Our Impact

We are invested in making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their families around the globe.

 2025 Highlights

We are proud to share some of our 2025 accomplishments

Incubation

• Hosted 32 companies across our incubation and acceleration portfolio in 2025
• Overall, our companies in development have raised $347M during their time at FI and gone on to raise more than $1.5B after graduation. (2024)
• 79% of graduates successfully raise capital after completing our programs. (2024)
• Our success rate in terms of companies experiencing a positive liquidity event is 5x the industry average.

Education

• Organized 25 in-person half-day workshops and Lunch & Learns for our entrepreneurs and the innovation community.
• These educational programs earned a net promoter score [1] of 85 – higher than Amazon, Google and Apple.
• Developed the fourth TCT Medtech Innovation Forum, a full day event on the first day of TCT,  in partnership with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.
• Hosted our twelfth class of the Lefteroff summer interns, 157 interns to date.
• Diversity by Doing HealthTech organized the third Pathways in Health Technology program, which introduces community college students to careers in medtech.

[1] Net Promoter Score® is a measure used to gauge customer loyalty, satisfaction, and enthusiasm, calculated by asking customers this question: “On a scale from 0 to 10, how likely are you to recommend this product/company to a friend or colleague?” A rating of -100 to 0 needs improvement, 0 to 30 is good, 30 to 70 is great and 70 to 100 is excellent.

Alliances

• Expanded our long-term collaboration with A*STAR, Singapore by signing a formal partnership with MedTech Catapult, a national initiative designed to fund and accelerate later-stage health technology companies.
• Partnered with Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine to support the 3D Scholars program, a certificate program to train physicians in the business of medical device innovation.
• Collaborated with leaders from American Urological Association to develop the 2025 Innovation Nexus Conference, a one-day symposium focused on entrepreneurship.
• Supported the UCSF-Stanford Pediatric Device Consortium, providing four Fogarty Physicals to  early-stage pediatric companies and selecting one company, AVaTAR Medtech, to join our Company Accelerator Program.

The Thomas J. Fogarty Innovation Prize

In partnership with founding sponsor, the Mussallem Foundation, we launched the inaugural Thomas J. Fogarty Innovation Prize. The award is named in honor of Tom Fogarty, MD, and recognizes an innovator or team who has developed and broadly commercialized a life-changing medical technology.

 Helping Companies Advance

Making Medical Innovation Happen

CEOs from current and alumni Fogarty Innovation companies describe the unique benefits of incubating their companies at Fogarty Innovation – including tailored, practical educational programming; “full contact” coaching from highly experienced and committed staff;  leadership training; and the lifelong support of a dedicated community of health technology innovators and entrepreneurs.

Training Entrepreneurs

FI Gives Back

FI Gives Back is an initiative spearheaded by Julie Rose, Allie Gregorian, and Lizbeth Villalobos that gives our employees and resident companies a way to give back to our local community. Launched in 2024, this program has become a cornerstone of our commitment to creating positive change.

We organize opportunities throughout the year that range from volunteering time to supporting causes through donations. Through these initiatives, we help raise awareness and contribute to important needs like educational preparedness, hunger, and holiday inclusion.

Our giving partners to date include Family Giving Tree, Second Harvest Food Bank, and the Santa Clara County Fire Department.

Impact/Success Stories