Startup Of the Week: IntelVasc

Spotlight on IntelVasc — the San Francisco-based MedTech startup revolutionizing vascular care. Backed by Mayo Clinic and top surgeons from Stanford, IntelVasc delivers real-time vascular insights for remote monitoring, early complication detection, and better outcomes in chronic peripheral arterial disease. It's a bold step toward smarter, proactive vascular care.

1. Tell us about your company. 

Andrew Ortega-Verdaguer - IntelVasc is a San Francisco-based medical device company dedicated to transforming care for patients with chronic peripheral arterial disease. Our proprietary technology provides clinicians with real-time vascular insights, enabling remote monitoring, early detection of complications, and improved post-surgical follow-up. Backed by Mayo Clinic, surgeons from Stanford Medicine, institutional investors, and MedTech Innovator—the leading accelerator in the sector—IntelVasc is redefining how chronic vascular conditions are managed.

2. What made you become an entrepreneur? 

After 15 years in corporate and supporting over 200 vascular procedures, I realized how reactive and unpredictable vascular care was. I became an entrepreneur to change that—by developing a sensor that gives real-time vascular insights, empowering surgeons to act early and helping patients avoid unexpected complications.

3.What is the most challenging part of running your own startup? 

Managing competing priorities with limited resources is a constant challenge. Balancing product development, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder expectations requires focus and adaptability.

4.What is the biggest challenge you have faced when looking for funding?

Developing a technology others have repeatedly tried and failed to build. It takes assembling the right team, finding the right expertise, and securing funding, all at the right time. That alignment is challenging, and making it happen is the real test.

5. What is the most rewarding aspect of entrepreneurship? 

Building a culture where brilliant people collaborate to create something that’s never existed before and it has the potential to change the lives of millions of patients worldwide. Hearing validation from surgeons, patients, and medical societies, observing that what we’re building truly matters.

Learn more about the company: https://intelvasc.com/