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Austin Next Spotlight: Getting to the Next Funding Round with ClearCam

Doug Stoakley, co-founder and president of ClearCam, joins us for an Austin Next Spotlight. He shares the story of how ClearCam was founded and its most recent funding round.

Episode Highlights:



• ClearCam is a revolutionary medical device that aims to solve the problem of dirty cameras in laparoscopic surgeries


• They just closed their Seed Series 3, raising over $4 million with a post-money valuation of $18.5 million


• The University of Texas at Austin continues to drive innovation as ClearCam was the second investment of UT’s new seed fund 


• With the new funding, the team is now leaning into commercialization and expanding its product line

Episode links

Doug Stoakley: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougstoakley)

ClearCam: Website (https://www.clearcam-med.com/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/clearcaminc/?ref=py_c), LinkedIn (http://linkedin.com/company/clearcam-inc)

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