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Avio Medtech Consulting Strengthens Board with the Addition of Carmen Volkart
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2025 Avio Medtech Consulting Strengthens Board with the Addition of Carmen Volkart ST. PAUL, MN – Avio Medtech Consulting, the innovators’ consultants, announces the addition of Carmen Volkart to its…
Why Investors Say No: Recap and Video Link
Why do investors say no? And say no so often? The Avio team has interviewed over 100 VCs and angels and organized their responses into a presentation, along with suggestions you can use to improve…
Balancing Innovation and Well-Being: Mental Health Strategies for Medtech Founders
You’re driven, visionary, and a risk-taker. And startups are lonely, prone to failure, high stress, and high impact on your mental health. And if your mental health declines, so will your business. Your team, your family,…
2024 Medical Device Investment Data: A Brighter Exit Path, A Challenging Funding Road
Avio’s friends at Nocturnal wrote a great post on medtech funding in 2024 and what that could mean for 2025. Avio’s take? The pickup in M&A and (brief) return of IPOs are positives. Challenges with…
Chief Executive Officer or Chief Consultant Wrangler?
As a medical device startup founder, you’re intimately familiar with juggling. One moment, you’re pitching to investors, the next, you’re deep in regulatory documents, and somehow, are also expected to lead product development, build a…
Market Authorization vs. Market Adoption: Strategic Choices for Medical Device Startups
Market authorization is not market adoption, yet many confuse them. Being able to legally sell your device (market authorization) is different from customers buying your device (market adoption). Focusing on market authorization can seem rational…
What are the Three Key Criteria Investors Seek in Medical Device Startups?
When investing in medical device startups, investors evaluate many factors to assess the potential for success, mitigate risks, and maximize their return. Here are three key criteria and how you can improve your odds. 1…
When the Super Bowl Didn’t Stop the FDA, Morari and Avio Didn’t Stop Either
Avio Medtech Consulting client Morari Medical recently received FDA clearance to market their lead product, MOR, a device to enhance sexual performance and delay ejaculation. When a challenging and time-sensitive issue arose, the Avio team…
Why Investors Say “No” to Medical Device Startups: Key Considerations for Funding
Raising money for a medical device startup is difficult. Avio’s team interviewed over 100 venture capitalists (VCs) to understand why they decline to invest. While there are always exceptions, understanding these common pitfalls can increase…
Medtech Startups Compete for $20,000 in Non-Dilutive Funding at the Avio + Medtech MVP Pitch Contest
Minneapolis, MN—Avio Medtech Consulting and Cambridge VIP, a division of the Cambridge Innovation Institute, announce today that they are partnering for the second year on a pitch contest that awards medical device startups $20,000 in…
Avio Medtech Consulting and Accelermed Partner to Stop Commercial Failures
Avio Medtech Consulting and Accelermed Partner to Stop Commercial Failures ST. PAUL, Minnesota – Medtech startups are hard, failure is common, but the work matters enough that entrepreneurs persist. Avio Medtech and Accelermed are partnering…
5 Reflections on 5 Years
50% of small businesses don’t make it to 5 years. And medical device startups like the ones Avio serves have an even higher failure rate. We count ourselves fortunate to have made it 5 years…
10 Common Mistakes Medtech Startups Make (And How to Avoid Them)
Check out the recording of a webinar from Avio Medtech’s Frank Jaskulke on 10 of the most common mistakes medtech startups make – and what you can do about it. Link here: 10 Common Mistakes…
How to Love “No”: Resilience in the Face of Rejection
Medical innovation is hard, fraught with failure and inevitable rejection. No is likely to be the most common answer you receive. Bouncing back from these challenges, learning from them, and persevering are hallmarks of successful…