FreeNav

Attach Anywhere. Use Everywhere.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Medical Devices and Equipment
  • Location St Paul, MN, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded April 2021
  • Employees 1
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website free-nav.com

Company Summary

Wireless, simple, reliable and low-cost position tracking.
A turnkey technology platform to significantly expand the ability of surgical and diagnostic instruments to be navigated inside the human body. This disruptive solution will allow manufacturers or users of existing instruments to seamlessly design-in or retrofit their products with sensors that accurately show real-time position and orientation of instruments relative to internal anatomy.

Team

  • Brian Bechard
    VP Strategy and Business Development

    Healthcare Innovation Executive with a breadth of Life Sciences leadership experience. Proficient in business development, emerging technology strategy and Design Thinking. Academic and industry (Medtronic, 3M) backgrounds in preclinical product development, digital health, and venture partnerships.

  • Mina Fahim
    President and Cofounder

    Healthcare thought leader with biomedical engineering & MBA background. Successful concept to commercialization development in structural heart, electrophysiology & orthopedics for Class II & III devices. Experience in scaling solutions at large enterprise (Medtronic, Abbott) as well as startup experience in surgical augmented reality navigation.

  • Adam Rakestraw
    Cofounder

    Accomplished medical device professional & entrepreneur with legal background and extensive experience in new product development, launch and commercialization in emerging markets with Kyphon and Medtronic.

  • Greg Miller
    Cofounder

    Serial entrepreneur with 3 previous startups. C-level executive with focus as CIO/CISO/CTO. Information Technology Services expert. Experience in interconnected devices, HIPPA and information security protocols. Former CIO and CTO at Centracomm.

Previous Investors

  • Jon Salveson (Vice Chairman, Investment Banking and Chairman of Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Piper Sandler) ALSO an Advisor to FreeNav
    Unconfirmed
    Dr. Chuck Martin (Clinical Director and Staff Interventional Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, and Assistant Prof. of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University) ALSO an Advisor to FreeNav
    Unconfirmed
    Danial Jameel (serial tech entrepreneur, executive, investor, advisor)
    Unconfirmed
  • Dr. Jon Marshall (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist at Great Lakes Health)
    Unconfirmed
    Shawn Smith (local business owner, entrepreneur, philanthropist, speaker)
    Unconfirmed

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