Major medtech accelerator MedTech Innovator has selected 65 startups out of an applicant pool of 1,500 to compete in its prestigious four-month program.
On top of a chance to compete for $800,000 in non-dilutive funding, the 65 companies participate in a four-month program where they can de-risk innovations and accelerate their path to the U.S. market, as well as gain access to some of the top companies in the medical device industry. MedTech Innovator alumni have collectively brought over 400 products to market and raised $10 billion in follow-on funding.
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Samay — the grand prize winner of last year’s program — is developing an AI-driven acoustic resonance platform for respiratory care and management.
“MedTech Innovator’s accelerator is a comprehensive platform for risk mitigation and value creation that helps the world’s most promising medtech startups become investable,” Paul Grand, MedTech Innovator’s CEO and founder, said in a news release released yesterday. “Over the next four months, our 2025 cohort will work closely with MTI’s extensive network of mentors and partners to advance these innovative technologies toward U.S. market access and public health benefit.”
MedTech Innovator and its corporate partners rigorously evaluated this year’s 1,500 applicants and invited 213 of them to MedTech Innovator Road Tour events in Los Angeles, College Park, Maryland, and Dublin. The 65 selected cohort companies received feedback from 430 subject matter experts and represent 17 U.S. states and 13 countries.
The MedTech Innovator 2025 Cohort includes:
- Cardiovascular & Interventional
- Diagnostic & Monitoring
- Neurology
- Regenerative Medicine & Wound Care
- Surgical & Orthopedic
- FemTech & Urology
This year’s program launches at the invitation-only Innovator Summit on June 24–26 in Mountain View, California. It will wrap up a series of showcases and competitions. All 65 companies will participate October 5–8 AdvaMed’s The MedTech Conference in San Diego, where companies will present in showcase panels and gain access to industry and investor partnering opportunities.The MedTech Innovator early-stage finals competition will be held at The MedTech Conference on October 6, with the mid-stage finals competition held November 19–21 at the MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit in San Diego.
Johnson & Johnson MedTech and Research Corporation Technologies are MedTech Innovator’s founding sponsors. Annual program sponsors include Asahi Intecc, Becton Dickinson and Company, Dexcom, Edwards Lifesciences, NIPRO Medical, Olympus Corporation of the Americas, W. L. Gore & Associates, Zimmer Biomet, Andrews Cooper, BioT Medical, Cambridge Consultants, Canon Quality Group, Medmarc, Minnetronix Medical, PDV MedTech, ProLucid Technologies, PRIA Healthcare, Proxima Clinical Research, RegNav, Siemens, Veeva Systems, Velentium, and Veranex. MTI’s Association collaborators are the American Heart Association Ventures, the American Heart Association’s Center for Health Technology and Innovation (CHTI), and the American Society for Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The organization’s industry partners include AdvaMed, DeviceTalks, Health+Commerce, MedTech Strategist, and Wilson Sonsini.
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