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Transformer Inspiration
"We can’t lose this momentum. We can’t let up. We can never relent. And we won’t."
Joe Biden, Biden Cancer Initiative
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StartUp Health’s Chief Medical Officer Named to Biden Cancer Initiative Board of Directors
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Biden Cancer Initiative Board of Directors
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Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden
Image courtesy of @bidencancer
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We're incredibly excited to share that StartUp Health's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Howard Krein, has been named to the Biden Cancer Initiative Board of Directors. Read more in TIME Magazine and join the fight against cancer at bidencancer.org.
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A Burning Man for Health Geeks
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In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, StartUp Health Ambassador Callie Fisher shares news about next year’s StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco on January 8-9. Apply to attend now and watch the full video on HEALTH TRANSFORMER!
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HEALTH TRANSFORMER Spotlight
What’s Health Transformer Dr. J. Craig Venter Looking For? Learn how StartUp Health company, Human Longevity Inc., is decoding the human genome to decipher the language of life.
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The World’s Largest Community of Health Transformers
For entrepreneurs who are transforming healthcare, StartUp Health Moonshot Academy is a lifetime program for every stage of growth that provides coaching, community, access, and promotion to each of our Health Transformers.
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Apply to Bayer Grants4Apps Dealmaker Program
Grants4Apps is looking for the ambitious and entrepreneurial minds who want to acquire Bayer as a customer. The Dealmaker program is a collaboration facilitator between Bayer and startups, companies, and other institutions that have mature solutions. Apply by June 30 to the Dealmaker program if your startup deals with topics such as: hemophilia, women’s health, pulmonology, ophthalmology, nephrology, artificial intelligence, data analytics, or clinical trials, among others.
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Blockchain in Healthcare: Health 2.0 Atlanta
Health Transformer Chrissa McFarlane of Patientory speaking
June 28, 2017
Atlanta, GA
Healthcare Cybersecurity in Action
June 28, 2017
Webinar hosted by Konnarock Healthcare
She Started It: A Film Screening
June 29, 2017
New York, NY
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MedCity CONVERGE
StartUp Health CMO Dr. Howard Krein speaking
July 31-August 1, 2017
Philadelphia, PA
MIT Solve
Submission deadline: August 1, 2017
Financial Times Digital Health Summit USA
StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes speaking
Oct 12, 2017
New York, NY
For more digital health events, visit our website.
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Work With Health Transformers
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StartUp Health is always searching for amazing leaders to join our team and mission to transform health to make a global impact. Visit startuphealth.com/careers for more info.
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StartUp Health Insights
Digital health companies raised over $140M this week! Some of the most recent deals:
| Startup |
Amount |
Investors |
| ClassPass |
$70.0M |
Temasek, Acequia Capital, CRV, General Catalyst, GV, M13, Thrive |
| ChartSpan Medical Technologies |
$16.0M |
Cypress Growth Capital |
| Vineti |
$13.7M |
GE Ventures, Mayo Clinic Ventures, DFJ, LifeForce Capital |
| BetterDoctor |
$11.0M |
Health Catalyst Capital. Vision+, Texo Ventures, SoftTechVC, LifeLine Ventures, B-ForeCapital |
| CirrusMD |
$7.2M |
Colorado Impact Fund, Bootstrap Incubation, Three Leaf Ventures, Rockies Venture Fund, Service Provider Capital, Sand Hill Angels, New York Angels |
| Ivbar |
€5.0M |
Total Equity |
| Now Healthcare Group |
£4.0M |
Medicash |
| Grow Fit |
$4.5M |
Manipal Education and Medical Group, SAR Group, The Grover Trust |
| Z-Works |
$3.6M |
Spiral Ventures, Canon Marketing Japan, Infocom, Lixil, Kokusai Kogyo, KSP Venture Investment Funds |
| Iconovo |
€2.3M |
Undisclosed |
| FraudScope |
$1.4M |
Spider Capital, GRA Venture Fund, TechSquare Labs, Mosley Ventures, Service Provider Capital Fund, Vijay Balasubramaniyan |
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StartUp Health’s Q1 2017 Insights Report
If the first quarter of 2017 is any indication of what’s to come, 2017 is going to be another important year for digital health funding.
Get the free Q1 2017 Insights Report
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