175. What do you need to start a Deep Tech startup & raise money? How Theranos case affected female founders and how to apply scientific mindset to company building w/ Olesja Bondarenko (Nanordica Medical)
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Olesja Bondarenko is the Founder and CEO of Nanordica Medical, a cutting edge deep science medtech company developing wound dressings using nanotechnologies. The company recently raised 1.75mEUR from such investors as Superangel and Specialist VC and they have leapfrogged the long medtech time to revenue by launching a product for animals before shipping a product approved for human use.
On this episode we talk about:
- Introduction to Nanotechnology and Medtech
- Challenges of Building a Deep Tech Startup
- Importance of Regulatory and Business Development in Medtech
- Fundraising and Communicating with Investors
- Scientific Mindset vs. Business Development
- Iterative Processes in Product Development
Resources referenced in the episode:
- Book Traction by Gino Wickman - https://books.google.lv/books/about/Traction.html?id=88b51eSsiXgC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
- NATO Innovation Fund - https://www.nif.fund/
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