In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, we dive into the unique intersection of venture capital, healthcare innovation, and frontier tech with Cameron Sabet, a Georgetown medical student and Principal at Multifaceted Capital. Cameron shares his unconventional path from academia to venture capital, and how he evaluates startups through both a clinical and investor lens.

From AI-powered health tools to biotech innovation in space, this episode explores what it takes to build and back the next wave of MedTech startups.

💡 Key Takeaways

• Why domain expertise is critical in healthcare startups

• Cameron’s 3 red flags that kill MedTech deals before they start

• The rise of AI-driven patient intake systems

• Why the future of medicine might be built… in space

• How founders can get VC attention—with or without early revenue

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🎓 What You’ll Learn

• How Cameron balances being a med student and VC investor

• How to assess healthtech traction when clinical trials take years

• The strategic importance of your board composition

• How grants, institutional backing, and timing can replace seed funding

👤 About the Guest

Cameron Sabet is a U.S.-based medical student, VC investor, angel backer of Y Combinator startups, and advisor to early-stage healthtech ventures. At Multifaceted Capital, he backs high-potential founders with a bias toward deep domain understanding and global scalability.

https://www.cameronsabet.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-sabet-178079250/

⏱️ Episode Highlights

00:00 – Intro and Cameron’s background

03:00 – From Georgetown to VC: Why Cameron got into investing

07:00 – What defines a good healthtech investment thesis

10:30 – The 3 biggest red flags in early-stage MedTech

15:00 – How founders should pitch health investors

17:00 – Moats, speed, and defensibility in an AI-driven world

21:00 – Can AI close the healthcare knowledge gap?

25:00 – Cancer care in Africa and AI in low-resource settings

27:00 – Why space is the next frontier in biotech

30:00 – Regrets, missed startups, and lessons learned

33:00 – What traction really looks like in healthcare

36:00 – Non-traditional paths to early-stage MedTech funding

40:00 – Final advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in healthcare