Selected Media, Speaking & Industry Contributions
Selected appearances, publications, and discussions reflecting engagement across regulated medical technology, governance, and innovation.
Podcasts & Webinars
State of MedTech Podcast with Host Omar Khateeb
Aug 31, 2026
Omar Khateeb - Host of the #1 Podcast in the MedTech Industry
90% of MedTech Exits Are M&A: How Founders Build Strategic Value with Eric S. Heinz, Heinz Ventures
Fireside Chat Series - Episode #1 - Ryan Myers, CranioSense
Jun 19, 2025
Eric Heinz - Managing Partner, Heinz Ventures
The Future of Neurological Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
The Executive Edge - MedTech Venture Capital
May 15, 2025
Joe McClung - President & CCO - FloodGate Medical
LinkedIn Live Session Discussing MedTech Venture Capital
Maximize Your ROI Webinar: 2024 MedTech Conference by AdvaMed
Sep 18, 2024
Beth Perkins - Director Business Development and Investor Relations
The MedTech Conference powered by AdvaMed
VC Lab Webinar | Meet the Managers: Healthcare
Jul 3, 2024
Nils De Jonghe, Community Engagement Associate
In this session, successful fund managers that have gone through the VC Lab program discuss why they invest in healthcare companies and how to go about starting an enduring VC firm.
Funding Medtech Podcast - Episode 16
Mar 6, 2024
Rich Mazzola - Project Medtech
Funding Medtech Podcast - Episode 16 - Eric Heinz, Heinz Ventures
Medtech Money Podcast - Episode 8: Eric Heinz
Jul 28, 2021
Giovanni Lauricella - Mr. Medtech, LifeBlood Capital
Corporate Development
Panels & Events
Hydrocephalus Association Research Workshop
Jul 21, 2026
Scott Olson
Why Invest in Hydrocephalus and What Would Accelerate Progress?
in Residence — Northwestern University
May 21, 2026
Sonia Kim
Querrey InQbation Lab · Evanston, IL
Houston Medtech Rodeo
Mar 4, 2026
Marty Gomez, Goodwin
Institutional Investor Panel
Olin School of Business at Washington University, St. Louis: Ideas to Impact Pitch Competition
Oct 15, 2025
Patrick Aguilar, MD, MBA, Managing Director of Health at Olin Business School
Judge with several other regional venture capitalists
Founders Week 2025 @ The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Commercializing Health Innovations Panel
Oct 10, 2025
Eric Heinz, Founder & CEO, Heinz Ventures
Esteemed subject matter experts discuss the commercialization of health innovations, including Nir Goldenberg, Director of Technology, Mayo Clinic Ventures, Stephen Boppart, Grainger Distinguished Chair & Professor, Bioengineering / Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Michelle Hoffmann, Executive Director, Chicago Biomedical Consortium.
AdvaMed Medtech Conference - 2025: Finding the Right Match: Early-Stage MedTech Financing From Both Sides of the Table
Oct 6, 2025
Eric Heinz, Founder & Managing Partner, Heinz Ventures
Perspectives shared by pairs of investors and founders, including Santé Ventures and Catalyst Health Ventures
MedTech World - San Jose, CA
Jun 27, 2025
Paul Grand, CEO, Medtech Innovator
Closing panel - Ask The Investors
Medtech Innovator East Coast Pitch Event - University of Maryland
Apr 9, 2025
Paul Grand, CEO, Medtech Innovator
Judge for the MedTech Industry's Leading Accelerator
LSI 2025 Panel - Dana Point, CA
Mar 17, 2025
Amy Salzhauer, Founder and Managing Partner, Good Growth Capital
"Investing Early - Has the Bar Moved in Early Stage-VC, and How Should CEOs React?"
Bullpen Pitch Fest - Minneapolis, MN
Aug 14, 2024
Christiaan Engstrom, CEO, Bullpen
Bullpen is an invite-only Club that gathers Life Science Investors and Senior Executives with a shared goal of helping each other.
Project Medtech Midwest Showcase - Chicago, IL
May 8, 2024
Ross Meisner, CCO, Basil Systems
Panel on Strategic Investors
Orthopedic Design & Technology Forum - Memphis, TN
Apr 24, 2024
Dave Sheppard, Co-Founder, Medworld Advisors
Panel on Enabling Success: A Discussion of the New Technologies Transforming Orthopedics
Articles
U. of I. innovation detects dialysis access failure
Aug 17, 2026
Crain's Chicago Business
The Chicago-based startup calls the new system Beacon. (Auvi Labs)
2026 MedTech World Nomination - Early-Stage VC of the Year
May 1, 2026
Dylan Attard
2026 MedTech World Awards nomination — Early-Stage VC of the Year
CranioSense Awarded $5.5 Million in Federal Grants to Validate Noninvasive Neurotech
Dec 17, 2025
Ryan Myers
CranioSense Awarded $5.5M grant
MadSci Announces $10 Million Oversubscribed Seed Financing to Advance Smart Technology for Neurologic Conditions
Sep 8, 2025
Tyler Wanke
MadSci Announces Oversubscription of Seed Round
Heinz Ventures Fund I eyes medtech targets, adds venture partners
Jan 6, 2025
Milt Capps
Memphis Solo GP files to raise $10MM, builds-out investment committee and platform.
Lessons From the Frontline: My First Venture Into Fundraising
Jun 24, 2024
Eric Heinz
Eric shares lessons learned after 3 months fundraising
The Innovation Pipeline: How Patents Drive Growth in Orthopedics
May 21, 2024
Eric Heinz
Patent applications offer a unique glimpse into a company's research and development pipeline.
Lessons From Turning Over Room 15
May 9, 2022
Eric Heinz
A Career Origin Story
Leading with Purpose - Reflecting on Year 1 of the Kellogg EMBA
Nov 16, 2021
Eric Heinz
Reflections on my first year in the Kellogg EMBA Program
COVID 19 - The Catalyst For Self Reflection and Development
Jan 13, 2021
Eric Heinz
LinkedIn Post on The Start of My Kellogg EMBA Journey
Memphis Business Journal 40 Under 40
Nov 17, 2019
John Klyce
Director of business development, M&A, Smith & Nephew Inc.