Perspective from the MedTech Innovator team on where medtech is heading.
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The 2026 Innovator Summit, held June 2–4 in San Francisco, brought together the MTI, BioTools Innovator, MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific, and U.S. Market Access Program cohorts with partners, mentors, judges, and alumni for three days of learning and connection.
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The inaugural 2026 MTI Index tracks 65 MTI Index Companies, the top 3.6% of more than 1,800 global applicants, as a live, scored class starting at 1,000 points on June 1, 2026.
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More than 140 early-stage medtech companies pitched in person at the 2026 Radar Forum in Manhattan Beach, evaluated by investors, regulators, clinicians, payers, and strategics. Here's what stood out and why it matters.
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The invite-only 2025 Innovator Summit, held June 24–26 in Mountain View, Calif., brought together the 2025 cohorts of MedTech Innovator, BioTools Innovator, and MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific with alumni and industry partners.
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MedTech Innovator CEO Paul Grand joins a PitchBook panel on what's driving medtech funding momentum, where the biggest opportunities lie, and how startups can navigate a shifting market.
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The invite-only 2024 Innovator Summit brought our cohorts to the Computer History Museum and the WSGR Medical Device Conference, where NeuroBionics won the Vision Award.
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Jaye Thompson, Co-Founder and COO of MTI partner Proxima Clinical Research, on what separates startup success from failure and her advice for the 2020 Cohort.
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MedTech Innovator CEO Paul Grand talks with DeviceTalks about how startups can keep moving forward, and reach investors, during the pandemic.
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Forest Devices won the $350,000 MedTech Innovator 2019 Grand Prize at The MedTech Conference in Boston, with Starling Surgical winning the Execution Award.
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Starling Surgical won MedTech Innovator's 2019 Dublin pitch competition at the MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit, earning the first 2019 Showcase slot.
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MedTech Innovator held its 2018 Summit in San Francisco, ending at the WSGR Medical Device Conference where AblaCare won the Value Award.
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MedTech Innovator's 2017 finale at The MedTech Conference awarded $610,000, with Day Zero Diagnostics winning the grand prize, Nanowear the Execution Award and palmm the best video.
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VADovations won MedTech Innovator's 2017 pediatric-focused Washington, D.C., pitch event, hosted by AdvaMed Accel, earning a spot in the Showcase.
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MedTech Strategist profiled MedTech Innovator CEO Paul Grand and the origins of the competition he founded in 2013.
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MobileODT won the 2015 MedTech Innovator competition and a $200,000 cash prize after taking first place in the audience vote on the main stage at AdvaMed 2015.