April 12, 2021 – Moray Medical announced it has closed a total of $5.7 million in seed financing. Investors, led by 415 Capital, include Berlin-based Heal Capital, the Angel Physicians Fund, and a number of prominent medtech entrepreneurs, such as Fred St. Goar, MD, inventor of the MitralClip™ transcatheter mitral valve repair system. Get more on the details from Moray Medical here, from TechEU here, and from Heal Capital here.
February 1, 2021 – MD+DI spoke with Moray co-founder Mark Barrish about the company’s products, goals, and recent round of $3.3 million in seed money. Read the full story, “Robotics Startup Wants to Help More Doctors Fix Hearts.”
January 22, 2021 – Moray Medical announced today that it has raised $3.3 million in seed funding led by 415 CAPITAL, which invested alongside a number of prominent medtech entrepreneurs. Moray is developing the Coral™ system, technology that promises to dramatically simplify a wide range of minimally-invasive cardiovascular interventions, and disrupt the rapidly growing transcatheter mitral valve repair market. Get more details from Moray Medical here, and from 415 Capital here.
January 19, 2021 – Medical device development company Ximedica, Providence, RI, interviewed Moray Medical founders Mark Barrish and Phillip Laby for a feature on their company blog. Ximedica is a sponsor of Medtech Innovator, and their team mentors and advises many of the accelerator’s startups. Moray was one of the 5 top finalists out of 1,000 candidates in the 2020 Medtech Innovator accelerator cohort.
November 9, 2020 – The Cleveland Clinic showcased a webinar on “The Emerging Robotic Ecosystem,” discussing medical robotics commercialization hurdles in the COVID-19 era. CEOs and leaders from cutting-edge robotics startups, including Mark Barrish, CEO, Moray Medical, also shared future predictions for the field, and areas ripe for innovation via robotic technology. The group included Lisa Carmel, Vice President Strategy, Ximedica, Eric Davidson, President, Flexible Robotics, Auris, Luke Hares, Chief Technology Officer, CMR Surgical, and Philip Rackliffe, CEO, Centerline Biomedica. Find out more.
October 28, 2020 – Mark Barrish, CEO of Moray Medical, gave an interview to Medgadget, a well-known source for international medical technology news, health care trends, and medical research. Reporter Conn Hastings elicited clear, precise answers to questions ranging from the basics of heart valve failure to the advantages of augmented reality in Moray’s surgical technology.
October 19, 2020 – Co-founder Mark Barrish appeared on MedTech Chat with Tom Donnelly, to discuss how Moray Medical is bringing the benefits of robotics to structural heart repair. (Linked page includes both podcast audio and written transcript.)
September 25, 2020 – Moray Medical was selected as one of five finalists, from over 1,000 applicants, in the eighth annual industry accelerator competition managed by MedTech Innovator, the largest accelerator of medical devices in the world.
Read MoreVirtual attendees of The MedTech Conference, the largest gathering of medtech industry leaders in North America, powered by AdvaMed, will vote online to choose the Grand Prize winner on Tuesday, October 6. The Grand Prize winner will take home a $350,000 non-dilutive cash prize and the title of MedTech Innovator 2020. The remaining four finalists will each receive a $25,000 cash prize, and several incubator space awards will be presented from JLABS. In total, $500,000 in prizes will be awarded.
MedTech Innovator received more than 1,000 applications from startups in 45 countries and 48 U.S. states for inclusion in its 2020 program. The five finalist companies are developing medical technology innovations in cardiology, pulmonology, mental health, and neurology. Read more here.
Medical Design & Outsourcing and MassDevice included Moray Medical in their June 2020 list of “20 medical device startups you need to know”.
Moray Medical is honored to be chosen from a pool of 1000+ applicants by MedTech Innovator, the premier nonprofit accelerator in the medical technology industry, as one of 50 leading medtech startups transforming the healthcare industry.
Read MoreMoray will participate in the 2020 Accelerator & Showcase program, a four-month event featuring the industry’s most transformative device, diagnostic, and digital health technologies from around the globe. As one of the selected up and coming startups, Moray will receive unparalleled visibility and access to leading manufacturers, providers, investors, and other industry stakeholders.
