5 TOPICS COVERED: After receiving Michelin stars, the acquisition of Galen Data, Lifeblood's relocation, and the launch of Houston MedTech in 2024...there are even more reasons why Houston is the sh*t! Find out what Chris DuPont, Alex Condon, & Abbas Dhilawala have to say about the vision for Houston's (med)tech hub! Additionally, stay tuned for the next Houston MedTech event on March 13th that is tied to the Houston Rodeo! What is the Houston Rodeo? www.rodeohouston.com 1) Texas FINALLY receives Michelin stars: https://shorturl.at/hpVSf 2) LAUXERA CAPITAL PARTNERS acquires Galen Data: https://lnkd.in/e8cfkctv - Listen to this MedTech Money with Chris DuPont, CEO of Galen Data, and Giovanni Lauricella, CEO of Lifeblood, from back in the day of building the business from the trenches and how Chris and his team raised the capital and built the organization to a point where it led to their acquisition a few years later: https://lnkd.in/eXBPKyyE 3) Lifeblood moved from Delray Beach, Florida to The Woodlands / Houston, Texas: - https://lnkd.in/ewRmyrJN - https://lnkd.in/euFhxxex 4) Houston MedTech was launched and kicked off with a 250 attendee event in November 2024 in partnership between Lifeblood, Goodwin, and Mittal Consulting that brought MedTech-ers from Houston, Texas, coast-to-coast U.S., Europe, and Israel! Stay tuned for our next Houston MedTech event on Thursday, March 13th that will be tied to the Houston Rodeo: www.rodeohouston.com - https://lnkd.in/ej9s5RQB - https://lnkd.in/emUvSqt7 - https://lnkd.in/eq2GFece 5) SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES: Houston MedTech's Thursday, March 13th event is being built as we speak with already attendees committed to come in to Houston from Europe, Israel, and from the West to East Coasts of the U.S...and of course the Nation State of Texas! If you are a MedTech entrepreneur with a story to share about building businesses, raising capital, and the dynamics and headwinds our MedTech industry faces or if you are an investor who takes the longterm leap of investing in our MedTech industry reach out to Giovanni Lauricella at giovanni@lifeblood.com. With love for Houston MedTech, Giovanni Lauricella CEO of Lifeblood
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The MedTech CEO-Only Forum jumpstarted JPM 2025 with 140+ CEOs...and remember that the Lifeblood of a MedTech company is its PEOPLE that use their talents to come together as a team to build a company, the CAPITAL needed to keep the doors open for the company, its IP to build the moat from competition, and the LEGAL COUNSEL that shepherds the company along the way to a hopeful regulatory approval, commercial launch, merger, acquisition, or IPO! When building teams and in need of business advisory get the right Lifeblood for your company...and by choosing the right IP and corporate counsel you will likely have a Goodwin 😉 (You see what I did there?) Lifeblood is a talent and business advisory firm providing venture-backable MedTech companies with services for their core needs: People & Capital. We do this through our offering of executive search, full team recruitment, fractional CFOs, investor relations, and corporate development. www.lifeblood.com Reach out to Giovanni Lauricella at giovanni@lifeblood.com to learn more. Goodwin is a full-spectrum corporate law firm with a dedicated MedTech practice. Whether you need to start a company formation if you are getting off the ground in the U.S. or entering the U.S. market, IP strategies, regulatory guidance, or gearing up for an exit...or the in between and day to day corporate counsel, Goodwin has you covered. www.goodwinlaw.com Reach out to Martin Gomez at mgomez@goodwinlaw.com to learn more.
Does JPM stand for “Joint Pain & Maddening” or “Joy, Passion & Magical”? If you hustle the hills of San Fransh*tshow to squeeze the juice from this MedTech circus to start the new year then the answer is “both.” Lifeblood and Goodwin started JPM 2025 by hosting the MedTech CEO-Only Forum where we filled this gorgeous space with 140 CEOs due to maximum capacity and had another 11 CEOs up against the glass looking in. What happened in this room was joy, passion, and magical. What happened after this event was joint pain and maddening once we flooded the streets bouncing from meeting to reception (on rince and repeat for 4 days). In the photo where EVERY CEO is raising their hand was the result of asking, “who is raising capital?” From there it was 2 hours of discussion led by Giovanni Lauricella, Ramin Mousavi, Nick Damiano, Liane Clamen, Juliana Elstad, Robert Hamilton, PhD, and David Israeli, MD where we covered building teams, fundraising, board management, vendor selection, and the rest I’ll keep a trade secret so you can find out for yourself at our 2026 CEO Forum. 😉🔥 The CEO discussion flowed like wine after a State of the MedTech Union fireside chat with David Roman, Managing Director for MedTech at Goldman Sachs, and moderated by Martin Gomez, Partner at Goodwin, and Giovanni Lauricella, CEO of Lifeblood, where we covered his 2025 outlook report and dissection of what happened in 2024. Huge thank you to David Roman! One of the last photos is of the handsome Colorado skier ⛷️ Eric Goslau, CEO of Transverse Medical Inc, who I will forever credit for impregnating me with the idea and opportunity for curating these MedTech CEO-Only Forums, of which we have done for 3 years all over the world! 🌎 Another shout out goes to Caitlin Morse, CEO of BrainSpace, for taking the bull 🐂 by the horns in our CEO Forum at MedTech Strategist in 2023 and pushing me to figure out how to do it at JPM. We figured it out and it’s now part of the annual event! It takes a village to make wonders and this year’s Forum would not have been possible without Goodwin, Martin Gomez, Eric Goslau, Caitlin Morse, Lifeblood, and all of the CEOs who didn’t take investor meetings and instead contributed to helping their peers make the lonely road of being a CEO less lonesome! The 2025 agenda is at the end of these photos and mark your calendar for 8:30a-12:00p on the Monday for JPM 2026 because we are doing it all over again! Thank you to those who took time to meet with the Lifeblood team this week! The time at JPM is valuable, and we greatly appreciate it! Lastly, to my sommelier friend, Artemio Contreras, who likely won’t see this post, thank you for letting us crash at your perfectly positioned apartment off of Union Square to make the joint pain & madness slightly less than it could have been and for that awesome vino at https://lnkd.in/eWqRaQZS - the best wine bar I’ve been to in SF! With love for JPM recovery, Giovanni Lauricella CEO of Lifeblood
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Lifeblood's 5:49am champagne toast to 2025 and a list of announcements on new executive opportunities in MedTech, events we are hosting, learning lessons and book recommendations, and our podcast release. Remember to love what you do and whistle while you work. Happy new year and it is time to start building 2025!
Tightening up my laces on my Cowboy 🤠 boots for 2025: MedTech CEO-Only Forum in JPM, book recommendation, new MedTech executive opportunities, what came out of our 2024 strategy week for 2025, the next Houston MedTech event, what is going on in Israel 🇮🇱, launching our new podcast, and 10 minutes of my early morning Texas rant… Make this your motto for 2025: “Work Hard & Be Nice To People.” 1) MedTech CEO-Only Forum during JPM: This event is fully booked with 140 CEOs and this year Giovanni Lauricella, CEO of Lifeblood, and Martin Gomez, Partner at Goodwin, will open the room with a fireside chat with David Roman, Managing Director for MedTech of Goldman Sachs, to breakdown what happened in 2024, look into the crystal ball for 2025, and review his newly released MedTech economic report. The CEO forum will be lead by: * David Israeli, MD, Magenta Medical Ltd. * Liane Clamen, Adaptilens * Juliana Elstad, Vibrato Medical, Inc. * Ramin Mousavi, CathWorks * Robert Hamilton, PhD, NeuralSignal * Nick Damiano, Andromeda Surgical 2) Book recommendation from my friend in Israel 🇮🇱, Tal Reich: “The Great Game of Business” https://lnkd.in/eeSY3C-f 3) Stay tuned for our next Houston MedTech event that will be tied to the Houston Rodeo: https://lnkd.in/eQ2HW32J 4) The career and team expansion market is heating up coming off of 2024 and Lifeblood has signed multiple projects to recruit and build the teams of MedTech venture-backable companies in U.S., Europe, and Israel. Learn more about what we do at www.lifeblood.com. Lifeblood is a talent and business advisory firm providing venture-backable MedTech companies with services for the core needs of “people and money.” We do this through our offering of executive search, full team recruitment, fractional CFOs, investor relations, and corporate development. Visit www.lifeblood.com or reach out to giovanni@lifeblood.com to learn more. 5) Lifeblood will be heavily expanding our team in 2025 with both internal operators and industry-facing extroverts. 6) We are launching 🚀 our new podcast in Q1 2025. Stay tuned and have fun learning about MedTech on your commute or on your run. 7) If your company doesn’t do an end-of-year strategy meeting as a team to rip apart and build concepts and ideas of what worked and what didn’t in 2024 to set the tone for what will add hardcore growth in 2025…then I strongly recommend it for this coming end-of-year. Read that book recommendation above that is filled with excellent recommendations on how to build great businesses and company culture. 8) Join us on the 2025 MedTech circuit at great conferences like LSI, MedTech Strategist, MedTech MVP, Houston MedTech, MedTech Malta, AdvaMed’s MedTech Conference, and what is about to happen in Israel 🇮🇱 this year! With love for the new year, Giovanni Lauricella CEO of Lifeblood www.lifeblood.com
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Set in Stone: The (2025 JPM Week) MedTech CEO-Only Forum has its agenda officially locked in with a maxed-out registration of 140 CEOs. Nothing more to do here except wait for the action to start on Monday, January 13th. Great feeling going into the new year and another accomplishment for Goodwin & Lifeblood in 2024...down to the last day of the year! More to come...much more to come 🤩
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The MedTech CEO-Only Forum on January 13th from 8:30a - 12:00p during JPM Week is officially full and has a waiting list. The attendance has been increased from 80 to 140 CEOs and is now at maximum capacity. Join the waiting list here: https://lnkd.in/eZJwuZRB
December 26th Fizzy Nuts Announcement: The Opener of the MedTech CEO-Only Forum During JPM Week - David Roman, Managing Director of Global Investment Research for MedTech and Healthcare IT, will review 2024 and share the 2025 outlook of the MedTech industry's financial health over a fireside chat in front of 140 MedTech CEOs to jumpstart the rich discussions for the 2025 MedTech CEO-Only Forum with Giovanni Lauricella, CEO of Lifeblood, and Martin Gomez, Partner at Goodwin. Q&A with David Roman will follow the reveal of the distribution of the 2025 industry report! This year's MedTech CEO-Only Forum in the Goodwin building will have these CEOs be the discussion leaders that will engage all 140 MedTech CEOs to share best practices with one another on how to persevere and thrive in 2025: Date and time: Monday, January 13th from 8:30a - 12:00p 1) David Israeli, MD, Magenta Medical Ltd. 2) Liane Clamen, Adaptilens 3) Juliana Elstad, Vibrato Medical, Inc. 4) Ramin Mousavi, CathWorks 5) Robert Hamilton, PhD, NeuraSignal 6) Nick Damiano, Andromeda Surgical This event is officially full and has a waiting list now. To join the waiting list to attend and for the 2025 Outlook report by Goldman Sachs, please register here: https://lnkd.in/ge66MRww Lifeblood is a talent and business advisory firm providing venture-backable MedTech companies with services for their core needs: People & Capital. We do this through our offering of executive search, full team recruitment, fractional CFOs, investor relations, and corporate development. To learn more, please visit www.lifeblood.com and reach out to Giovanni Lauricella at giovanni@lifeblood.com and Cristiano Fontana at cristiano@lifeblood.com. Goodwin is a full-service law firm providing counsel to MedTech companies from company formation through the M&A process. To learn about the unique positioning and offerings of Goodwin's MedTech practice, please visit www.goodwinlaw.com and reach out to Martin Gomez at mgomez@goodwinlaw.com And if anyone wants to know what "Fizzy Nuts" is then you will have to visit Perrine Winery in College Station, Texas where you will have the pleasure of meeting passionate wine makers that created a wonderfully unique and almond-infused sparkling wine that is perfectly meant to be shared during holiday gatherings: www.perrinewinery.com With love for shaking it up for the MedTech industry to kickoff 2025, Giovanni Lauricella CEO of Lifeblood www.lifeblood.com The MedTech Industry's Global Talent and Advisory Firm
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It is debatable whether the MedTech industry aligns with the traditional venture capital model. It is not debatable that family offices are a viable source of capital for MedTech Startups. We dragged a panel of MedTech investing family offices to "The Rock in the Mediterranean" to have them share why family offices are suitable for early-stage MedTech companies when institutional venture capital likely is not. This is one of many reasons that make "MedTech Malta" an excellent experience...come back to the island with us on November 12-14 2025. Article: A new lifeline - how family offices are funding unmet medical needs: https://lnkd.in/ey2WRYs6 Panel: It takes a family office to raise a startup child Moderators: Giovanni Lauricella, CEO of Lifeblood Panelists: * Dan Jacob Gelvan, t-syte Ltd. * Pablo Prieto, CG Health Ventures * David Prim, PhD, Broadview Ventures Inc * Steven Levy, Unorthodox Ventures Learn about why family offices are an ideal source of capital for MedTech... Giovanni Lauricella - "MedTech is a long journey of development that takes on the additional hurdles of regulatory approval, reimbursement, and commercialization risk. Our innovation industry is getting the goal posts moved further and further away by having more pressure to have technologies turn into de-risked, revenue generating companies where corporations would rather pay more for accretive top line value than taking on the clinical and commercial tasks. All of this effort takes more cash and more time where fitting into a 10-year horizon of an institutional fund is getting more challenging and forcing the early-stage companies to look at more patient-capital investors. This is where family offices come in to assist in bridging those gaps, however, each family office is different, which creates the fundraising process to be that much more of a networking hustle for the founding entrepreneurs." With love for navigating the labyrinth of funding MedTech, Giovanni Lauricella CEO of Lifeblood www.lifeblood.com Talent Recruitment & Business Advisory for MedTech
It takes a family office to raise a startup child | MedTech Malta 2024
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One of the many reasons Lifeblood moved to #Houston, Texas...for MedTech. Listen to this beat while reading: https://lnkd.in/eUx4yXve Angel investors, physicians, entrepreneurs, academic research partners, and serial entrepreneurs with exits share why the Bayou City, H-Town, and Culinary Capital of the South with the largest Medical Center in the World is our home and well-positioned hub for MedTech Startup innovation. This insight is from the "Rock of the Mediterranean" at MedTech Malta 2024. Read this article: Timeline - How #Houston became home to the largest medical center in the world: https://lnkd.in/gFsawXru Panel: Why Houston MedTech? Moderators: John Sousa, M.D. & Giovanni Lauricella of Lifeblood Panelists: * Homer Quintana, Houston Methodist * Bob Shaw, Houston Angel Network * Albert Huang, MD, Stealth Startup after an exit * Meagan R. Pitcher, Ph.D., Bairitone Health * 🦸♀️ Swarna Balasubramaniam, MD, Noleus Technologies * Justin Bird, MD Anderson Cancer Center Learn about why Houston is the spot for a long future of growth for MedTech. Giovanni Lauricella - "For anyone who has moved their family or a business or for those crazy enough to move both at the same time (with a pregnant wife), you do not make moves like that unless you are forced to or unless you are compelled to. The Houston ecosystem and for the laundry list of reasons as to what makes this place ideal to raise a family and grow a MedTech business are the the reasons that compelled me to make the moves we did in 2024 when we did not have to. This place has a soul and is the land of opportunity like many feel about 'the good 'ol days.' And, the people are special. Houston will be synonymous with 'MedTech Hub' like we think about other coastal cities in the very near future...and we are building that hub and community right now." Come to #Houston...you will rip off the rearview mirror. With love for Houston MedTech, Giovanni Lauricella CEO of Lifeblood www.lifeblood.com Talent Recruitment & Business Advisory for MedTech
Why Houston MedTech | MedTech Malta 2024
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Altruistic Masochists: Serial MedTech Entrepreneurs share why they keep on going back for more on the stage on the "Rock of the Mediterranean" at MedTech Malta 2024. Exit after exit...new company after new company. Why? They could be drinking tequila on a beach for the rest of their lives or in other words...they could do whatever they want, yet they keep on keeping on with building and running MedTech companies to develop solutions for patients. *Amir Gross - "It's addictive..." *Daniel Hawkins - "I have a responsibility..." Panel: Serial Entrepreneurship Moderators: Joseph Snyder & Giovanni Lauricella of Lifeblood Panelists: * Youssef Biadillah, CEO of BariaTek * Anna Lisa Somera, CEO of Rhaeos * Daniel Hawkins, CEO of Vista.ai * Amir Gross, CEO of Cardiovalve Learn about why some of our entrepreneurs keep on doing the game of MedTech over and over again...even after they exit. Giovanni Lauricella - "My biggest take away from interacting with serial entrepreneurs in MedTech is that they are actually nice human beings that fundamentally want to help, mentor, and share their time with others to bestow what they have experienced to make life a little easier for those on the path. These people could be arrogant or not give you the time of day, yet they aren't that way...and that is how you can tell the personality of a true serial entrepreneur because they know the game of business is all about relationships and navigating people. And, if your personality leaves a wake of broken relationships and bad omens, you do not get far for long." Be kind. Share what you have learned with others. Work hard. Have a purpose. With love for the (continued) game, Giovanni Lauricella CEO of Lifeblood www.lifeblood.com Talent Recruitment & Business Advisory for MedTech
Serial Entrepreneurship Why We Continue | MedTech Malta 2024
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The Start-Up Nation of 🇮🇱 is alive, well, and prospering! Come to Israel in 2025! Lifeblood is here now and coming back to the U.S. to build three teams for Israeli MedTech Startups that are conducting pivotal trials and commercializing! www.lifeblood.com Check out this panel from MedTech Malta 🇲🇹 November 2024 where we discuss the magic of #Israel and why Israel will continue to be a dominate force in MedTech Innovation…https://lnkd.in/eeMVh3bX Also, come to MedTech Malta 🇲🇹 November 12-14, 2025 where MedTech World 🌍 and Lifeblood will be rocking the 🎤 again with the finest MedTech entrepreneurs and investors! Dylan Attard MD, MRCSI, MEnt. this is my song for you when I think about planning MedTech Malta 2025! https://lnkd.in/eyzFzmWs
Live from Israel 🇮🇱 with 6 topics to share with you…AND the Start-Up Nation remains the Start-Up Nation, which is poised to be in even better positioning than it has ever been in the near future! COME TO ISRAEL 🇮🇱 Thank you Amir Gross for many things, yet thank you for helping me finally make it to Israel through Athens after a few different attempts to get here from Stockholm, 🇸🇪. Israel is worth the effort! 6 topics to share… 1) We hosted a panel at MedTech Malta 🇲🇹 called “Israel’s Role in Global MedTech Innovation” and here is the link to find out one of them many reasons I am in Israel right now…if you haven’t been to Israel then I encourage you to come. For those of you who have been here before…now is the time to come back and move forward! Here is the link to the panel: https://lnkd.in/eHa3wRRE 2) Lifeblood partnered with 3 Israeli MedTech Startups to build their U.S. teams for clinical and commercial stages! Stay tuned for opportunities in the U.S. for these Start-Up Nation technologies. Individual contributor positions, C-Level opportunities, and Board seats. These searches will kick off at the start of the year! 3) Did you know Magenta Medical Ltd. Raised $100M in 2024 to develop and commercialize the world’s smallest ♥️ pump? https://shorturl.at/x6TFm David Israeli, MD and his team are strongly keeping the Start-Up Nation on the map! 4) It’s time that you came to Israel to attend! * BioMed is in May 2025 https://lnkd.in/e6iJU6NV * The ICI Meeting (Innovations in Cardiovascular Intervention) continues to take place in December * Lifeblood is hosting an event in Israel in 2025. Get ready to keep the energy high, keep it fun and engaging, and check the egos and meeting apps at the door so that those that walk through the door are accessible, helpful, and interested in building relationships…not speed dating! 5) 🚀 Launching our new podcast after we get back from JPM to provide an educational platform for listeners where I ask questions to entrepreneurs, investors, and industry partners that most don’t have the opportunity (or the ⚽️ 🏀) to ask…Stay tuned and for now listen to this epic storyteller and successful venture capitalist that I interviewed on my MedTech Money Podcast, Eyal Lifschitz, General Manager of Peregrine Ventures, sharing his insights on the Start-Up Nation for MedTech: https://shorturl.at/JwfQT - Thank you Eyal and Peregrine for an excellent networking event on the beach of Tel Aviv last night! 6) Stay tuned for the Q1 dates to be released for our next Houston MedTech event that we are tying to the Houston Rodeo! https://lnkd.in/eQ2HW32J and if you are a MedTech CEO then register while you still can for our JPM 2025 MedTech CEO-Only Forum hosted by Goodwin and Lifeblood. Registration link: https://shorturl.at/bEmMX With love for 🇮🇱 and the optimism for 2025, Giovanni Lauricella CEO of Lifeblood MedTech Talent Recruitment & Advisory www.lifeblood.com
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Lifeblood is live from Sweden 🇸🇪 with updates to share - www.lifeblood.com
5 things to share in this video… 1) Total Artificial ♥️: Holiday regards from my tiny hotel room in Christmas 🎄 town also known as Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 where I will be for the next couple of days to support Scandinavian Realheart www.realheart.se and the growing Total Artificial Heart (TAH) industry 2) Israel: Lifeblood is heading to Israel 🇮🇱 on Saturday, December 7th to attend the ICI meeting www.icimed.org December 8-10 and also be with my people of Israel who are changing the 🌍 everyday in #MedTech - if you will be in Israel 8-10 December and want to learn how to recruit international teams and build your company in the U.S. and E.U. Markets reach out to Giovanni Lauricella, CEO of Lifeblood, at giovanni@lifeblood.com 3) Independent Board Opportunities: Lifeblood is retained on NED, Independent board member, and Chair 🪑 positions for global MedTech Startups and companies. If you are interested in joining a board as an independent reach out to giovanni@lifeblood.com. Lifeblood is offering board of director consultations through the end of December 2024. If you are looking to recruit new members as independents to your to your board in 2025 connect with Giovanni Lauricella. 4) JPM 2025 MedTech CEO-Only Forum: Goodwin & Lifeblood are hosting the MedTech CEO-Only Forum on Monday, January 13th 2025 from 8:30am - 12:00pm in the Goodwin office building overlooking Alcatraz. This is an opportunity for MedTech CEOs to get together and form a peer to peer workshop for sharing best practices and offering support. Register here if you are a MedTech CEO and want to join this breakfast club room before the chaos of JPM starts: https://lnkd.in/ge66MRww 5) Happy Holidays from Lifeblood: This is one of a series of posts throughout December 2024 where we at Lifeblood would like to wish our MedTech community a beautiful, blessed, and prosperous holiday season, Christmas, and New Year! Check out www.lifeblood.com and reach out to learn how we can prosper together in 2025! Bonus: This is a reminder to keep your eyes open for the next Houston MedTech event coming up in Q1 2025 and the release of our new podcast series that is ripping off our industry’s wrapping paper and showing how all the toys inside are built, funded, and survive the long journey of keeping patients in mind. With love from a tiny Christmas room in 🎅🏻 Santa town, Sweden 🇸🇪, Giovanni Lauricella CEO of Lifeblood Talent Recruitment & Business Advisory www.lifeblood.com