Nahum Ferera is the CEO of EyeYon Medical, a company he co-founded in 2011, that is developing therapies for a range of corneal diseases. Nahum holds a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering and an MBA both from Tel Aviv University.
Here are some of the questions we asked Nahum:
01:11 What's your personal journey in med tech? How did you come to found EyeYon?
04:00 Why do you think we don’t hear about ophthalmology startups and do you think that this is changing?
08:10 Can you explain what the cornea is? And why is it considered the window to the eye?
12:50 What is the story behind EyeYon and behind EndoArt, which is your main product?
17:45 When you fundraised for the company 10 years ago, what was the story behind that fundraising? And did it involve the two products you are now focused on?
22:40 How did you attract a VC from a very early stage?
26:40 Are there two different got-to-market strategies for your products or are you building on top of each other for it to go to market?
32:20 What are your plans moving forward with EndoArt and beyond?
38:00 How do you keep your work and life balance?
42:00 If you could go back to your 16-year-old self, what words of wisdom would you give to you?
Nahum Ferera is the CEO of EyeYon Medical, a company he co-founded in 2011, that is developing therapies for a range of corneal diseases. Nahum holds a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering and an MBA both from Tel Aviv University.
Here are some of the questions we asked Nahum:
01:11 What's your personal journey in med tech? How did you come to found EyeYon?
04:00 Why do you think we don’t hear about ophthalmology startups and do you think that this is changing?
08:10 Can you explain what the cornea is? And why is it considered the window to the eye?
12:50 What is the story behind EyeYon and behind EndoArt, which is your main product?
17:45 When you fundraised for the company 10 years ago, what was the story behind that fundraising? And did it involve the two products you are now focused on?
22:40 How did you attract a VC from a very early stage?
26:40 Are there two different got-to-market strategies for your products or are you building on top of each other for it to go to market?
32:20 What are your plans moving forward with EndoArt and beyond?
38:00 How do you keep your work and life balance?
42:00 If you could go back to your 16-year-old self, what words of wisdom would you give to you?