By Michael Batista | Oct. 7, 2017 Click edit button to change this text. The Health 2.0 Fall Conference provides a number of opportunities for startups and entrepreneurs to share their novel innovations and ideas, including the Startup Pitch Competition, the Exhibit Hall, Market Connect sessions, 3.5 minute breakout session demos, and Launch! Launch! [...]
By Peter High | Sept. 18, 2017 Under Armour used to be known primarily for its moisture-wicking t-shirts. In the 21 years since the company was established in founder and CEO Kevin Plank’s grandmother’s basement, the company has expanded its product line extensively to include hats, pants, shoes, gloves, bags, and the like. In [...]
By ANDERS WOLD | Sept. 28, 2017 Digital disruption is the new normal. We use video conferencing in global business meetings, summon car rides through our phones using GPS, and snap or tweet our lives to friends and followers. For its part, healthcare is breaking down traditional hospital walls, and it’s not just the developed [...]
By StartUp Health | Oct 2, 2017 With YTD funding surpassing $9.0B, all data points to 2017 ending at close to $10B, another record-breaking annual number This past quarter has only reconfirmed the path digital health has been on, with consistently large deals and the largest Q3 we have on record at over $2.5B [...]
NSF ASISST Center Joins Bluedoor as Founding Member of DHIT The National Science Foundation’s Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) has announced it will become a founding member of DHITglobal.org (DHIT), a social venture dedicated to driving digital health innovation across the ecosystem and transforming North Carolina and the [...]
By Sean Doolan | Sept. 11, 2017 Meet Anya Schiess, General Partner at Healthy Ventures. In this edition of Ask An Investor, Schiess discusses everything from her investment focus on healthcare infrastructure to the importance of storytelling for early stage founders. Why did you form Healthy Ventures? Our original idea wasn’t to start our own fund. The idea then [...]
