Rafi Benary

Rafi Benary is an experienced medical device entrepreneur with over 25 years in the field of cardiovascular medical devices. Rafi has founded several leading Medical Device Startup companies over the last two decades. Rafi was the founding CEO of Ventor Technologies, which developed a unique TAVI prosthesis. Ventor was acquired by Medtronic in early 2009. In addition, Rafi was the founding CEO of Endospan Technologies – a developer of a unique aortic arch endovascular graft. Endospan entered into a distribution and optional acquisition deal with CryoLife Inc. a US based medical device manufacturer in 2019.

Rafi earned his B.E. and M.Sc. In Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from Stony Brook University (NY).