TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We’re less than a month away from TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco! Mar Hershenson co-founded and serves as managing partner at Pear VC, a seed-stage investment firm in Palo Alto backing companies like Guardant Health, DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar and Branch. TechCrunch Disrupt takes place on October 18–20.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Disruption favors the small startup, and the pandemic has most certainly been disruptive. So it’s no surprise that accelerators and incubators are pumping out new startups that are ready to tackle the problems of 2020. Alaffia automates the process of auditing health insurance claims.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, an incubator based in New York, is introducing 12 new companies at its 20th demo day tomorrow. How to get into a startup accelerator. is a skin health brand focused on men. So without any further ado, here are the 12 companies launching out of ERA tomorrow. for a subscription.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 12, 2025

Recognizing the Pioneers Reshaping Business, Technology, and Leadership CatalyX Ventures, the globally renowned innovation accelerator, has officially announced the winners of its prestigious 2025 CatalyX Champions Series Awards, celebrating groundbreaking achievements across industries. What Are the CatalyX Champions Series Awards?

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

AI trailblazer Suchi Saria, PhD, in conversation with Vijay Pande, sheds light on the winding path that led her to launch Bayesian Health, a bold effort to infuse intelligence into clinical workflows. Steeped in over 20 years of experience, her insights map guideposts for founders aspiring to positively disrupt healthcare with AI.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Meanwhile, the individual costs to our own health of what we eat will add up to 1.3 In early 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting food supply chains across the planet, it was time to double down on the Feeding the City mission. trillion USD by 2030. Photo: Kina Mama. A translocal collaboration is born.

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StartupNation

JUNE 18, 2025

Moreover, constant internal strife can lead to burnout, which further accelerates turnover. High attrition doesn’t just disrupt your workflow, it also creates a culture of negativity and makes it harder to build momentum. In contrast, when your team is mired in conflict and negativity, ideas fall flat and productivity drops.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Remedial Health has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding to digitize pharmacies and stem the supply of fake and substandard pharmaceutical products, starting with Nigeria before expanding to the rest of Africa. Image Credits: Remedial Health. That business was pretty small.

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

CAVA’s founders had a vision to bring heritage, heart, health, and innovation to the fast-casual sector. CAVA’s future as a public company looks bright, and Revolution Growth is incredibly proud to have partnered with the company to help bring its vision of food with heart, health, and humanity to fruition. Maryland, and Virginia.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Building Legacies Out of Movements), an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs of color. Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Soda that serves a purpose, whether that be more healthy or even functional, is the new wave of drinks disrupting the $38 billion U.S. In Olipop ’s case, the three-year-old brand is going after function, with a line of sodas aimed at supporting digestive health. soft drink industry.

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Gust

JUNE 29, 2014

This is the “truly disruptive technology” that startups often claim. The trough of disillusionment includes mobile health monitoring, NFC and cloud computing. The first phase of a hype cycle is the technology trigger or breakthrough, product launch or other event that generates significant press and interest.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

TechCrunch’s favorites from Techstars’ Boston, Chicago and workforce accelerators. Today, I’m appropriating the term to describe this roundup by Greg Kumparak, Natasha Mascarenhas, Alex Wilhelm and Jonathan Shieber that recaps their favorite startups from Techstars accelerators. ” Will ride-hailing profits ever come?

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Astia Edge which invests in exceptional seed stage companies led by Black and LatinX women through an evergreen fund backed by our Corporate Partners Avestria Ventures : co-founded by Managing Partner Linda Greub, the firm invests in women’s health and female-led life science ventures.

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Gust

JUNE 29, 2014

This is the “truly disruptive technology” that startups often claim. The trough of disillusionment includes mobile health monitoring, NFC and cloud computing. The first phase of a hype cycle is the technology trigger or breakthrough, product launch or other event that generates significant press and interest.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Prox has worked in healthcare for more than a decade with major organizations such as Providence Health, Mount Sinai and Baylor Scott & White, mostly focused on digitizing health records and designing and implementing software for doctors, nurses, etc. The company was founded by Halston Prox and Joshua Smith.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2021

The company will join nine other startups in the accelerator’s class of 2021. Before TalentQL, Yusuf co-founded Nigeria-based tech media publication Techpoint Africa; Awoyemi co-founded online recruitment site Jobberman; and Sultan founded nonprofit tech accelerator DevCareer. ”

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 20, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 20, 2020: The Presbyterian Health Foundation has awarded nearly $4.6 million in biomedical research grants to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF). “We Our contributions are enabling researchers to achieve important progress for public health.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

As we spoke about on the latest Equity , Plaid has matured to host a growing startup accelerator, acquire companies and clearly expand its strategic ambitions. Francisco Partners scoops up bulk of IBM’s Watson Health unit. Cuffing season: Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 4 ways to navigate a post-acquisition partnership.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 14, 2023

With this investment, Croptix will accelerate the development and use of its patented in-field sensing technology. This disruptive platform enables the detection of crop health faster and easier than legacy practices, resulting in improved crop quality and yield providing better financial returns for farmers.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

ArborMetrix is an Ann Arbor startup dedicated to improving health care outcomes using data models and health care analytics for improved research. It accelerates enrollment and improve retainment of trial participants. ArborMetrix. Who manages recruiting and tracking clinical trial patients? Spellbound AR. Genomenon. Bedestrian.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

“We have seen many business models that have failed to scale in the health-tech ecosystem, and we believe that Sandeep has built a great team to deliver on HealthPlix promise,” said Mohan Kumar, investment advisor to Avataar Venture Partners, in a prepared statement. Currently, the startup has a headcount of 392 people.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

Pison’s breakthrough technology is being applied to a range of industries that support neurocognitive health and performance such as baseball. S amsung Ventures has a track record of investing in innovative technologies with the potential to disrupt industries. Pison is leading the way to a future of better cognitive health.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Microsoft Student Accelerator , though it has the word “accelerator” in its name, is a free, 4-month boot camp teaching students advanced analytics and AI, Azure and cloud fundamentals, and web apps and APIs.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Digital health startup Everlywell has raised a $175 million Series D funding round, following relatively fast on the heels of a $25 million Series C round it closed in February of this year. “We’ve been talking about the digital health movement, and the consumer-directed movement probably for a decade now,” she told me.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In March, two Nigerian startups, Treepz ( formerly Plentywaka ) and TalentQL got into the Techstars Toronto accelerator program alongside eight other companies. Healthtracka is a digital health platform that provides at-home lab testing, sample collection and result collection in less than three days.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

By leading the shift to more telehealth services, Fuzzy hopes to encourage pet parents to consider the health of their pet on a more regular basis to aid in their longevity. He called Bhettay “an energetic and smart entrepreneur” who is building a strong team to go after a space that is ripe for disruption.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

After these public incidents, Bush went quiet and only later re-emerged as the executive chairman of Firefly Health, a primary care startup. Now, Bush is back once again, this time as the co-founder of a new startup that aims to re-invent the digital health data stack. 4 strategies for building a digital health unicorn.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

However, the pandemic has shown an increased need for investment and focus on solutions that work on human and planetary health. For IndieBio, a science and biotech accelerator run by VC firm SOSV, this unprecedented year offered high stakes and new challenges. Leaving the $3.2

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Impact Hub

MARCH 5, 2025

How women innovators in Asia-Pacific are transforming food security, nutrition and climate action With 370+ million people facing undernutrition and climate change disrupting agriculture, these women-led innovations are stepping up to create lasting solutions. Without healthy soil, our food security is at risk.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Inflation accelerated. According to a recent survey from Capgemini, companies see disruption in the supply chain as the top risk to their business growth, ahead of rising raw material prices and the energy crisis. . The Ukrainian-Russian war continued unabated. “Our customers are made up of some of the world’s largest brands.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Kegg was unveiled on the TechCrunch Disrupt SF stage, back in 2018 , as part of our startup battlefield competition (though it didn’t go on to win). Commenting in a statement, Samina Hydery, kegg advisor and women’s health investor, said: “Investor interest in femtech and fertility has accelerated over the last few years.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 10, 2025

In a bold step to confront one of the deadliest and most overlooked women’s health crises, The Pershing Square Foundation announced a $5.25 Tackling a Silent Crisis in Women’s Health Despite being the most lethal gynecologic cancer, ovarian cancer receives a fraction of the funding allocated to other cancers.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

The pandemic failed to slow the momentum of venture capitalists pouring money into startups, but Chicago stands out as an “outlying benefactor of accelerating venture capital activity and the rise of remote investing,” Alex Wilhelm and Anna Heim write for The Exchange. As its startup market accelerates, Brazil could be in for an IPO bonanza.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2023

Plus, I interviewed Kevin Hart on the Disrupt stage. Now, founding partners Sheel Mohnot and Jake Gibson are launching an accelerator of their own. Here’s what to know: The Mint will be a three-month accelerator, based out of San Francisco, that cuts $500,000 checks in exchange for 10% equity in between six to 10 startups.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Amnesty International recently surveyed the world’s largest venture capital firms and startup accelerators. Overall, of the 50 VC firms and three startup accelerators analyzed by Amnesty International, we found that almost all of them lacked adequate human rights due diligence policies and processes.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

It’s the 33rd Demo Day of the well-known accelerator and holds the largest cohort yet. A wave of disruption of digitizing informal retail stores is sweeping across emerging markets this year, and Chari is joining in on the action. Infiuss Health (Nigeria). About half of the companies represented are based outside the U.S.

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