Oct 23, 2014 — MaRS HealthKick 2015, Canada's largest health venture showcase, is expanding its business pitch competition beyond Ontario to
include health startups from across the country.
MaRS HealthKick 2015, Canada's largest health venture showcase, is expanding its business pitch competition beyond Ontario to
include health startups from across the country.
Not exact matches
In the meantime, it also has a growing list of competitors
including other
startups and large
health insurance companies.
The founders of a number of NYC
startups,
including Warby Parker, Birchbox, Flatiron
Health, Seamless, Sweetgreen, and Doumar and Cerilli's old company, SinglePlatform, have all invested in the
startup.
She recently quit to launch Thrive Global, a
health and wellness
startup, with backers
including Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Female Founders Fund, and Greycroft Partners.
Other standout investments under Aspect's first fund
include Cato Networks and Exabeam, both promising cybersecurity
startups;
health - tech player Vida Health; and online career source The
health - tech player Vida
Health; and online career source The
Health; and online career source The Muse.
This
health care
startup created an app, OpiSafe, that's used by patients to fill out a survey that
includes questions about family and personal
health histories.
To recap: A team from Washington D.C. incubator, 1776, traveled to 16 cities around the world to find the best
startups in the most regulated industries,
including education,
health care, smart cities and energy.
Alibaba is creating virtual assistants to doctors ET Medical Brain and working with BGI, Baidu launched AI - powered doctor assistant bot Melody, and Tencent released its AI - assisted medical imaging and has been investing in
health startups including iCarbonX.
He is a seasoned entrepreneur and business executive, having co-founded several
startup companies,
including Mindful Scientific, a medical device company addressing concussion diagnostics and management (winner in the Medical Device track at the 2015 HealthKick Venture Showcase); abridean (acquired by nCipher PLC), a software company developing application provisioning and identity management solutions; and i - HRx (acquired by Healthconnex), a digital
health company focused on chronic disease management.
We are also encouraged to see $ 165 million allocated in this budget for mental
health care funding,
including $ 45 million for mental
health counselling for children, $ 12 million for specialized addiction treatment, and $ 5 million in
startup costs for the new B.C. Centre on Substance Use.
Fund I investments
include cybersecurity providers Forescout Technologies, Cato Networks, and Exabeam, future of work - focused companies Crew, Gusto, Chime, and The Muse, and digital
health startups such as Vida Health, Grokker, and
health startups such as Vida
Health, Grokker, and
Health, Grokker, and Solv.
Current portfolio companies
include cybersecurity providers Forescout Technologies, Cato Networks, and Exabeam; future of work - focused companies Crew, Gusto, Chime, and The Muse; and digital
health startups such as Vida Health, Grokker, and
health startups such as Vida
Health, Grokker, and
Health, Grokker, and Solv.
Other speakers
included Ruben Rathnasingham, Assistant Dean for
Health Product Innovation at Dell Medical School, talking about improving healthcare delivery in Austin and creating new
startups through its Texas Catalyst program.
New York City Coming in at 9th in this year's ITM report, New York City's technology ecosystem, sometimes called «Silicon Alley,» is home to just about every
startup niche imaginable, with notable sectors
including education tech,
health tech and financial tech playing a big role.
Their
startup kit
includes a branded duffle bag, uniforms, signs for their home store, a display locker, and basic
health and business tools.
B22
includes a focus on FinTech (9 companies), Data (7 companies), and Digital
Health (4 companies), with other
startups ranging from facial recognition to supply chain management to the largest global community of motorcycle riders.
These
include Mindful Scientific, a medical device company addressing concussion diagnostics and management that won the
startup competition at the Wall Street Journal WSJ.D Live global technology conference and the Medical Device track at the HealthKick Challenge; abridean (acquired by nCipher PLC), a software company that develops application provisioning and identity management solutions; and i - HRx (acquired by HealthConnex), a digital
health company focused on chronic disease management.
Google Ventures is broadly interested in
startups in industries
including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean - tech, bio-tech,
health care and others.
SimplyInsured's rivals
include 400,000 local insurance brokers throughout the U.S. and
startups like Zenefits (another Y Combinator alum) also help SMBs compare and purchase
health plans online.
TechCrunch organizes
Startup Alley into technology pavilions,
including Hardware & IoT, Blockchain / Cryptocurrency / Fintech and
Health & Biotech, to name just a few.