Archive: medtech startup
Monogram Orthopaedics Announces an IPO
By Teddy Lyons on April 27, 2023
Great news. Monogram Orthopaedics is going public on May 18! The company is going to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker MGRM. The company will go public at $7.25 per share. But don’t worry if this price seems low. Monogram recently completed a two-for-one stock split. So the split-adjusted stock price is actually $14.50, valuing the company at $246 million. Some investors — but not all — will be subject to…
New Pick: Medical Technology That Could Help Prevent 33,000 Deaths Per Year
By Andy Gordon on December 26, 2022
Note: This recommendation was co-authored by KingsCrowd Investment Research Analyst Teddy Lyons. I prefer to stay as far away from hospitals as possible. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate hospitals. But I also know that hospitals are…
New Pick: Breast Cancer Screening Tech That Saves Lives
By Andy Gordon on October 20, 2022
Note: This recommendation was co-authored by KingsCrowd Investment Research Associate Inez Sanjaya. The first time I learned that mammograms were incredibly painful was the first time Cecily got one after we got married. I guess this is something mothers…
New Pick: Invest in a Legendary Medtech Inventor and Entrepreneur
By Andy Gordon on September 8, 2022
Most people who grew up in the 1960s cite two events they can vividly remember. The first is when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. The other is when the U.S. landed on the moon in 1969. I will never forget the day Kennedy was killed.
Portfolio Update: Monogram Orthopaedics Explores a Public Listing
By Teddy Lyons on August 18, 2022
We recommended Monogram Orthopaedics to you back in 2019 and again in 2021. The company is developing advanced robotics technology combined with 3D printing to disrupt the joint replacement industry. We recently caught up with Monogram CEO Benjamin…
New Pick: Invest in the New Standard of Sustainable Medicine
By Andy Gordon on August 8, 2022
Our broken healthcare system has no shortage of startups trying to fix big stubborn problems. The opportunities are plentiful. That’s the upside. But the reason there is so much opportunity is that healthcare in the U.S. has been so resistant to change. And that’s the downside. …
New Pick: A Potential Unicorn That’s Making Surgery Safer
By Andy Gordon on June 16, 2022
My first and last surgery was a couple of years ago. I’m glad I didn’t know then what I know now. My surgeon told me the risks were low and a favorable outcome was high. He didn’t mention that he’d be using instruments that would burn or at…
Medtech Startups Need to Overcome Cautious Doctors
By Andy Gordon on June 9, 2021
Great technology means a great investment, right? It’s never that easy for investors interested in an early-stage tech company. And for investors like me who are enamored with the medtech startup scene, it’s even more complicated. That’s why I conducted an experiment with my primary physician last year. I wanted…