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Could Valo Health become one of Flagship Pioneering’s biggest companies yet?

TechCrunch

The investment firm Flagship Pioneering has incubated a lot of life sciences companies since it was founded in 2000. That’s notable, considering that Flagship incubated 11-year-old Moderna, which currently boasts a $50 billion market cap thanks in large part its coronavirus vaccine.

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Newsletter: Connecting Israel and the UAE + Digital Health + Growth for Farmers

OurCrowd

IXDen protects Israel’s water system from cyber threats The algorithm developed by IXDen , an OurCrowd portfolio company developed at our Labs/02 incubator, identifies unusual behavior in the digital systems of Mekorot, Israel’s national water company, protecting its IoT from cyber-attacks. Read my comments and tune in to our discussion.

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These 5 investors are betting on helping you live longer and better

TechCrunch

Health span versus life span, longevity for pets versus humans, biotech versus wellness, seniors versus young people, dependency versus autonomy, prevention versus treatment, analytics, education, infrastructure.” “It’s completely disruptive to careers, and it’s disproportionately so to women,” said Camhi.

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Meet the 11 startups graduating from the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

TechCrunch

Disruption favors the small startup, and the pandemic has most certainly been disruptive. So it’s no surprise that accelerators and incubators are pumping out new startups that are ready to tackle the problems of 2020. Alaffia automates the process of auditing health insurance claims.

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Nat4bio makes food-grade coating to protect fruit from microscopic threat

TechCrunch

He met the other two founders as part of a company-building exercise run by Argentina-based Incubator/VC, Green Exponential. Nat4bio is showing their food-grade coating for citrus fruits this week at Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt, with additional plans to prototype formulas for avocados and berries.

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Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

ArborMetrix is an Ann Arbor startup dedicated to improving health care outcomes using data models and health care analytics for improved research. Clients including Google, Coursera, Promedica, Duke Health and the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center. Workit Health. ArborMetrix. Spellbound AR. Genomenon.

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Koa is helping African consumers make better money moves

TechCrunch

Koa is one of 20 companies competing for $100,000 and the Disrupt cup in this week’s TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield competition. Before starting Koa, Roman previously led strategy at Helium Health, one of Africa’s well-funded health tech startups. “I’m bullish on our team.