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DUSTIN ARMER & EASON ABBOTT
RENATA MEDICAL
WHY: Former R&D engineers from Edwards Lifesciences in 2019 co-founded Newport Beach startup Renata, which makes a stent for congenital heart disease that expands in size as patients age and grow. Received support from executive leadership at Edwards to form their own company after coming up with the idea for the pediatric device. The medtech firm has raised $29M to date…