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Commercializing AI in Healthcare: The Enterprise Buyer Perspective

Andreessen Horowitz

Positioning the product (with the enterprise buyer in mind) Frame the problem you’re trying to solve In a recent conversation with Daniel Barchi, CIO of CommonSpirit Health, he compared AI software purchasing to buying a car with lane assist technology. That ultimate user could be a physician or a specific administrative team member.

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LMS365, a learning management system built into Microsoft 365 and Teams, raises $20M

TechCrunch

Embedding a learning management system directly into workers’ core everyday tools is one of LMS365’s core selling points versus incumbents in the LMS space such as Workday , Eloomi , or TalentLMS. “Our primary markets (around 80%) are services industry, logistics, manufacturing, automotive, health care and government.”

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5 tips for healthcare startups fundraising in a down market

TechCrunch

In fundraising, a founder’s greatest challenge is not selling any particular product or strategy. The competition is not your market competitor or incumbent. In this environment, funds will be looking for acyclical markets to invest in. Galym Imanbayev joined Lightspeed in 2020 as a partner focused on the healthcare sector.

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The gray revolution: Fundraising within the older adult space

TechCrunch

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. One of the best strategies for tech companies that want to serve the older adult market is to focus your value proposition on empowering older adults.

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Ivorian healthtech startup Susu has $1M to scale its family-centric insurance product across Africa

TechCrunch

million in debt and grant financing from BPI France , the French government’s public investment bank. Bola Bardet founded the company with Laurent Leconte (CTO) and Sandrine Egron (COO) after losing her father to complications from a chronic health condition due to poor management. “My So that’s how the story started.”. Susu founders.

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11 investors predict a colorful, if difficult, future for psychedelic startups

TechCrunch

Amongst these questions are actual costs of therapies, reimbursement coverage, the commercialisation strategy for psychedelic drug development companies, resource bottlenecks with the therapists’ supply and infrastructure, etc,” they told TechCrunch+. is discussed,” said Amy Kruse, chief investment officer, Satori Neuro.

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Most fintechs partner with banks; Varo became one, and says it’s paying off

TechCrunch

For me, there was a huge opportunity in a space that the incumbents were not able to capture because a lot of it is the economics of their model and misaligned incentives.The world continues to unfortunately be made up of haves and have nots….There TC: Was it worth it for you to get a charter as a company? And if so, why?