

Trends In Medtech & NeuroTech with AI @ UC Berkeley
Join us for a forward-looking conversation on the emerging trends shaping MedTech and NeuroTech in 2025 and beyond. As innovation continues to accelerate, understanding where the industry is heading and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead—is essential for founders, investors, and healthtech professionals.
This event will feature leading voices in MedTech and NeuroTech, offering their insights on clinical innovation, venture capital trends, product development, and what it takes to build and scale in today’s evolving healthcare landscape.
What You’ll Learn:
Key trends driving innovation in MedTech and NeuroTech
How emerging technologies are reshaping diagnostics, devices, and brain-computer interfaces
What investors and operators see as the next big opportunity
Challenges facing founders today and how to stay ahead of the curve
Featured Panelists:
👤 Varun Turlapati – Investor, Venture Partner and Consultant with extensive background in tech. He is also mentor/advisor to 5 companies with 2 of them being in SE Europe. He actively backs startups in NeuroTech, MedTech, and AI-enabled healthcare, supporting breakthrough technologies from early-stage through scale.
👤 Johana Vega – Researcher, Venture Advisor and Consultant with extensive background in Neuroengineering, biochemistry, polymers/materials. She packages her knowledge with her prior work experience at CDC. She advises Med/Neurotech startups from 4 different continents and wants to level the playing field with technology.
Agenda:
- 6:00 PM – Doors Open & Networking
- 6:20 PM – Partner Introductions
- 6:30 PM – Panel Discussion
- 7:15 PM – Audience Q&A
- 7:30 PM – Close with Networking
Hosts:
Life Science Entrepreneurs: A premier community dedicated to advancing Bio-Tech, MedTech, HealthTech, and Pharma sectors. Founded by Cythika Bopearachchi, we are a dynamic platform designed to connect investors, founders, and entrepreneurial students in the life sciences domain. Our mission is to elevate the life sciences field by bringing together the industry's brightest minds and resources.
TheSprintFit: Democratizing early-stage investing by introducing a standardized, AI-driven evaluation system that levels the playing field for first-time founders, investors. We are building the first-of-its-kind investment intelligence platform that applies structured, data-driven evaluations to early-stage startups—bringing transparency, fairness, and efficiency to the funding process.
Whether you're a MedTech founder, NeuroTech researcher, investor, or just curious about the future of health innovation—this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
Register now to secure your spot!