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Vena Vitals

A small sticker that monitors blood pressure continuously

Y CombinatorSummer 2020ActiveHealthcareMedical DevicesHard TechNanosensorsHealth TechMedical Devices

What they do

Problem

Clinicians lack an accurate, low-cost way to continuously monitor a patient’s blood pressure without bulky or expensive equipment.

Solution

A small wearable sticker that continuously measures blood pressure with operating-room–level accuracy at a fraction of current costs.

Who it's for

Hospitals and clinical care teams who need continuous blood pressure monitoring for patients.

Founders

Ray Liu
Founder

- Two health tech exits (to Cigna & Vizient) - 15+ years leadership at GE Healthcare, Siemens, & startups (Ediom, Socialwellth) - Built multiple products/services from ground zero, some with 2M+ users - Set up quality system for factory in China that passed FDA inspection - MBA, Harvard Business School - MS Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley - BS Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Michelle Khine
Founder

Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Serial Entrepreneur

Josh Kim
Founder

PhD - Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine MS - Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine BS - Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Open roles 3

R&D Algorithm Engineer – Health Technologies
Irvine, CA · Full-time · $75K - $125K · 0.09% - 0.50%
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Electrical Engineer
Irvine, CA, US · Full-time · $70K - $150K
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R&D Process & Manufacturing Manager
Las Vegas, NV, US · Full-time · $60K - $120K · 0.10% - 0.50%
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