How to Raise Capital for Your Medical Device Start-Up

We recently caught up with Giovanni Lauricella and Aaron Green to discuss all things related to fundraising for early-stage medical device companies.

In this interview, we learn about the ins and outs of raising medtech capital, what investors want to see in a medical device start-up, and best practices for pitching potential partners.

But first, here’s a bit more about their backgrounds:

Giovanni Lauricella holds a Bachelor’s in Finance, a Master’s in Regulatory Affairs in Medical Devices, Biologics, and Pharmaceuticals, a Harvard University Certificate for Advanced Negotiation Strategy, and a Università Bocconi Certificate for Private Equity and Venture Capital. He has more than a decade of experience partnering with startups, SMEs, boards of directors, and investors on structuring technical and commercial teams from the C-level to individual contributors. Giovanni and his team have hired more than 7,000 employees for over 500 startups in more than 40 countries, and assisted in facilitating capital raises for startups that amount to more than $150 million.

Aaron Green has a PhD in computational chemistry from UCLA. In 2014, he became the first hire at Neural Analytics (now NovaSignal) where he held leadership roles spanning clinical, finance, sales, and marketing. Aaron currently runs U.S. operations for Labgnostic, a global interoperability platform for clinical laboratories. He co-founded MedTech Money with Giovanni Lauricella in 2020 and founded ExtractEx, a botanical extraction startup, in 2021.