Sebastián Muena
Co-founder, CFO and COO at Candel Medical

SHORT BIO
Sebastián Muena is an economist and the co-founder, CFO, and COO of Candel Medical. He works at the intersection of healthcare, technology, strategy, and operations to build medical solutions with real-world adoption across Latin America.

EXTENDED BIO
Sebastián Muena is an economist and co-founder of Candel Medical, where he leads finance, operations, and strategy. His work is centered on turning complex medical technology into systems, decisions, and narratives that can support growth, validation, and market access at the same time. He is especially interested in the intersection of healthtech, medical devices, resource allocation, and execution across Latin American contexts.

TOPICS
- Healthtech in Latin America: Market dynamics, access, practical regulation, and adoption challenges from an operator’s perspective.
- Economics and decisions under constraint: How to allocate resources, prioritize, and maintain cadence when execution matters more than narrative.
- Operational building in early stages: Systems, clarity, and sequencing for small companies with real ambition.
- Writing and public judgment: How to use writing to think better, explain better, and build intellectual presence with consistency.

LINKS
- Website: https://sebastianmuena.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-muena-cortes/
- Substack: https://healthtechcl.substack.com
- Candel Medical: https://candel.cl