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The Medical Alley Venture Report is a quarterly analysis of investment, M&A, and developments driving growth in The Global Epicenter of Health Innovation and Care. Produced by the Medical Alley Starts team to provide vital insights for entrepreneurs, investors, and deal makers on the state of the market. Now entering its 15th year, the report […]
Mike Gietl is a Healthcare Industry Executive with J.P. Morgan in Minneapolis, MN. Mike leads the Life Sciences and Healthcare Services Commercial Banking team across the Midwest and Canada. The focus of the team is to provide innovative financial products and networking to start-up through small cap companies in the healthcare space. Mike’s team specifically focuses on companies […]
Medical Alley, MN – The Medical Alley Association (MAA) is pleased to announce that J.P. Morgan has joined as a 2022 sponsor of Medical Alley Starts, a venture platform run by MAA to lower the cost of starting, scaling and pivoting new companies in Minnesota’s Medical Alley. Through this collaboration, J.P. Morgan will provide exclusive industry […]
Medical Alley, MN – The Medical Alley Association (MAA) is pleased to have a COUPLE of GURUS and Diversified Plastics, Inc. (DPI) return as 2022 sponsors of Medical Alley Starts. As sponsors, they will support the entrepreneurial ecosystem through free services and grants to early-stage companies who participate in Medical Alley Starts, a program run […]
Medical Alley, MN – CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP), a Minneapolis-based professional services company, pledges support for Medical Alley entrepreneurs through a sponsorship of Medical Alley Starts. CLA is teaming up with the Medical Alley Association to provide financial services to startup companies, clearing barriers for them to grow. The firm is offering a 25% discount on […]
Medical Alley’s startup community raised over $3 billion in capital in the public and private markets in 2021, cementing the region as one of the top health innovation ecosystems in the world. Past Medical Alley investment leader Bright Health Group went public in April, raising $924 million, one of four public offerings in the year. […]
During the dot-com bubble of the late 90s and early 2000s, Jon Pearce was receiving offers to drop out of college and work full-time for tech companies in Medical Alley and Silicon Valley. He decided to stay in school, but several years later, he took his talents and ideas and channeled them into his own […]
Like many organizations in 2021, the Medical Alley Association (MAA) had to pivot to virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this change brought its own challenges, it also created opportunities. These digital events allowed MAA to gather some of the most influential leaders from across the industry to discuss healthcare’s most important topics. […]
Scott has spent over 25 years in technology leadership positions primarily focused on Healthcare. He has been an executive at publicly traded, VC and PE backed companies. He internationalized Digital River’s ecommerce platform; commercialized and scaled Medtronic’s connected care systems; transformed XRS to a mobile technology company; founded a mobile outpatient management company; launched a […]
Medical Alley, MN – a COUPLE of GURUS is advancing IT support for the region’s startup community through a sponsorship of Medical Alley Starts that will provide early-stage companies with vital technology assistance. a COUPLE of GURUS has partnered with Medical Alley Starts to offer startups a low-cost, high-impact ConstantCare Managed IT Services Program specialized […]