Thomas Fogarty
Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Emergent Medical Partners
San Jose, United States
Thomas Fogarty is a funding round investor at Emergent Medical Partners in San Jose focused on Medical and Health Care. Thomas Fogarty is the Co-Founder & Managing Director at Emergent Medical Partners.Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty is an internationally recognized cardiovascular surgeon, inventor, entrepreneur, and investor. He has been involved with a wide spectrum of innovations in business and technology, serving as founder/co-founder, and Chairman/boardmember of over 30 medical device companies, the majority based on devices designed and developed by Fogarty Engineering, Inc. Dr. Fogarty has published approximately 180 scientific articles and textbook chapters in fields of general and cardiovascular surgery, and is the author or co-author of more than 125 patents and patent applications. His patents include the “industry standard” Fogarty balloon embolectomy catheter (now owned by Edwards Lifesciences), and the widely used Aneurx Stent Graft (now owned by Medtronic). Dr. Fogarty is the recipient of countless awards and honors; most significantly, he is the recipient of the Presidential National Medal of Technology and Innovation 2014, Jacobson Innovation Award of the American College of Surgeons, the 2000 Lemelson-MIT prize for Invention and Innovation and was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in December 2001. Dr. Fogarty is currently Clinical Professor of Surgery at Stanford University. Previously, he has held positions as President, Medical Staff at Stanford University Medical Center, and Director, Cardiovascular Surgery at Sequoia Medical Center. Dr. Fogarty was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and received his undergraduate education at Xavier University and his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati. He completed his residency at the University of Oregon. Dr. Fogarty was a founder and general partner of Three Arch Partners, and a general partner in five successive Three Arch venture funds.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries Thomas Fogarty invests in
Stages Thomas Fogarty invests in
Countries Thomas Fogarty invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Medical 3 (43%)
- Health Care 3 (43%)
- Medical Device 2 (29%)
- mHealth 1 (14%)
- Biotechnology 1 (14%)
Stage
- Funding Round 2 (29%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
- Series D 1 (14%)
- Private Equity 1 (14%)
Investments
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EBR Systems
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EBR Systems, Inc. is an early-stage development venture pursuing novel approaches in cardiac rhythm management. EBR Systems develops devices for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. | $30M / Private Equity / Aug 27, 2019 | |
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EBR Systems
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EBR Systems, Inc. is an early-stage development venture pursuing novel approaches in cardiac rhythm management. EBR Systems develops devices for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. | $50M / Private Equity / Nov 14, 2017 | |
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EBR Systems
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EBR Systems, Inc. is an early-stage development venture pursuing novel approaches in cardiac rhythm management. EBR Systems develops devices for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. | $20M / Apr 08, 2015 | |
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EBR Systems
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EBR Systems, Inc. is an early-stage development venture pursuing novel approaches in cardiac rhythm management. EBR Systems develops devices for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. | $20M / Apr 08, 2015 | |
Crux Biomedical
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Crux Biomedical, Inc., was formed in August 2004 by physicians Tom Fogarty and Frank Arko based upon their observations of the clinical limitations of current vena cava filters. | $8M / Series B / Jan 01, 2009 | |
Satiety
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Satiety, Inc. is a medical device company focused on the development of less invasive devices for the treatment of obesity. Obesity is a global health problem, affecting 70 million people in the U.S. and 300 million worldwide, and growth of which is causing increases in obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure andcardiovascular disease. Obesity surgery has been shown to be the only long-term effective means of weight loss for morbidly obese patients.Satiety, Inc. was founded in 2000 through a collaboration of medical device incubators Thomas Fogarty Engineering and The Foundry, and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $30M / Series D / Jul 19, 2007 | |
Vivant Medical
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Vivant Medical is an Information Technology company. | Jan 09, 2004 |
Co-Investors
Split Rock Partners
4 deals together
Brandon Capital
2 deals together
Delphi Ventures
2 deals together
M. H. Carnegie & Co.
2 deals together
St. Paul Venture Capital
2 deals together
SV Health Investors
2 deals together
About Emergent Medical Partners
Emergent Medical Partners is a California-based life sciences investment firm focused on medical device and healthcare companies. The firm was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Portola Valley, California, United States.
Emergent Medical Partners Contacts
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Allan May
Managing Director
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Bob Brownell
Managing Director
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Thomas Fogarty
Co-Founder & Managing Director
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What does Thomas Fogarty invest in?
Thomas Fogarty invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Medical Device startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Thomas Fogarty last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Thomas Fogarty closed in Aug 2019. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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