GIANT Health weekly Update
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Hello GIANT community member
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Only 6 weeks to go until The GIANT Health Event 2019! We're in full swing preparing for the event and can't wait to see you there!
In case you don't already know, this week is your last chance to get super early bird tickets. The sale ends on Saturday 7th September. Buy your Super Early Bird tickets now and save a massive 50%!
Thinking of attending with your colleagues? We also offer group ticket packages if you purchase 4 or more tickets, saving you hundreds of pounds! Scroll down to find out about the other benefits of purchasing a group package.
Don't forget to take a look at our agenda and blog for the latest updates.
Barry Shrier, Founder, GIANT Health
@Barry_HealthTec
+44 7776 132 517
PS. We are recruiting for a Junior Graphic Designer - Please get in touch if you're interested or know someone perfect for the role!
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Here are just a few reasons why you should attend #GIANThealth19
- Get free associate IHM membership for 1 year when you buy a ticket to GIANT - worth £130.
- Gain full CPD points for attending.
- Get a free dot health domain name when you attend GIANT.
- Engage, connect and create partnerships with leaders in digital health.
- Develop effective solutions to drive up patient outcomes.
- Learn about new initiatives and the latest developments and advances in technology and find inspiration from leading innovators.
- Plenty of opportunities for networking and connecting.
- Partner with the latest technology and healthcare providers.
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'Band-aid' like wireless sensor tracks your health
Researchers have engineered a new type of wearable technology called BodyNet that detects physiological signals emanating from the skin. The novel tech consists of wireless sensors that stick like band-aids and beam readings. For now, the stickers produce respiration and pulse readings but the team hopes to integrate sweat, temperature and other sensors into their antenna systems.
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FitBit launch premium service to unite your health data
This new service aims to help Fitbit users take better action from their health and fitness data. Over time it will evolve to help tackle chronic health conditions, but initially, FitBit will focus on fitness, diet and sleep as well as mental health. It will offer more detailed guidance on sleep patterns, suggestions for more targeted workouts, fitness challenges and coaching. Most importantly, all of this will be based on your own activity and data, with workout plans and advice adjusting based on your usage and responses.
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Wefight, France
- $1.8 million
- Funds secured through the EIT Health network
Wefight is a virtual companion technology which combats loneliness in patients with chronic diseases. The platform is currently available for 4 diseases and the investment will be channelled to accelerate the development of its virtual companion technology to serve those suffering from a total of 33 chronic diseases by 2020.
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Inveox, Germany
- €17 million
- Investors names unknown
Inveox, an AI-supported automation system, develops systems to digitize, automate and connect pathology laboratories. The goal is to increase the safety and reliability of cancer diagnoses while simultaneously improving the efficiency and profitability of labs as well as unlocking the potential for personalized diagnostics driven by big data and artificial intelligence.
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#Beanstalks2019 HealthTech start-up competition - closes 7th September!
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Sometimes, you just need a little magic to help your business to grow.
There are only a few days left to enter the Beanstalks 2019 competition! So please share this great opportunity with your network. BEANSTALKS™ is an international “competition for prizes” for health and care tech start-ups. We welcome early-stage businesses to enter under a range of categories around applying technology to better outcomes for health and care.
What are the benefits of entering?
- Everyone who enters gets a listing on the GIANT website and in the event magazine - great exposure to thousands of people who work in health-tech, including investors.
- A vastly discounted exhibition ticket package for your company.
- The chance to pitch live on stage to all applicants who make the shortlist.
- Multiple prizes
- A prize for each of the 5 award categories (Advanced Diagnostics & Therapies • Breakthrough Medical or Healthcare Device • Addressing Health Inequalities • Best Co-Creation with Patients and / or Healthcare Workers • Intercepting Disease and Improving Healthspan)
- A prize for each of the 3 stages (Pollen, Bean, Sprout)
- Overall prize winner.
- Investor round table access - giving startups a chance to ask questions to investors in an informal and intimate session.
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Reasons to be grateful for Health-Tech:
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The behavioral and mental health software market was worth $1.32bn in 2017 and is expected to be more than double by 2026 (MarketWatch).
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Accelerating Health: financing the future
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GIANT has launched a new conference track to explore how the future of health tech can be financed. Through discussion with the companies tackling today’s health moonshots, and the visionary investors financing them, we will look at how innovation can be accelerated. Bringing together the investment community with start-ups, scale-ups and innovators from across Europe and around the world we will talk about trends, products and business models and provide a productive space for meeting and collaborating.
Why attend?
• The future of health tech innovation depends on visionary entrepreneurs having the resources available to build great products and great companies.
•Ageing, growing populations, and the increase in chronic illnesses such as obesity and diabetes are not small problems. They demand efficient new solutions, built in a strong ecosystem, prepared to take some calculated risk.
• Health moonshots require radical collaboration around audacious health goals; we are bringing together investors, startups and corporate innovators, with the right mindset, a moonshot vision to speed up progress in solving big health challenges, ensuring access to care and improving the wellbeing of people worldwide.
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Upcoming TechData MeetUp, 12th Sept, closing panel of speakers led by Barry Shrier of GIANT.health
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Introducing ‘Healthcare Tech Solutions and Innovation Meetup’ an opportunity to network with like-minded people and hear from our industry solution experts.
This meetup will showcase the latest in Healthcare IT Innovation, bringing together thought leadership and industry expertise.
Book your place now
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GIANT Health reaches thousands of members of the global HealthTech community.
Get in touch to discuss partnership opportunities.
Barry Shrier, Founder, GIANT Health
@Barry_HealthTec
+44 7776 132 517
PS: If you're recruiting, looking for a hospital trial partner, in fundraising mode, looking for a job...please get in touch and we'll be happy to support you in this newsletter.
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GIANT would like to thank our sponsors for their support, you guys are great!
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