Listen "Episode 24: The Story of Mir Imran, Medical Devices and Big Exits 🇮🇳"
Episode Synopsis
James is joined by Mir Imran, an Indian healthtech inventor, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He has had over 20 medical device companies that he has sold to the likes of Ely Lily, Medtronic and Abbott. His first medical device was a world first - the implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD), which, after being spun out, was acquired by Boston Scientific for $27bn. Mir invented the BIS monitor, used to measure depth of anaesthesia, the Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) Stimulator and many other devices. He now has an applied research institute and a venture fund for medical devices and you can hear his fascinating story right here.
https://www.incubevc.com/team/mir/
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