Michael Phillips

Co-Founder and CEO of Vena Medical | YC W18

Co-founder

Vena Medical· Winter 2018 🇨🇦 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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2018YC W18 Batch· Y Combinator

Founder · since 2016

Company

Y Combinator

Role

YC W18 Batch

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Vena Medical

Vena Medical is providing physicians with the world's smallest camera…

Winter 2018

Experience

Career

Vena Medical
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · Kitchener, Ontario, Canada · 2016 – Present
2016
Y Combinator
YC W18 Batch · San Francisco Bay Area · 2018
2018
TMC Innovation Institute
TMCx5 Cohort · Greater Houston · 2017
2017
Synaptive Medical
Mechanical Designer · Greater Toronto Area, Canada · 2016
2016
University of Waterloo
WEEF Teaching Assistant · Waterloo, ON · 2015
2015
Bartesian
Product Development · Shenzhen · 2015
2015
Multimatic
Quality Lab Technician · Newmarket ON · 2013
2013
PCL Construction
Engineering Student · Toronto, Canada Area · 2013
2013

Bio

Graduated from University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) focused in Mechanical Engineering with an Entrepreneurship Option. Michael co-founded Vena Medical during the final year of his undergraduate degree and went full-time immediately after graduating. Attended TMCx Accelerator and Y Combinator in the year following. Published author in the Journal of Neuro-Interventional Surgery and the American Journal of Neuroradiology, and inventor on 5 granted patents.