American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

With booking volumes approaching $2 billion and employees now over 1200, the latest lead funder Softbank has come on board with participation from existing investors, Kinnevik and Felix Capital. TravelPerk was co-founded in 2015 by a highly seasoned entrepreneurial innovation team.

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Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2022

Tell us about your experience as a UN Women Metro New York Chapter board member. What industries are you excited for the next generation of founders to disrupt? There is still much to do in health and wellness to shift the paradigm from curative healthcare to holistic and preventive care.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

National Health Service. In a statement Hadely said: “Attracting new investment during a difficult time overall for the tech sector underscores the incredible demand for Immersive Labs’ disruptive, people-centric approach to cybersecurity. Proving cyber resilience has increasingly become a Board and C-level consideration.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Delta surge will lead to more resignations among employees who don’t wish to risk their health with breakthrough infections. Why are reputable companies, and even the US federal government, pushing employees to risk their health? It leads them to greatly underappreciate the likelihood and consequences of disruptive events.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The round was led by current investors Bluestem Capital, Endeavour Vision, Baird Capital, cultivate(MD) Capital Funds, and PrairieGold Venture Partners, as well as new health-tech investors Arboretum Ventures and InVivium Capital. We are excited to invest in the Series C extension from our fund, Arboretum Ventures VI ($268 million fund).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

to 573 , from 491 in 2019, according to local publication Disrupt Africa. Send , the offering it launched with, allows customers of businesses who integrate with its APIs, such as Eversend (a cross-border fintech) and Nguvu Health (a teletherapy platform), to send money across both platforms using identifiers such as emails or usernames. “I

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

GDP, so it’s no surprise that digital health is attracting record levels of investment. billion to health tech startups, compared to $14.6 Given the high cost of care in the United States compared to other nations, pairing fintech with health tech is just good business. Healthcare spending accounts for almost 18% of U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 13, 2023

Some of the greatest innovation, with the highest potential for societal and economic impact, is happening in digital health, biotech and climate right now,” said Simmons, founder and managing partner at Overwater Ventures. “I According to KPMG , just 20% of founders are satisfied with their mental health and wellness.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

I think, historically speaking, in health care, the patient did whatever the doctor did, whatever the doctor told them to do, and at Kindbody the patient is in charge, not necessarily the doctor.”. She offers examples of how other ailments or potential health problems are addressed with the aim to prevent rather than cure.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

On the education front, he says the outfit provides online accredited education, drug information, job listings, discussion boards and everything else its community of pharmacists needs to advance professionally and better serve patients. ”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Green has built her career as a VC by becoming an expert within the fields in which she invests, beginning in the consumer space and expanding to health and wellness, durable supply chains and more.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If we could find a way to make it taste good, we felt like we had the potential to disrupt the entire energy drink market and really the caffeine market as a whole,” he added. So they tapped into their neuroscience chemistry studies and went back to the drawing board for two years.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

How to communicate with your board in tough times. Five success factors for behavioral health startups. The end-to-end approach makes the most sense when disrupting very large markets. Justin Da Rosa. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Justin Da Rosa is a vice president with Battery Ventures in San Francisco.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Spot is tackling this issue with a digital, on-demand injury insurance product that can be as-is or as a complement to traditional health insurance. Every major market was disrupted by some change of distribution, like Netflix and Airbnb,” Goy told TechCrunch. “We Affordable healthcare continues to be a major problem in the U.S.,

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Anxiety levels have worsened, with COVID-19 proving to be hugely disruptive to corporate wellness. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to workplace stress and other related health problems. A Health Risk Assessment is designed to help you identify potential hazards that are present in your workplace.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

So here’s our advice on how teams can smoothly reach an SOC 3 while simultaneously balancing workloads and minimizing disruption to users.”. How to establish a health tech startup advisory board. Most startups could use an advisory board, but in health tech, it’s a core requirement.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

She not only found that 80% of our body’s immunity stems from gut health , but that she could assist by healing her body through food. We don’t want to be a niche health product — that is secondary to what we are trying to do, but it’s a bonus that we get that, too.”. 1 spot based on four-week data from SPINS ending June 13, 2021.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The new capital was led by Third Point Ventures , with participation from existing investors Sapphire Ventures, More Capital, Disruptive AI, Vertex Growth, 40North, Samsung Next and TCP. . The latest funding brings its total raised to more than $550 million. . Boosted by the pandemic, meeting transcription service Otter.ai raises $50M.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Of the total number of doctors on board, 70% are outside metro cities, HealthPlix said. Moreover, it plans to explore a couple of models to explore how it can disrupt the insurance and the payer side, Gudibanda said. Founded in 2017, the startup has already empowered more than 10,000 doctors who treat 2.5%

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

There are thousands of startups in agriculture, FinTech, energy, and health — all the major sectors of the African economy, but very few in tourism, and only a handful have raised capital. Investors participating in this round include Klister Credit Corp., But why the focus on tourism?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

But Rebecca Weisinger, CEO and co-founder of Equipt Health , has seen plenty of patients falter in the long process of qualifying for devices they need. Image Credits: Equipt Health. As healthcare goes remote, Equipt Health brings medical hardware to the home by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Annya Santana , Hood Health: Hood Health’s the first media platform and lifestyle brand at the intersection of health, wellness and culture. Join us in celebrating our first Cultivate & B.L.O.O.M. cohort of powerful women entrepreneurs who are having far-reaching impact on their communities. IG: @hood_health.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 2, 2020

We plan to raise $100 million for investment in urgent technological solutions for the medical, business, educational and social needs triggered by global pandemics and other health emergencies. Treatment & Healing – Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Remote monitoring, Digital health, etc.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Around the world, consumers are facing higher prices for goods and services due to disruption to supply lines and labor availability primarily brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics collated by the Conference Board put figures to the falling confidence levels. With the consumer price index (CPI) increasing by 6.2%

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Other examples are the design of advanced therapeutics with silicon and routing components on a printed circuit board. With the new funding, the enterprise AI company plans to accelerate the launch of disruptive AI products across biotech, logistics, transportation and electronics manufacturing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

But getting farmers on board has never been easy, Goslinga told TechCrunch. Pula is one of the few African startups disrupting the farming industry with technology. As part of the new fundraise, TLcom’s senior partner Omobola Johnson will join Pula’s board. ”

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

How can I apply product building skills to what would appear to be a public health challenge? We’ve really gone back to the drawing board,” as he put it. Though the only one joining the board is Lt. Founder Kai Kloepfer said he began looking into the idea after the Aurora mass shooting in 2012. General Guy C.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

But with the company now trading, our access to its historical results, and our minds still enthralled by YouTube’s recent financial performance for Alphabet, it’s worth taking a moment to digest the company’s health. It’s nice to see some other cities put points on the board. Flywire’s flotation suggests the IPO slowdown is behind us.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 8, 2020

These actions may mean the difference between failure and survival—and between losing our most talented people or having them stay on board. At the same time as you make the decisions that will affect both the short term and long term health of your company, you need to stop and consider your own emotional health , as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

The ones above are the ones I’ve prioritized this year (other than Disrupt – I never seem to get invited to that one). But if you’re a concentrated investor who takes board seats then you know the hard bit starts the day after. Health destroying stress. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Quantified health activity is all around us these days, as scores of people use mobile sensing technologies to keep an eye on their well-being by tracking their steps, workouts and even how long and deep they sleep — so why shouldn’t women who cycle (as in menstrual cycle) track monthly changes to their hormone levels?

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

Expansion of the core team, including creation of Scientific Advisory Boards in stroke, MS, and PD comprised of leading researchers and clinicians, and creation of a Patient Advisory Board. Completion of a feasibility study in chronic stroke that exceeded expectations.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

From our Extra Crunch Live Pitch-offs all the way up to the world-famous Disrupt Startup Battlefield, we can’t get enough of ’em. Here at TechCrunch, we’re big fans of startup competitions. Today, we’re excited to share the agenda of the event with you. Powering the Future Through Transformative Tech.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

These include, most recently, a new analytics engine, called Ridership Insights that provides more granular data based on routes, including boarding and alighting data based on time and date, to make more informed planning decisions. That has largely come back now, with average numbers now at 80-90% of where they were pre-Covid, Haggiag said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Startups like Ascend aiming to disrupt the insurance industry are also attracting venture capital, with recent examples including Vouch and Marshmallow , which raised close to $100 million, while Insurify raised $100 million. Ascend app. Bill Trenchard, partner at First Round Capital, met Wynn while he was still with Sheltr.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Wherever your business sits on the spectrum, you’ll want to follow these tips to navigate supply chain disruption. So, how can one navigate the disruptions and mitigate the risks? Work with community resources and local workforce boards. So, how did we get here? They all impact the current supply chain debacle.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

has a legacy, centralized financial infrastructure that needs to be disrupted and re-imagined by fintechs with blockchain technology. QED Investors said it has expanded its mental health initiative aimed at tackling addiction among entrepreneurs to its Spanish-language portfolio companies. Today the U.S.

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