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Beyond Funding: Establishing Ophthalmological Ventures

OIS Podcast Episode 432

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Firas Rahhal, M.D., partner of ExSight Ventures and Retina Vitreous Associates Medical Group, and Scott Usiak, co-founder of ExSight Ventures, join host Carey Powers on the Eye on Innovation podcast to discuss their new venture, ExSight Catalyst. They dive into the services they provide to investors and colleagues, how they're filling a gap that a fund alone cannot fulfill, and what a client walks away with from their experience at Catalyst. 

 

In this episode, learn about:  

  • How compliance, risk, and operations from a global financial institution translate into advising early-stage ophthalmic innovators 
  • Conducting due diligence on companies how that’s helped with Catalyst 
  • What to expect from Catalyst in the next year 
  • The importance of being a doer and operator for an enterprise