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Transformer Inspiration
“Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.”
— Vice President Joe Biden
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Vice President Joe Biden to Keynote Startup Health Festival
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We are honored to welcome back for the second year former Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, who will keynote the sixth annual StartUp Health Festival. Fresh off his American Promise tour and the release of his new book ‘Promise Me, Dad,’ Mr. Biden will discuss the progress the Biden Cancer Initiative is making to end cancer as we know it.
Read more about the Festival on HEALTH TRANSFORMER and apply to attend at festival.startuphealth.com.
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The RippleWorks Effect: Creating Successful Startups
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In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Doug Galen, CEO & Co-founder of RippleWorks, explains how startups like those in StartUp Health’s portfolio can benefit from being part of a RippleWorks project. See the full video interview on HEALTH TRANSFORMER.
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HEALTH TRANSFORMER Headlines
Moonshot Minute: StartUp Health company Prognos raises $20.5M, new speakers announced for the StartUp Health Festival + more!
Predicting Disease Early to Improve Health: Sundeep Bhan of Prognos on using Artificial Intelligence and analytics to track and predict disease
What Do Google, GE, Fortune Magazine, Doctor.com & Prognos All Have in Common?
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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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Health 2.0 WinterTech
The fourth annual Health 2.0 WinterTech is back in San Francisco on January 10. Join over 500 healthtech decision makers including health providers, healthtech investors, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and startups for a day of live product demos and in-depth discussions on the investment trends that will impact the new technology healthcare landscape in 2018. Register for WinterTech today and save with code WTSUP2.
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StartUp Health Festival
January 8-9, 2018
San Francisco, CA
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Health 2.0 WinterTech
January 10, 2018
San Francisco, CA
Save with code: WTSUP2
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Want Ongoing Digital Health News and Insights?
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Career Opportunities With Health Transformers
StartUp Health is hiring venture and network associates and 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
Innovative health companies raised over $165M in the last week. Some of the most recent deals:
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Investors |
| electroCore |
$70.0M |
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Core Ventures II, Merck's Global Health Innovation Fund, Knoll Capital Management, American Investment Holdings, Vinik Family Foundation |
| Thrive Global |
$30.0M |
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Marc Benioff, IVP, Phil Fernandez, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Advancit Capital, Sean Parker |
| Portea Medical |
$26.0M |
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Sabre Partners, MEMG CDC Ventures, Accel, International Finance Corporation, Qualcomm Ventures |
| Revel Health |
$17.0M |
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TT Capital Partners |
| VirtualHealth |
$7.0M |
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Edison Partners |
| Fimmic |
€5.0M |
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Ascend Capital Partners, ACME Investments, STO-Rahoitus |
| Quantib |
€4.5M |
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Holland Venture, InnovationQuarter |
| Empiric Health |
$3.0M |
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Intermountain Healthcare |
| Envisagenics |
$2.3M |
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Third Kind Venture Capital, Cosine, Dolby Family Ventures, Dynamk Capital, NY Empire State Development, SV Angel |
| MobieFit |
$1.3M |
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NB Ventures, MediAssist India |
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A $2.5 Billion Quarter for Digital Health
Digital health funding isn’t slowing down with the largest Q3 yet coming in at over $2.5B. Following previous Q4 trends, we expect total annual funding for 2017 to hit the $10B mark.
Get the free 2017 Q3 Global Digital Health Funding Report now.
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