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Want Help Growing Your StartUp?
Tick tock! The deadline is this Friday, February 8th to apply to the StartUp Health and GE Entrepreneurship Program to provide expertise, resources, and growth opportunities for health startups.
We are accepting applications from startups from any country. Learn more and apply here: startuphealth.net/ge
We are seeking startups from a broad spectrum of health innovation -- located anywhere in the world -- that may include:
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Big data & analytics
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Biotechnology
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Chronic disease management
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Diagnostic testing
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Healthcare cost management & reduction
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Healthcare delivery & point-of-care solutions
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Healthy aging
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Home based services & solutions
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Patient-provider engagement tools
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Personalized / precision medicine
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Sensor & tracking
Select companies will be invited to participate in the Program, which will include a customized growth curriculum, access to GE's executives, training on scaling business operations, a GE leadership mentor for each company, and exposure to GE technology experts. Additionally, the Program will offer a virtual commercial laboratory, where GE healthymagination and StartUp Health will create ongoing opportunities for partnerships, customer development, and pilot programs to test innovative products and business models.
The application deadline is February 8, 2013. Apply NOW at startuphealth.net/ge
The Hive Curation Team Announced To Select 40 Innovators
StartUp Health is pleased to partner with TEDMED to invite a diverse and dynamic group of innovators to participate in The Hive at the 2013 TEDMED event at the Kennedy Center. This debut gathering of entrepreneurs and future-thinkers will include 40 innovative companies that will be selected to share their products and services and join the Delegates in Washington, DC.
If you’d like to be considered for a scholarship to TEDMED and have your organization participate in The Hive, the application process has been extended through February 7, 2013. Apply here now!
The 40 companies will represent a diverse spectrum of innovators from startups, academia, government, non-profits, incubators, and industry. The Hive Curation Team, which was announced today, will help us select the final 40 organizations that will join us in April. The Hive Curation Team includes:
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Scott Case – CEO, Startup America Partnership
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Lesa Mitchell – Vice President, Innovation & Networks, Kauffman Foundation
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Sara Holoubek – CEO and Founder Luminary Labs
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Lisa Kennedy – Chief Marketing Officer, GE Healthymagination
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Charles Huang – VP at Equity Health LLC – Blackstone Group
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Jonah Czerwinski – Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Director, VA Center for Innovation
StartUp Health Partners with NYCEDC & Health 2.0 on Innovate Health Tech NYC Challenge
StartUp Health is excited to partner on a new healthcare technology challenge launched by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Health 2.0 that is designed to spur innovation, business growth, and entrepreneurship in the New York City healthcare technology sector. The Innovate Health Tech NYC Challenge, sponsored by Janssen Healthcare Innovation, awards $50,000 in prizes to New York City-based health technologists that develop pre-commercialization stage innovations that solve urgent health care problems. The challenge invites software and hardware developers to submit their technological solutions, such as wireless health monitoring devices, mobile applications, clinical workflow management tools, and healthcare analytics tools, by May 2, 2013. Winners also receive coaching and support for a public Demo Day in July 2013.
PILOT Health Tech NYC Matchmaking Applications Due Soon
StartUp Health is proud to partner with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), the Bloomberg Administration, and Health 2.0 on the
PILOT Health Tech NYC. This unique program provides funding of up to $100,000 each to 10 innovative pilot projects annually to take place in New York City. Requests for matchmaking sessions must be submitted by February 10, 2013, so be sure to
apply now. Attend the information session webinar on Tuesday, February 6 from 2-3pm to learn more about the PILOT Health Tech NYC program. We'll answer any questions and explain the process. The webinar will be recorded and later posted on the site, so those who can't make the webinar can watch it later.
Register today!
These Healthcare Transformers are Hiring!
Want to help transform healthcare? Check out a few openings we’ve recently heard about and join one of these amazing teams…or pass along the opportunities to friends or colleagues!
If your company is looking to hire the best and brightest, let us know and we will feature your career listing here with a link to the description in a future newsletter.
Upcoming Health Events & Challenges
Challenge: Reducing Cancer Among Women of Color
Deadline for submissions: February 5, 2013
GETHealth Summit
February 6-7, 2013 (New York, NY)
MIT Health and Wellness Conference
February 6-7, 2013 (Cambridge, MA)
Apply to StartUp Health’s 3-Year Entrepreneur Program with GE
Deadline for submissions: February 8, 2013
Health 2.0 India
February 8-9, 2013 (Bangalore, India)
PILOT Health Tech NYC
Deadline for submitting “Find a Pilot Partner” Form: February 10, 2013
Venture Summit | West
February 13, 2013 (Mountain View, CA)
Precision Genomic Medicine: How Close Are We?
February 13, 2013 (New York, NY)
Social Media Week: Health IT Panel
February 19, 2013 (New York, NY)
21st Annual National HIPAA Summit
February 19-21, 2013 (Washington, DC)
PILOT Health Tech NYC: Matchmaking Sessions
February 20-21, 2013 (New York, NY)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Games To Generate Data Challenge
Deadline for submissions: February 22, 2013
Hackovate Health Finale
February 26, 2013 (Kansas City, MO)
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