
Nichole Garcia is Co-Founder and President of OrthoFX, the doctor-delivered clear aligner startup she built with two former Invisalign executives. With a BS in Biochemistry from UCLA, an MBA from Pepperdine, and a diploma from Oxford, she spent two decades running global divisions at Philips Oral Care and Align Technology before co-founding OrthoFX in 2017. The company raised $17M total - including a $13M Series A led by SignalFire in 2020 - to commercialize a proprietary FXTetra polymer that delivers 50% faster treatment, paired with an AI-powered remote monitoring platform called FXOnTrack.
Ren Menon is the cofounder and CEO of OrthoFX, a Fremont-based dental technology company reinventing clear aligner therapy. A former Invisalign executive with over two decades in the clear aligner space, Menon launched OrthoFX in 2019 with co-founders from Align Technology and Philips Oral Care to offer doctor-delivered, AI-monitored clear aligners at roughly half the cost of Invisalign. The company has raised $17 million across three rounds - most recently a $13M Series A led by SignalFire - and has developed proprietary polymer technology including its HyperElastic FXTetra material and the FDA-cleared AirFlex aligner system. OrthoFX operates a hybrid D2C/B2B model, combining direct consumer access with professional orthodontist delivery, underpinned by the FXOnTrack AI platform for remote patient monitoring.