Press Releases and Announcements

The Showcase features public and private corporate presentations, as well as plenary sessions and workshops that address a variety of business issues and therapeutic areas. It takes place alongside the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in downtown San Francisco on January 13 - 15. To receive a $200 discount on your presentation package, use the following code MedTechInnovator2020 when you register.

2019 Showcase to Feature Industry’s 50 Best-in-Class Medical Technology Startups. MedTech Innovator today announced a call for startups and emerging growth companies to apply to its 2019 program, which will award up to $500,000 in cash and in-kind prizes during its competition. The deadline to apply is Jan. 25, 2019. There is no application fee, and no equity is required from participating companies.

2019 Showcase to Feature Industry’s 50 Best-in-Class Medical Technology Startups. MedTech Innovator today announced a call for startups and emerging growth companies to apply to its 2019 program, which will award up to $500,000 in cash and in-kind prizes during its competition. The deadline to apply is Jan. 25, 2019. There is no application fee, and no equity is required from participating companies.

Forest Devices Wins $350,000 MedTech Innovator 2019 Grand Prize In the exciting conclusion to the MedTech Innovator 2019 Global Competition, Forest Devices was voted the... Read More →

Startup Receives $350K Grand Prize for Portable Device to Triage Patients to Proper Stroke Centers LOS ANGELES & BOSTON—MedTech Innovator, the premier nonprofit startup accelerator... Read More →

Starling Surgical, based in Dublin, is developing a wound closure device designed to meticulously perform surgical sutures with the speed and convenience of a skin stapler. The company’s product is designed to change the way surgical wounds are closed. “We are pleased to recognize Starling Surgical with the 2019 Execution Award,” said Paul Grand, CEO of MedTech Innovator. “The Starling Surgical team and all six MedTech Innovator Accelerator companies that competed for this award demonstrated incredible leadership and strategy over the course of the program.

Children's National Hospital and the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) announce the six winners of the $150,000 "Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!" competition, each receiving a $25,000 award and the opportunity to participate in NCC-PDI's recently launched "Pediatric Device Innovator Accelerator Program" led by MedTech Innovator. Read More →

Additional six companies selected to compete for 2019 Execution Award LOS ANGELES, September 18, 2019 – MedTech Innovator, the premier nonprofit startup accelerator in the... Read More →

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 17, 2019 –  The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) today announced that President and CEO Scott Whitaker has been named to the... Read More →

Finalist companies to compete in $300,000 Grand Finals at the MedTech Forum LOS ANGELES and SINGAPORE, Sept. 17, 2019 – MedTech Innovator, the premier global... Read More →

On August 27, MedTech Innovator hosts its Shanghai Pitch Event as the last stop in the MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Road Tour. Read More

On August 22, MedTech Innovator hosts its regional Singapore Pitch Event as part of the MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Road Tour. Read More

On August 5th, MedTech Innovator hosts its Australia Pitch Event in Sydney as the second stop on the MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Road Tour. Read More

On July 31, MedTech Innovator hosts its Tokyo Pitch Event in Nihombashi to kick off the first MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Road Tour. Read More