Wednesday, May 21 from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Join the Tampa Bay Healthtech Meetup, hosted by Tampa General Hospital’s TGH Ventures x Embarc Collective. Our next meetup on Wednesday, May 21 from 5:30-7:30PM focuses on Funding for Healthtech Startups.
About the Tampa Bay Healthtech Meetup
Each quarter, we’ll bring this community together to hear from top healthcare thought leaders and foster connections among industry professionals.
Who Should Join
We welcome all healthcare industry professionals, startup talent, investors, and community members passionate about the trends and technologies driving innovation in healthcare.
Meetup Schedule
5:30PM—Arrival + Networking
5:50PM—Opening Remarks + Community Call Out
Have any special announcements, win, or ask to share with our community? Submit your call out with your RSVP to be selected!
6:00PM—Discussion on Funding for Healthtech Startups featuring Matt Rice, Partner at Ballast Point Ventures, Balaji Ramadoss, Investor and Board Member at ABOUT Healthcare and Ryan Schneider, Co-Fouder at Thrive 25
6:30PM—Networking
Our Speakers
Matt Rice
Partner at Ballast Point Ventures
Matt leads BPV’s healthcare practice and currently serves on the Board of Directors at Medsender, Careviso, PaceMate, Suncoast Skin Solutions, IRIS, Theragen, TissueTech and YPrime. He is a Board Observer at Carterra. Matt previously represented BPV at UpLift, Innocutis, and MolecularMD. He also serves on the St. Joseph’s Hospitals Board of Directors (Baycare Health System).
Prior to joining Ballast Point Ventures in 2004, Matt began his career in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group of Raymond James Financial where he focused primarily on the specialty pharmaceutical, drug distribution and contract research organization sectors.
Ryan Schneider
Co-Founder at Thrive25
Ryan is the Co-Founder of Thrive25, a health & longevity startup designed to empower and inspire all of us to live our best life without health getting in the way. He also serve on the Board of Directors at Bambino – the #1 babysitting app on the AppStore.
Before moving to Tampa in 2019, Ryan was in Los Angeles working as President/COO at SnackNation – raised over $30M of venture capital funding and grew from a team of 10 employees to over 180 – selling into 6,000 corporate customers.
Balaji Ramadoss
Investor + Board Member at ABOUT Healthcare
Balaji Ramadoss is the former President and CEO of Edgility, a firm that specialized in AI-driven healthcare operations. Edgility was fully bootstrapped and later acquired by a private equity firm in April 2024. He now leads EXOS, a platform for knowledge management across higher education, healthcare, manufacturing, and utilities. For Balaji, capital is a tool—not a crutch—and execution velocity is the clearest signal of value—and the only real moat. He backs systems that move; platforms that reach the frontline, and AI that can act. Former executive at Tampa General Hospital and Stanford Healthcare. Balaji occasionally dreams in Tamil, his mother tongue, and frequently rolls his eyes at bureaucracy. He’s here to build the future—and make sure it doesn’t suck.
TGH VENTURES
TGH Ventures serves as Tampa General Hospital’s corporate venture capital arm and innovation team. We seek to identify, partner, and invest in emerging healthcare companies redefining the industry. Our goal is simple: back and support entrepreneurs, financially and strategically, who are improving patients’ lives.
TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
Tampa General Hospital is a private not-for-profit hospital and one of the most comprehensive medical facilities in West Central Florida serving a dozen counties with a population of over 4 million. As one of the largest hospitals in Florida, Tampa General is licensed for 1,040 beds, and with more than 8,000 team members, is one of the region’s largest employers.
EMBARC COLLECTIVE
Embarc Collective is a nonprofit startup hub helping founders in the Tampa Bay region build bold, scalable, thriving companies. Embarc Collective offers hands-on support driven by the unique goals and needs of each member startup. Member companies receive customized, ongoing coaching and support from startup veterans to help propel member companies’ growth.
