About
Stacie Arechavala is founder and CEO of Selera Medical. She previously worked as an innovation fellow at Stanford Biodesign, held a chief of staff role at a healthtech startup, and served as an R&D engineer developing cardiovascular devices at Medtronic, with a master's degree in biomedical engineering and engineering management from Duke.
Founder at Selera MedicalYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Stacie went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Stacie can intro founders to Selera Medical's investors below.
Selera Medical's investors · 1
Co-founders at Selera Medical
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Kevin BuiFounder
Experience
- Selera Medical (YC W24)Cofounder & CEOcurrent2023 — present
- Impact Global Health Alliance (Formerly Curamericas Global)Board Membercurrent2022 — present
- Rad AIChief of Staff / Strategic Advisor2019 — 2023
- Stanford Byers Center for BiodesignInnovation Fellow2021 — 2022
- Sofinnova PartnersExtern2022Paris, Île-de-France, France
- MedtronicR&D Engineer II2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Blur Product DevelopmentEngineer2017Raleigh, NC
- Duke UniversityBiomedical Engineer2017Durham, NC
- MedtronicMechanical Engineering Intern2017Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Canon Stroke and Vascular Research CenterResearch Intern2015Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area
Skills & more
Healthcare InnovationPartnership-buildingCross-Functional CollaborationCommunity Partnership DevelopmentGlobal HealthStorytellingTechnological InnovationBoard GovernanceNonprofit OrganizationsNeeds AnalysisMarket SegmentationStakeholder Analysis
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Donor RelationsMarket ResearchGo-to-Market StrategyIntellectual Property StrategyWorking with PhysiciansClinical ResearchDesign OptimizationExperimental DesignSolidWorksMatlabMicrosoft OfficeAdobe IllustratorLanguages English · French · Spanish
- Metrics for Product Managers — LinkedIn
- Scrum: The Basics — LinkedIn
- EHS Laboratory Safety Training — University at Buffalo
- Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) — University of Miami
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Stacie Arechavala?
- Stacie Arechavala is founder and CEO of Selera Medical. She previously worked as an innovation fellow at Stanford Biodesign, held a chief of staff role at a healthtech startup, and served as an R&D engineer developing cardiovascular devices at Medtronic, with a master's degree in biomedical engineering and engineering management from Duke.
- Where does Stacie Arechavala work?
- Stacie Arechavala is Founder of Selera Medical.
- What companies did Stacie Arechavala found?
- Stacie Arechavala founded Selera Medical.
- Where did Stacie Arechavala go to school?
- Stacie Arechavala studied at Stanford University (Biodesign Fellowship, Healthcare Innovation); Duke University (Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Biomedical Engineering); University of Miami (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering).
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