Elizabeth Cho-Fertikh

Elizabeth Cho-Fertikh invests through MEDA Angels (where she is a partner) and angel-invests from Washington DC, writing $25k-$100k checks at pre-seed and seed in medical devices and biotech, with an AI flag. Her MEDA affiliation positions her in the early-stage healthcare-investment ecosystem with structured deal flow rather than purely opportunistic activity. Founders building medical devices, biotech with AI or computational angles, or healthcare hardware with clear regulatory pathways who would benefit from a structured early-stage healthcare-specialist investor are the natural fit. The AI flag suggests interest in AI-enabled devices, computational diagnostics, and ML-driven biotech, which expands the fit beyond traditional device and biotech investors. She is the wrong audience for digital health software, consumer wellness, or anything outside the device-and-biotech orbit. The small check size positions her as a high-signal participant in a party round or a small seed lead within a syndicate, with MEDA’s broader network amplifying the value. Outreach via the MEDA website is a viable structured channel, and LinkedIn outreach with a tight, technical-domain note works for founders with credible scientific depth. Warm introductions through the DC biotech and MedTech community materially help. Best treated as a credible early-stage healthcare-specialist angel for the right device or biotech founder with appropriate technical and regulatory depth.