Medical Device Playbook Newport Beach 2026

Maximizing Value in MedTech’s Shifting Market

By Invitation Only – May 21, 2026 – Newport Beach, California. Medical Device Playbook convenes some of MedTech’s most experienced founders, CEOs, investors, and industry leaders for candid, closed-door conversations about building value in a shifting market. In this private setting, leaders who have built, scaled, and exited companies speak openly about the decisions that shaped growth, strategic position, and exit outcomes.

The Decisions that Shaped the Deal

Everyone talks about the exit. Playbook focuses on the decisions that shape it.

Speakers share firsthand experience from real MedTech exits, including the strategic choices and inflection points that built enterprise value long before a transaction was on the table. Guests will hear what strengthened valuation, reduced risk, and positioned their companies for the right outcome.

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“I’m blown away by the quality of the speakers and the quality of their talks. It is a wonderful event. I’m very happy I came.

Rafael Ronen, Co-Executive Director of INOVAIT

Candid and Unscripted

We curate Playbook deliberately. From the speakers and guests to the setting itself, we create a space where they can connect and exchange ideas in a forum designed to be different from traditional industry events.

Founders and Leaders
Who’ve Built It

Hear directly from founders, CEOs, investors, and innovators who have created companies, developed technologies, and carried them through to real-world outcomes. These are people who have made consequential decisions and lived with what followed.

Experience Over
Theory

Hear firsthand accounts of the trade-offs, pressure, and turning moments that shaped company trajectories and exit outcomes. The discussion is grounded in lived experience.

A Room of
Decision-Makers

Connect with peers who have faced the kinds of decisions you’re facing, and others who will soon. The perspective in the room spans stages, roles, and outcomes, which raises the level of every conversation.

“One of the best events in MedTech. Amazing insights.”

Who Is Invited?

Medical Device Playbook is invitation-only.

MedTech founders and CEOs
Investors and venture capitalists
Senior executives from established and acquiring organizations
Industry leaders with deep operating experience

The room is intentionally composed of leaders who carry responsibility for capital, strategy, and outcomes inside MedTech organizations.

Only a select group of industry leaders will receive an invitation. If you believe you belong among this group, apply for an invitation.

“The caliber of the speakers is unique. Real experts, who’ve been in the trenches of medical device commercialization, and have real lessons to give to the community.

Liz Munro, LMC Inc.

Event Details

Location: VEA Newport Beach, A Marriott Resort & Spa

Date: May 21, 2026, 8:30am-6:00pm

Attendance: By Invitation Only

“StarFish is curating the opportunity to put the right people in the room at the same time that hear each other, learn from each other, and network with each other.”

Jeff Silver, President of Jeff Silver Consulting Inc.