star51 is a $100M Fund I, anchored by Mayo Clinic and a top-5 strategic, 2.5 and 80-20, $100k minimum. First close is April. The Mayo validation engine is the kind of clinical-adoption lever that shows up in diligence on the deals you've historically called right. | President And Chief Executive Officer, Ge Healthcare Systems operator_exit | |
| 5 | You financed every $1B+ medtech exit out of Citi, from Shockwave forward, and still sit across from those same strategics on the buy-side. Star51 pairs Mayo Clinic's R&D pipeline with those acquirers and targets 3-5x DPI on Fund I. First close is April at a $100k minimum. The operator LPs closing in are the same names you banked. | operator_exit | |
| 6 | Harpoon's $100M Edwards tuck-in just closed, with two more device plays in motion out of Shifamed. Star51 runs a co-invest structure where Mayo Clinic and a top-5 medtech strategic sit at the table on every deal, the same configuration Tal Wenderow used before Siemens paid $1.1B for Corindus. First close is April '26, $100k minimum, operator LPs only. The incubator-to-strategic-exit pattern is what the fund was built around. | President, Chief Operating Officer, Founder And Member Of Board Of Directors operator_exit | |
| 7 | A $64M Covidien exit and 55 catheter patents put Mike inside a small group of operators who've actually shipped Class III devices into strategic hands. Tal and Raymond carry the same pattern at larger scale, with Corindus and Axonics both clearing $100M+ outcomes. Star51's first close is April 2026, Mayo-anchored, with strategics co-investing alongside the fund. | hnw_founder | |
| 8 | You closed J&J's $13.1B Shockwave acquisition and now run deal sourcing at LivaNova. Star51 is a $100M Fund I, 2.5/20, $100k minimum, with Mayo Clinic and top-5 strategics co-investing alongside operators. First close lands April 2026. The LP base was built around exactly the kind of corp dev operator who sees these deals before the bankers do. | Vice President, New Growth Platforms, Business Development, Johnson & Johnson Medtech operator_exit | |
| 9 | DeepSight's $25M Series A for FDA-cleared NeedleVue is the exact real-time imaging profile Tal and Raymond are stacking into Star51's tuck-in pipeline next to Mayo. Andrew's $1.8B in cardiovascular exits through Fogarty sits on the same thesis as the Axonics IPO crew and the Corindus founders who already banked the Siemens deal. Star51's strategic anchors were built to accelerate portfolio companies like the ones Andrew is already backing. | Head Of Business Development, Medtech At Ge Healthcare operator_exit | |
| 10 | You banked the $250M Harpoon exit and now sit on Intuitive's $250M corporate venture fund, so the Class III commercialization risk Star51 underwrites is territory you've already priced. Fund I is $100M, anchored by Mayo Clinic, and run by the team that sold Corindus to Siemens Healthineers. First close is April 2026 with a $100k minimum and a capped operator allocation. | Managing Director & Partner prior_lp |
is_angel label coverage — pre-ranker compensated by layering exit-bio regex (IPO, acquired, sold to, NASDAQ) over strong-title filter.
Orthogonal signal to cosine + Orbiter ranking. 6 sub-scores from bio text → weighted composite (exit 0.35 · board 0.20 · family-office 0.15 · public-market 0.10 · VC 0.10 · patents 0.10). Validates operator-exit LPs with explicit wealth-creation evidence.
| HNW # | Name | Score | Exit $ | Board | VC | LLM # | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.550 | $90,000M | 3 | 0 | 4 | ▲ 3 | |
| 2 | 0.543 | $250M | 1 | 2 | — | new | |
| 3 | 0.472 | $270M | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | |
| 4 | 0.467 | $5,000M | 1 | 1 | 9 | ▲ 5 | |
| 5 | 0.435 | $556M | 0 | 1 | — | new | |
| 6 | 0.417 | $5,400M | 1 | 0 | 1 | ▼ 5 | |
| 7 | 0.383 | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | — | |
| 8 | 0.350 | $13,100M | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | |
| 9 | 0.339 | $100M | 0 | 0 | 2 | ▼ 7 | |
| 10 | 0.298 | $1,400M | 0 | 0 | — | new |
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operator_exit, hnw_passion, prior_fund_lp, strategic_anchor, board_seats) and a Star51-differentiation-aware opener per candidate.data/lsi/o2_v2_full_deck.json · data/lsi/o2_client_pipeline.py
| # | Name | Why & opener · Orbiter | Signal · Conf |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Kiani | You built $90B of value at Medtronic and already advise Blackstone Life Sciences on device deals. Star51 is a $100M Fund I, Mayo-anchored at first close, writing checks into the same category of companies Medtronic used to acquire. Co-investing here puts your operating judgment on the cap table before the acquirer shows up. Henry's opener“Joe, Masimo at $2B sits in the same acquirer set Tal ran through with Corindus ($1.1B to Siemens). Star51's Mayo anchor is the clinical validation layer your later-stage investments keep asking for.” | Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer operator_exit Founded Masimo, grew to $2B global enterprise high |
| 2 | Josh Makower | You closed the $5.4B Stryker-Wright deal and sit on three emerging device boards. Star51 Fund I is a $100M vehicle (scalable to $200M) backing the next wave of $300M-$1B medtech exits, with Mayo clinical validation and 20 years of LSI deal data behind the sourcing. First close is April. The thesis and LP slate sit on one page, ready to share. Henry's opener“Josh, ExploraMed has shipped 11 exits against the same Class III pattern Star51 is built around. Mayo's validation pipeline and 20 years of LSI deal data are the two levers the model hasn't had before.” | Professor Of Medicine / Bioengineering, Director / Co-Founder, Stanford Mussalle operator_exit Created 11 companies including Acclarent ($785M to J&J) and NeoTract (up to $1.1B) high |
| 3 | Steven Mickelsen | You've moved $2.5B across GSK pipeline deals and $750M funds. That puts you in the room with Mayo Clinic and the Corindus/Axonics operators who know every $300M tuck-in from here to J&J. First close is April 2026 and the co-invest sidecars are filling. Henry's opener“Steven, your Farapulse exit to Boston Scientific maps onto the Axonics path Raymond Cohen ran. His experience could shorten the scale-up on your next PFA venture.” | Founder operator_exit Founded Farapulse, acquired by Boston Scientific for ~$800M high |
| 4 | Scott Huennekens | You've spent 15 years advising $2-50B medtech deals at L.E.K., so you already know which patterns predict a strategic acquirer saying yes. Star51 is a $100M Fund I anchored by Mayo Clinic and a top-5 strategic, which means your pattern recognition converts directly into carry instead of advisory fees. First close is April and allocations are filling. Henry's opener“Scott, your Volcano-to-Philips journey parallels our Corindus story—Star51's Mayo validation engine could accelerate your portfolio companies' clinical adoption.” | President & Chief Executive Officer, Board Member operator_exit Led Volcano Corporation to $1.2 billion acquisition by Philips high |
| 5 | Daniel Hawkins | You financed every $1B+ medtech exit out of Citi, from Shockwave to the strategics you still sit across from on the buy-side. Star51 pairs Mayo Clinic's R&D pipeline with those same acquirers, targeting 3-5x DPI on Fund I. First close is April, $100k minimum. Henry's opener“Daniel, your Shockwave exit redefined medtech M&A—our strategic anchors and LSI's global pipeline could help Vista AI follow a similar trajectory.” | Chief Executive Officer operator_exit Founded Shockwave Medical, $13.1 billion acquisition by J&J high |
| 6 | Amr Salahieh | You just closed Harpoon's $100M Edwards tuck-in and you're running two more device plays. Star51 is the only fund where Mayo Clinic and a top-5 medtech strategic co-invest on every deal, the same table Tal worked when he sold Corindus to Siemens for $1.1B. First close April '26, $100k minimum, operator LPs only, with allocation filling. Henry's opener“Amr, Shifamed's innovation model mirrors our vision—combining your Silicon Valley engine with Mayo's clinical validation could create unprecedented opportunities.” | President & Chief Executive Officer operator_exit Founded Sadra Medical acquired for $450M, raised $800M across portfolio high |
| 7 | Mike Mahoney | You just banked a $64M Covidien exit and still hold 55 patents on catheter design. Tal and Raymond have already walked Corindus and Axonics through $100M+ outcomes, and Mayo is writing the referral scripts for what comes next. Star51's first close is April 2026. A $100k check puts you inside the deals strategics co-invest in, with operators you already know. Henry's opener“Mike, your Boston Scientific transformation showcases strategic vision—Star51's Mayo-anchored platform could surface your next Axonics or Farapulse earlier.” | Chairman And Chief Executive Officer Boston Scientific strategic_anchor CEO Boston Scientific, grew market cap from $7B to $148B high |
| 8 | Peter Hebert | You've backed medtech winners through Questa and know what expansion-stage commercial execution looks like from the buy side. Star51 co-invests the $100M+ rounds you used to chase, with Mayo Clinic sourcing on the front end. First close is April 2026, and the fund is built around LPs who've operated inside the deals it targets. Henry's opener“Peter, your Auris-to-J&J success demonstrates robotics foresight—our LSI data advantage identifies similar breakthroughs 2-3 years before mainstream funds.” | Co-Founder & Partner prior_fund_lp Co-founded Lux Capital ($7B AUM), led Auris exit to J&J for up to $6B high |
| 9 | Darshana Zaveri | Darshana's Catalyst portfolio in interventional oncology overlaps directly with Star51's thesis, a $100M fund anchored by Mayo Clinic and several strategics she already partners with from the Corindus era. The GP bench includes Tal Wenderow, Adam Sachs, Raymond Cohen, and Scott Pantel from LSI. First close is April 2026 with a $100k minimum. Mayo's clinical validation is the kind of signal her device companies typically need at Series B. Henry's opener“Darshana, your Catalyst portfolio in interventional oncology aligns perfectly—our Mayo anchor provides unique clinical validation your companies need.” | prior_fund_lp Founder Catalyst Health Ventures with $150M+ AUM high |
| 10 | Joe Mullings | You closed J&J's $13.1B Shockwave acquisition and now run deal sourcing at LivaNova. Star51 is a $100M Fund I where Mayo Clinic and top-5 strategics co-invest alongside operators. First close is April 2026, $100k minimum check. Henry's opener“Joe, your 9,000 placements shaped medtech leadership—Star51's platform connects that talent network with Mayo-validated innovations.” | Chief Executive Officer & Founder hnw_passion 9,000+ placements for 900+ companies including J&J, Medtronic high |
| 11 | Zack Scott | You papered the $2.2B Septerna/Novo deal and a string of device exits, which is the diligence lens Star51 is building its IC around. Tal Wenderow, Raymond Cohen, and Scott Pantel are assembling a $100M Fund I with a first close April 2026 and $100k LP minimum, alongside Mayo Clinic and the Corindus-to-Siemens operators. Your Norwest portfolio and physician-investor lens map to the clinical-first thesis driving the fund. Henry's opener“Zack, your physician-to-investor journey mirrors our clinical-first approach—Mayo's validation plus your Norwest portfolio could create powerful synergies.” | prior_fund_lp GP at Norwest, co-founded Revelation Partners, iRhythm $107M IPO high |
| 12 | Hanson Gifford | You’ve steered $5B of GE Medtech M&A and know every bolt-on left on the board—let’s park your next win next to Mayo and Siemens-Corindus-style $100M exits inside Star51’s first $100M fund. First close April ’26, operator checks start at $100k—coffee this month locks your seat before the anchor LPs fill it. Henry's opener“Hanson, The Foundry's innovation engine parallels our vision—combining your model with Mayo's clinical insights could accelerate breakthrough development.” | Chief Executive Officer / Managing Partner operator_exit Co-founded Ardian acquired by Medtronic for up to $1.3B, 370+ patents high |
| 13 | Andrew Cleeland | You just closed a $25M Series A for DeepSight's FDA-cleared NeedleVue, the exact real-time imaging profile Tal and Raymond are adding to Star51's tuck-in pipeline alongside Mayo. Sit on the cap table next to the Axonics IPO team and the Corindus founders who already banked a Siemens exit, then co-invest into the next $300M device sale. Henry's opener“Andrew, your $1.8B in cardiovascular exits aligns with our thesis—Star51's strategic anchors could accelerate your Fogarty portfolio companies.” | Member, Industry Advisory Board operator_exit Led Ardian to $1.3B Medtronic acquisition, Twelve to $458M exit high |
| 14 | You banked the $250M Harpoon exit and you sit on Intuitive's $250M corporate venture fund. Star51 is Fund I at $100M, backed by Mayo Clinic and built by the team that sold Corindus to Siemens. First close is April 2026, $100k minimum, operator allocation is limited ahead of the April close. Henry's opener“Omar, your Medtronic transformation and Covidien integration exemplifies strategic vision—Star51's Mayo partnership offers similar transformational opportunities.” | President And Chief Executive Officer, Ge Healthcare Systems hnw_passion CEO Medtronic 2011-2020, engineered $42.9B Covidien acquisition high | |
| 15 | William Dai | Two decades shaping cardiac tech alongside Mayo and top-5 device strategics is the pattern Star51's $100M first-close vehicle is built around. A $100k LP minimum sits William next to Tal Wenderow's crew, the same team that ran Corindus into Siemens for $1.1B. His ShangBay portfolio already signals medtech conviction, and Star51's LSI partnership feeds proprietary EP deal flow into that thesis. Henry's opener“William, your ShangBay portfolio demonstrates medtech conviction—our LSI partnership provides proprietary deal flow your LPs would value.” | prior_fund_lp Founded ShangBay Capital, raised $200M across 3 funds, 72 portfolio companies high |
| 16 | You've already backed medtech winners through Questa and know what expansion-stage commercial execution looks like from the buy side. Star51 co-invests the $100M+ rounds you used to chase, with Mayo Clinic sourcing on the front end. First close is April 2026. A $100k LP check gets you into the next fund before the allocation fills. Henry's opener“Paul, your clinical-to-CEO journey and VasoNova exit resonate with our model—Mayo's validation could accelerate ClearFlow's trajectory.” | operator_exit Led VasoNova to $55M Teleflex acquisition, LMA to IPO and acquisition high | |
| 17 | Akhil Saklecha | You just shepherded a $700M global immunoassay line at Roche. That's the exact scale Tal and Raymond want alongside them on the next Mayo-curated diagnostic. Star51 is a $100M Fund I scalable to $200M, first close April 2026, with co-invest sidecars sized for the strategic tuck-ins you've run before. The vehicle is still open this month. Henry's opener“Akhil, your Danaher scale and Cleveland Clinic Ventures experience parallels our integrated model—Mayo's anchor could enhance your portfolio approach.” | Chief Executive Officer And Co-Founder hnw_passion Former CSO Danaher $11B diagnostics, GP Artiman Ventures medium |
| 18 | Renard Charity | You've evaluated 15,000+ devices across surgical, respiratory, and diagnostics. Star51 is assembling Mayo Clinic validators alongside Siemens and Axonics operators in a $100M fund (scalable to $200M), and we want medtech investors with your vantage point in the LP base. First close is April. Henry's opener“Renard, your Fletcher Spaght Ventures portfolio aligns with our thesis—Star51's Mayo validation could strengthen your robotic surgery investments.” | Senior Vice President Marketing, Long Term Care | National Elder Care Thought Le board_seats Managing Partner Fletcher Spaght managing $130M+, board member HistoSonics medium |
| 19 | Kyle Dempsey | You just shepherded a $700M global immunoassay line at Roche, the operator depth Tal and Raymond want orbiting Star51 as it builds out a Mayo-curated diagnostic pipeline. Fund I is $100M scalable to $200M, 2.5 and 80/20, first close April 2026, with co-invest sidecars sized for the strategic tuck-ins you've run before. Your Danaher scale and Cleveland Clinic Ventures lens parallel the integrated model Star51 is underwriting. Henry's opener“Kyle, your MVM medtech portfolio could benefit from our Mayo clinical validation—particularly for your women's health and cardiology investments.” | prior_fund_lp Partner at MVM Partners, MD/MBA Harvard, led $14M MDxHealth stake medium |
| 20 | Gerry Brunk | Renard has evaluated 15,000+ devices across surgical, respiratory, and diagnostics at Fletcher Spaght Ventures, a book that overlaps directly with Star51's robotic surgery and Class II/III focus. The fund is a $100M Fund I (scalable to $200M) at 2.5% and 80/20, anchored by Mayo Clinic validators and operators out of Siemens and Axonics. First close is April, and the LP seats being reserved match exactly the profile of a partner already underwriting this category. Henry's opener“Gerry, your MAKO-to-Stryker success shows orthopedic foresight—our LSI data identifies similar robotic opportunities years before market consensus.” | prior_fund_lp Co-founder Lumira Ventures, led $220M Fund IV raise, exits include MAKO to Stryker medium |
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| Investor | Connectors likely AT LSI '26 | Connectors likely NOT at LSI | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Dempsey mpID 1686 | Two ortho exits already on the board, and now running Garland Orthopedics on the 50-year hip. Tal and Raymond took the same route, Corindus into Siemens and Axonics onto NASDAQ. Star51 is a $100M Fund I, first close April 2026, $100K operator minimum, with Mayo clinical validation wired into every deal. That Mayo layer maps cleanly onto the women's health and cardiology positions in your MVM book. | • Seattle Angel Conference 2021 judge who co-invests with MVM in Pacific NW deals • Flex alumni network leader who connects former colleagues to West Coast VCs | high |
| Karthik Bolisetty mpID 1287 | • Flex medtech manufacturing director who works with Gilde portfolio companies on production partnerships | • European medtech consultant from Caitlin's prior firm who advises Gilde on neuro deals | medium |
| Darshana Zaveri mpID 2436 | • Seattle healthtech founder who won SAC alongside Caitlin and is now raising Series B | • SAC 2021 mentor who advises both Caitlin and Catalyst portfolio companies • Pacific NW women-in-medtech leader who connects female founders to Catalyst | high |
| Jon Lundt mpID 2812 | • Neurocritical care KOL physician who advises both BrainSpace and Nexus portfolio companies • ICP monitoring device founder who Caitlin knows from neuro-ICU conferences | • Neurocritical Care Society board member who connects device companies to specialized investors • CSF management device clinical advisor who knows both Caitlin and Nexus team | high |
| Saumitra Thakur mpID 1430 | • Flex VP of Strategic Partnerships who connects alumni founders to investors | • Seattle medtech accelerator director who mentored Caitlin post-SAC win | medium |
| Azin Parhizgar mpID 2510 | • Bay Area medtech consultant from Caitlin's prior firm who advises 415 Capital | • SAC investor judge who has backed multiple winners and knows 415's partners | low |
| Alexander Schmitz mpID 1380 | • European Flex executive who manages partnerships with Endeavour portfolio companies | • Medtech regulatory consultant who helped Caitlin's 510(k) strategy and advises Endeavour | low |
| Terri Burke mpID 2537 | • Former Intuitive Surgical executive now advising neuro-surgical startups including BrainSpace | • Seattle biodesign program director who mentors both Caitlin and Intuitive Ventures scouts • Robotic neurosurgery KOL who advises multiple companies in the space | medium |
| Amrinder Singh mpID 2612 | • Flex medical division GM who evaluates manufacturing partnerships for Vensana portfolio | • Pacific NW medtech angel who co-invested in SAC 2021 winners and syndicates with Vensana | medium |
| Zack Scott mpID 1152 | • Seattle medtech CEO who won SAC before Caitlin and is now portfolio company of Norwest | • SAC sponsoring partner from law firm who connects winners to growth investors • UW neurosurgery department chair who advises both BrainSpace and Norwest neuro investments | high |
| # | Candidate | Warm-intro path | IP signal | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Megan Rosengarten CEO · Magentus | Henry - both are Mayo Clinic network entrepreneurs; Henry's Mayo Executive Steering Committee connection overlaps with Magentus's Mayo Clinic collaboration on their magnetic surgical platform | Led Magentus through $18M Series A (2023) with extensive magnetic surgical robotics IP portfolio; previously at Auris Health during J&J acquisition navigating surgical robotics patent landscape | high |
| 2 | Laura Bosworth CEO · Sonex Health | Henry - both Minnesota medtech CEOs; Henry's Medtech Club hosted Sonex at Minneapolis chapter events; shared Mayo Clinic commercialization ecosystem | Navigated ultrasonic tissue removal IP through FDA clearance and commercialization partnerships; defended carpal tunnel treatment patents against competitors | medium |
| 3 | Maria Sainz President & CEO · Cardiac Dimensions | Mike - Lightstone Ventures invested in mitral valve repair technologies; Cardiac Dimensions in same structural heart space with likely LP/portfolio overlap | Led company through Carillon Mitral Contour System IP development and CE Mark; navigated patent challenges in crowded mitral repair field | medium |