MedTech Founders Happy Hour

Take a break from the lab or the boardroom and connect with the people building the future of healthcare technology.

Join fellow medtech founders, investors, and innovators for a relaxed evening of drinks, conversation, and community.

This isn't a pitch session or a panel, just good company and real conversations that can turn into real collaborations.

What to expect:

• Open bar and light bites
• A room full of medtech founders, investors, and innovators
• Casual conversation, no agenda, no slides
• A chance to grow your network in a low pressure setting

📅 Tuesday, September 29, 2026

⏰5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

📍 Glass Jug RTP: 5410 NC-55 V, Durham, NC 27713

Thanks to our event sponsor, Cooley 

Cooley is a trusted advisor to startups, investors, and high-growth companies, helping turn innovative ideas into industry-leading businesses.

Deeply connected to the venture ecosystem, Cooley supports more than 7,000 private companies and is among the most active global firms for venture financings,
IPOs, and M&A. Its collaborative, tech-enabled approach helps clients navigate every stage of growth, from formation to market leadership.

Meet our sponsors:

Cooley

Matthew Schwee

Matt is a partner in Cooley’s emerging companies’ group. His practice includes venture capital financings, mergers & acquisitions, and general corporate representation of high-growth companies. Matt represents a number of private company clients with a focus on the life sciences, digital health and national security sectors. He also represents leading venture capital firms in their investment activities. Over the course of his career, Matt has helped private company clients raise more than $9 billion in equity financing transactions.

Cooley

Kassity L. Mai

Kassity Mai focuses her practice on patent counseling, patent procurement, and due diligence. Her technical experience includes a wide variety of technologies, including medical devices, surgical devices, robotics, diagnostics, imaging, sensor technology, wearable devices, digital health, materials, machine learning, data analytics, telecommunications, autonomous devices, software, and consumer products. Kassity has managed and developed patent portfolios for numerous clients and has strategically advised clients on product clearance, freedom-to-operate, patent validity and infringement and licensing matters. She also regularly performs IP due diligence evaluations as part of public offerings, acquisitions, investments, and venture financings, representing underwriters, investors, and target portfolio companies.

Cooley

Scott Weston

Scott Weston's practice covers patent preparation and prosecution, portfolio development, patent infringement litigation, product clearance, freedom to operate analysis and intellectual property due diligence. He has experience with a variety of technologies, including mechanical and medical devices, drug delivery, blood collection systems, image guided surgery, medication adherence, wearable biosensors, material science, energy and power storage devices, electrode materials, battery chemistries, natural gas production and processing, natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation and storage, carbon capture and sequestration, fluid dynamics, microfluidics, separations and electrochemical depositions. Scott is recognized as a leading patent lawyer by Legal 500, Super Lawyers and IAM Patent 1000.