Grand Rounds Pitch Championship: Five MedTech Startups Pitch on the Big Screen

On November 18, five MedTech startups will pitch live in a movie theater, with their decks projected on the full cinema screen at Regal Edwards Big Newport. They are competing for $40,000 in cash prizes, provided by Octane. Grab some popcorn (it's free), find a seat, and watch alongside investors, clinicians, and industry leaders.

This is the championship finale of Grand Rounds, a MedTech accelerator run by LaunchPad SBDC, part of the Orange County Inland Empire SBDC Network, in partnership with Octane. This fall, Grand Rounds selected 10 medical innovation companies from Orange County and Southern California and worked with them over 10 weeks to get them ready to raise. Modeled after clinical grand rounds, each company became the case. Founders went through a 25-criterion investor readiness diagnostic, scored checkpoints, specialist advising, and targeted workshops on strategy, go-to-market, regulatory narrative, and fundraising materials. They also met with VIP executives who gave candid, founder-focused feedback on building and scaling in MedTech.

This year's cohort covers medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health: Bilisense, Cardiostory, Cern Corporation, F-U Cancer, ImageAiD, InFlo Medical, Omaroon, Omnes Diagnostics, OORCAS, and Paralos Bioscience. Five of them will advance to the finale.

Who should come: investors, MedTech and life sciences founders, clinicians, corporate partners, and anyone in the OC startup community who wants to see investor-ready companies at the moment they're preparing to raise. It's a good afternoon to meet founders, see where medical innovation in Southern California is headed, and connect with others working in healthcare and medical technology.

Admission is free, but seating in the theater is limited and an RSVP is required. Please reserve your seat on Eventbrite at the link below. Questions? Email me at shaun.sanders@ociesbdc.org.

RSVP today for your seat at the big show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grand-rounds-pitch-championship-invite-only-tickets-2002481834071

The Grand Rounds Championship is presented by OCIE SBDC LaunchPad. Prizes provided by Octane.