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Juan Fernandez

Founder & CEO · SmartTIVA

City
Rockville, Maryland
Industry
Medtech
Stage
seed
Region
Latin America
Rising rank
Not ranked

Biography

Colombian-American biomedical engineer and founder of SmartTIVA, developing opioid-free anesthesia devices and an EEG anesthesia simulator (SedSim), commercially cleared in Colombia.

Why we're watching

Two US patents granted, active clinical partnership pursuit, pursuing MBA at Johns Hopkins while scaling a novel medtech device with regulatory traction in Colombia.

SmartTIVA

Medtech · United States · seed

What we verified

Founder confirmed via LinkedIn, i4sud, and company site; funding stage not independently confirmed (assumed early/seed based on team size of 6).

Sources

  1. LinkedIn
  2. i4sud
  3. SmartTIVA