4 MedTech Exits Over $5.2 Billion, 7 Boards, Ray Cohen's Winning Formula for Success

In this Orange Tree MedTech Podcast episode, Scott Johnson speaks with accredited public company director, independent board member and venture partner, Ray Cohen.  Ray has engineered four blockbuster exits totaling over $5.2 billion: Vessix Vascular, Inc. ($425 million), Axonics, Inc. ($3.7 billion), SoniVie Ltd ($600 million), and Nalu Medical, Inc. ($533 million)—where he served as CEO or Chair. With seven current board seats spanning cutting-edge startups to established players, Ray's fingerprints are all over the industry's most transformative innovations, from neurostimulation to diagnostics. We dive into what it really takes to build, scale, and cash out in MedTech—raw, no-fluff insights from someone who's done it again and again. In this episode we talk about how he assess MedTech market opportunities, his early failures which taught him about the balance needed to innovate, his best advice to entrepreneurs mitigating capital challenges, the MedTech innovations he sees that will shape the next 10 years, and what he sees as Orange County's biggest MedTech opportunities.   Tune in for inspiration, strategy, and a glimpse into the minds driving tomorrow's MedTech revolution! Follow The Orange Tree MedTech Podcast: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orangetreemedtech Follow Scott Johnson on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-johnson-mba-/ #Orangecounty #medtech #medicaldevice #oc #orangetreemedtechpodcast