Dream It
MAY 18, 2020
Wellth , a platform designed to improve treatment adherence using behavioral economics, announced the closing of their $10M Series A round, co-led by yabeo and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund ( BIVF ). The startup uses loss aversion to incentivize care adherence; built on the belief that, “if we give people an incentive to make healthy decisions today, we will be able to drastically reduce healthcare costs in the future.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MAY 18, 2020
So many of our favorite community anchors have shuttered in the wake of the pandemic. And reopening them won’t be easy. Music venues, movie theaters, art galleries, restaurants, performance spaces, maker spaces, conferences, festivals, and bookshops are the places we hang out in, enjoy each other, and and connect to art and culture. But these spaces also have communities of people connected to them, rooting for them, and eager to help them.
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Angel Capital Association
MAY 18, 2020
By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Groundbreaking economist, author, investor, and entrepreneur is honored with the Angel Capital Association’s Hans Severiens Award While performing the research that culminated in her book, The Next Wave: Financing and Investing Strategies for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs , Alicia Robb, Ph.D., realized there was an enormous funding gap for women-led companies, which was due, in part, to the lack of women investors.
NZ Entrepreneur
MAY 18, 2020
This article is the second of a three-part series by Dr Sudhanshu Ayyagari that focuses on the importance of intellectual property for startup companies. Intellectual property rights are an indispensable consideration in ensuring your startup has the best possibility to succeed in the future. In this article, we discuss what startups should consider in the context of different intellectual property rights, and provide general tips for startups before commercialising their product.
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OurCrowd
MAY 18, 2020
OurCrowd portfolio company Zebra Medical Vision, a deep-learning Medtech company, has announced its fifth FDA 510(k) clearance for its Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF) product. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Crowdfund Insider] OurCrowd Portfolio Company Zebra Medical Gains 5th FDA Clearance, OurCrowd Predicts Renaissance in Medical Innovation appeared first on OurCrowd.
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Angel Capital Association
MAY 18, 2020
By Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Young company awarded prestigious Luis Villalobos Award, Life Sciences category, from Angel Capital Association “Where words fail, music speaks.” Hans Christian Andersen wrote these words nearly 200 years ago, but a bold new startup is living proof of music’s inherent ability to stimulate, and even heal, the human brain.
OurCrowd
MAY 18, 2020
OurCrowd portfolio company Zebra Medical Vision, a deep-learning Medtech company, has announced its fifth FDA 510(k) clearance for its Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF) product. Read more here. The post [Zebra in CrowdFund Insider] OurCrowd Portfolio Company Zebra Medical Gains 5th FDA Clearance, OurCrowd Predicts Renaissance in Medical Innovation appeared first on OurCrowd.
EntreWorks Consulting
MAY 18, 2020
I remain convinced that our post-COVID world will place a heavier emphasis on local ownership and local connections. I’m excited about these prospects, but also realistically concerned about how we’ll pay for this at the local level. Outside support, from revised and expanded state and federal programs, will likely be part of the puzzle, but the real solutions will need to begin at home.
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 18, 2020
Here are three little puzzles about infinity. Here’s a short blue line and a red line that is 3x longer than the blue line. Let me show you how there are just as many points in the blue line as there are in the red line. Let’s make a right triangle with the blue and red lines, and then draw a green line to connect them. I’ll draw a line connecting a point on the blue line to a point on the red line.
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Founders Coop
MAY 18, 2020
Last week I spotted this annotated twitter thread from Fred Destin , which he kicked off with a simple question : As founders-turned-VCs, Aviel and I have always relied on the “golden rule” principle — treating founders the way we wish we had been treated when we were in their shoes — when deciding how to build our own firm here at Founders’ Co-op.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MAY 18, 2020
Whether your business has remained open, scaled back, temporarily closed, or even ramped up during the coronavirus pandemic, there’s one thing we all have in common: Commerce as we knew it has—perhaps forever—changed. The organizations that adapt their policies, processes and customer outreach to meet the needs of this new normal will survive and grow stronger.
OurCrowd
MAY 18, 2020
Whether the creators over at Tovala anticipated our current living situation, or just got lucky, is up in the air, but they created a futuristic oven that is basically is the answer to our prayers. The Tovala Smart Oven is a countertop machine that combines a broiler, steamer, oven, and toaster, as well as unparalleled smart features. It could very well replace pretty much all of your appliances – just saying.
Angel Capital Association
MAY 18, 2020
By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Cutting-edge clean energy company wins Luis Villalobos Award, Technology category, from Angel Capital Association The United States has abundant access to domestic natural gas, but we have struggled for decades to find scalable, economic ways to leverage natural gas as a transportation fuel, despite its environmental and efficiency benefits.
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Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 18, 2020
Here are three little puzzles about infinity. Here’s a short blue line and a red line that is 3x longer than the blue line. Let me show you how there are just as many points in the blue line as there are in the red line. Let’s make a right triangle with the blue and red lines, and then draw a green line to connect them. I’ll draw a line connecting a point on the blue line to a point on the red line.
OurCrowd
MAY 18, 2020
Trends that began way before the virus hit ? whether e-commerce, working from home, distance learning or robotic process automation ? have now accelerated to light-speed. The impact of this crisis on the investment world, especially venture capital, is really interesting…A couple of things are becoming apparent: an absolute and renewed focus on healthcare and medical everything, obviously with anything related to the current crisis getting huge attention and support.
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