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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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

CAVA’s founders had a vision to bring heritage, heart, health, and innovation to the fast-casual sector. So they kept their focus trained on meeting more people in more places — through digital innovation and geographic expansion — with food that fuels and connects. Now their company is trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 6, 2020

Many countries tried to “flatten the curve” of the contagious infection to manage the unprecedented overload on public health systems, and to distribute the demand for medical care, intensive care unit beds, and ventilators over a longer period.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

Boulevard Capital enables customers to bypass the months of waiting, credit checks, and tedious paperwork that accompany traditional loan applications – a process that often ends in rejection anyway, especially for minority-owned businesses. to book more than 1 million appointments every month.

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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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OurCrowd

JUNE 2, 2020

Today, OurCrowd announces the launch of its Pandemic Innovation Fund. 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. Other entirely new industries will appear.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Eflex Intelligent digital energy for homes and small business 2020 Lumme Lumme Health is a digital behavioral health company with a radically superior approach to facilitating success with weight management and problematic eating patterns. Tursus Developing innovative back-office solutions for the point-of-sale industry.

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Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2022

Fazeela’s experience as an investor and trusted advisor to tech-enabled businesses makes her an invaluable addition to the team, strengthening our approach of providing hands-on company portfolio support. What industries are you excited for the next generation of founders to disrupt? all with a more personalized approach.

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OurCrowd

JULY 24, 2019

We expect healthcare to change in the next decade as disruptive technologies promise to improve patient outcomes, making medicine more personalized, effective, and interconnected. The doctor evaluates your symptoms, considers your age, weight, family health history, and ultimately determines treatment. The Digital Health Revolution.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Like Thiel, I think Christensen undervalues efficiency innovations. Combining efficiency innovations can lead to enabling innovations that create new industries. For example, coupling cheap computing with virtualization enabled cloud computing - a potentially $100B industry. There is room and a need for both.

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

OurCrowd investing professionals experienced in doing business with the UAE and top startup entrepreneurs will give practical insights into the Israeli innovation ecosystem and its key sectors, including AI, Healthcare, and Mobility. Join us for what promises to be a fascinating and historic occasion. To register, click here.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 20, 2021

Chiara Renella-Brooks, ACA Partnership Director Incredible Companies Built by Women Highlighted During the Innovation Funders Showcase Deeper Dive This year’s ninth Annual ACA Summit Innovation Funders Showcase opened ACA Summit week with many exciting new twists!

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

Wellthy is a startup aimed at helping caregivers be more equipped to deal with all aspects of their various responsibilities by serving as a self-described “tech-enabled care concierge.” It feels like mental health and women’s health have started to get some well-deserved attention but caregiving is still really under the radar.”

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

It can also lead to complications such as heart disease, kidney disease, retinopathy, skin disorders, vascular and neurological disorders, and foot ulcers, gradually robbing individuals of their health and quality of life. ” Ed sees the healthtech market as primed for disruption.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 7, 2021

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director The prestigious Luis Villalobos Award, recognizing the most ingenious and innovative ideas recently financed by members of the Angel Capital Association, was recently awarded to two ACA member-funded companies disrupting their fields. Genomenon is such a company.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

Deep tech refers to scientific or engineering innovations that disrupt existing industries through years of research, patent application, and other forms of intellectual property. Smartwatches are enabling people and their doctors to track their health and fitness. There are an estimated 1.07 Investors funneled $15.4

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

designed to equip entrepreneurs of color with tools and resources to enable them to accelerate growth and maximize impact. welcomes powerful women of color to hold monthly conversations on topics like innovation, networking and self-care. Earlier this year, adidas announced its newest program, Cultivate & B.L.O.O.M.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

The region had seen “lots of innovation for patients through a proliferation of telemedicine apps and even innovations for doctors, but the pharmacy and its workforce were largely unaddressed,” SwipeRx CEO Farouk Meralli said. ”

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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

AUGUST 11, 2021

We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy brands, incumbent companies and “old” ways of thinking. The technology industry is often thought of as being the domain of the young and the new.

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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. What emerged was “patent-pending hyper-soluble caffeine technology,” that enables VAE Labs to “significantly increase solubility of caffeine and liquid,” Bogdan said.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Check out some of the Ann Arbor companies with the biggest growth, best funding and most innovative products to watch into 2022. EverActive has won multiple awards, including a recent 2021 IDEA Innovation Award. Clients including Google, Coursera, Promedica, Duke Health and the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Five success factors for behavioral health startups. As consumers grew more comfortable with the web, marketplaces like eBay, Etsy, Expedia and Wayfair* emerged, enabling historically offline transactions to occur online. The end-to-end approach makes the most sense when disrupting very large markets.

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OurCrowd

JULY 2, 2020

Many countries tried to “flatten the curve” of the contagious infection to manage the unprecedented overload on public health systems, and to distribute the demand for medical care, intensive care unit beds, and ventilators over a longer period. .

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

Banking: disruption of in-person banking, website and in-app chat for faster customer resolution using Conversational AI, more advanced IVR menus to intelligently route calls and reduce handling time or give callers the option of receiving either a callback, switch to chat, or text, rather than wait in line. Consider two companies.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2023

Our fund is committed to backing fintech pioneers and innovators that yield improved experiences and outcomes for financial institutions and their customers. Today and for far too long, the loan application process has been lengthy, manual, and ripe for disruption. Presta is a customer-obsessed company. Learn more at www.zealvc.co.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. Meanwhile, the individual costs to our own health of what we eat will add up to 1.3 trillion USD by 2030. Photo: Sutton Community Farm.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Startups tackling Covid and urgent health challenges. With eight patents pending and unique knowhow, the company has a highly innovative solution to one of today’s greatest pain points in agriculture. 3: Startups tackling Covid and urgent health challenges. . The week’s top investment deals from OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 31, 2020

Putting safety first, the company’s Vehicle Intelligence Platform of embedded computers and cloud software enables its scooters to protect themselves from damage during and between rides by detecting problems including battery fires, short circuits, or failed brakes, and take corrective action to avert damage. Top Tech News.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

DouxMatok’s low-sugar sugar’s sweet spot on Netflix’s ‘Explained’ Sweetch raises $20M for app that helps boost health outcomes. The company has already enabled more than 28 million people in over 120 countries to kick start and scale their businesses online. Microsoft picks MagniLearn for education initiative.

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OurCrowd

JULY 11, 2021

Ro Health acquires at-home testing startup Kit. OurCrowd’s Top 10 Post-Pandemic Tech Trends offers invaluable insight into what will be hot, disruptive and investible in startups for the coming 12 months. Top industry speakers highlight each trend with exclusive intel on the most innovative startups. Introductions.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 1, 2021

The innovators behind the advanced optical spectrometer ‘SCiO’ are disrupting AgTech yet again by introducing two new products that will further the company’s mission to optimize farming methods and improve crop quality and yield. The company’s technology can also be deployed to protect oil, gas and other critical supply lines. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Frances Schwiep: BNPL, though crowded in established markets, is still ripe for innovation in new geographies like Latin America. Frances Schwiep: We’re on the lookout for companies both enabling and distributing next generation financial products. Which products or services are innovating? billion in revenue last year.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Friendly, smart, innovative, and ready to lend a helping hand. Workit Health. Founded by two of the top female founders in the Midwest , Workit Health is a health startup that’s providing digital tools for people recovering from addiction. So they created Workit Health. Groundspeed.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Pear, a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2013, has an impressive track record when it comes to identifying promising companies from their earliest stages — including DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar, Vanta, Branch Metrics and Guardant Health. ” Health U. Founders: Emily Stebbins (Co-CEO), Jonathan Siktberg (Co-CEO).

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OurCrowd

MARCH 3, 2020

The time has never been better for new technology to disrupt these alarming trends. Food and beverage technology, or “FoodTech,” holds the potential to improve how we eat — from increased food yield, improved nutritional value and freshness to innovations in supply chain and procurement. Health is Personal.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

I want to thank my coauthor Akshat Dixit , a rising senior at North Carolina State University, intern at Versatile VC, and past intern with the HBS Alumni Angels Association and the Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem, NC. . Columbia , University of Washington , NYU ) have mounted formal efforts to promote interdisciplinary innovation.

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