Dream It

APRIL 21, 2020

Here are some common red flags for venture investors: Red Flag #1 : Ask isn’t tied to specific fundable milestones. Investors want to see founders supported, rewarded, and aligned to continue creating future enterprise value. Luckily, there is a formula you can use to answer it. Red Flag #2 : Round prices equity too high or too low.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 11, 2023

At a16z Bio + Health, we are constantly looking to expand our expertise and partnerships in service of our mission to support founders pioneering transformative healthcare solutions. That is why we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Surya Ganguli as our newest Venture Partner.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The company’s decade-long growth will continue with its recent funding round supporting its innovative approach to healthcare. She spent approximately 10 years in the field before joining Index Ventures and pivoting to then found Maven. MMB combines the best of a carve-out fertility benefit with virtual care and health coaching.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

Two registered dieticians co-founded the health tech startup that has provided over 80,000 telehealth nutrition sessions over four years. health tech startup Culina Health is stepping in to bridge a crucial gap in healthcare. The company, which focuses on providing personalized nutrition support has successfully raised $7.9

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 31, 2022

So, it wasn’t too surprising when I got back my results from Base (a subscription data-driven personal health company also in the BBV portfolio) that my cholesterol, particularly by LDL (bad cholesterol) had ticked up to the point where I needed to do something about it.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Dozens of healthcare-focused voice tech startups have popped up in the last few years which are backed by top tier venture funds. Boston Children’s Hospital has piloted or promoted dozens of voice applications and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has supported the development of platforms like Sopris Health and Aiva Health.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 5, 2025

Supergut, a trailblazer in gut health and GLP-1 nutrition, has announced the successful closure of a major minority growth investment. The funding will fuel the companys expansion into retail, drive product innovation, and support the hiring of top-tier talent.

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Dream It

MAY 18, 2020

Wellth , a platform designed to improve treatment adherence using behavioral economics, announced the closing of their $10M Series A round, co-led by yabeo and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund ( BIVF ). Wellth’s ability to change these behaviors is a win for everyone— including providers, health plans, biopharma, and patients alike.

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Dream It

AUGUST 6, 2020

Infermedica (Healthtech ‘18) is an AI-driven platform that helps insurance, telemedicine companies, and health systems increase efficiency through fast, digital symptom-checks. The company operates in B2B model and helps insurance, telemedicine companies, and health systems increase efficiency through fast, digital symptom-checks.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

Two registered dieticians co-founded the health tech startup that has provided over 80,000 telehealth nutrition sessions over four years. health tech startup Culina Health is stepping in to bridge a crucial gap in healthcare. The company, which focuses on providing personalized nutrition support has successfully raised $7.9

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

Pison’s breakthrough technology is being applied to a range of industries that support neurocognitive health and performance such as baseball. The company announced it has received a strategic equity investment from Samsung Ventures Investment Corporation (Samsung Ventures).

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2024

million funding round led by an investment from First Trust Capital Partners with participation from FCA Venture Partners, Create Health Ventures, Impact Engine, 450 Ventures, LDH Ventures II/Launchpad Digital Health, MassMutual Ventures, Capstar Partners and Wanxiang Healthcare Investments.

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Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2024

Revolution Ventures Invests in Kashable, the Fintech Leading the Socially Responsible, Employer-Sponsored Credit Movement The $25.6M Meanwhile, 97% of employers feel more responsible than ever for employees’ financial wellness, and 82% of employees believe that their employer should play a role in supporting their financial well-being.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 5, 2023

Register The global healthcare venture platform VentureBlick has secured US$2.6 The venture’s goal is to validate, support, and invest in early-stage healthcare startups. VentureBlick, led by CEO Hee-yeol Lee, is a specialized healthcare platform company that recently concluded its startup support program.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Soon after, the RevHubOC Social Innovation Fund was launched, supporting 23 social enterprises to date—with another cohort of startups just announced. The new cohort will focus on climate action and health equity. “These ventures are truly setting a new standard for RevHub,” says Juan Carrillo, Hub Director at RevHub.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 1, 2023

Health and wellness startup’s support draws from prominent celebrities, top medical experts and prominent investor backing Healthcare consumers continue to seek alternative ways to manage their health, according to a Gallup study conducted in late 2022. Peter Diamandis, as well as professional tennis legend Serena Williams.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

Pison’s breakthrough technology is being applied to a range of industries that support neurocognitive health and performance such as baseball. The company announced it has received a strategic equity investment from Samsung Ventures Investment Corporation (Samsung Ventures).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. Health destroying stress. You face choices like, “Do I put in money to the benefit of other un-supportive investors?” You have to deal with CEOs who resign. Co-founder discontent.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the process of finding, funding, and supporting startups that will transform their markets, investors can get caught up in KPIs, ROI, and other three-letter success indicators. How often do we consider those factors in the context of portfolio support? According to the National Institute of Mental Health , nearly one in five U.S.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Having spent close on a decade working in and reporting on our small but burgeoning startup ecosystem, and a decade before that “building my chops” in other various entrepreneurial endeavours, I am familiar with the toll that entrepreneurship can exact on founder mental health.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

For Amanda D’Ambra and Joan Zhang, the idea of starting and co-founding an eating disorder care startup was personal: Both struggled with an eating disorder, along with other mental health issues, and received treatment — a treatment they hope more people will be able to access. Senate is reviewing potential privacy rights violations.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

JBalvin, the Prince of Reggaeton, has been candid with his fans about his mental health struggles and healing journey. I’m human just like anyone else and I felt I had this mission to make the world a better place starting with mental health.” The bar for behavioral health startups just got higher.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. Here are some of the startups in the venture studio portfolio.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 4, 2023

Register Former executives of Fave, Joel Neoh and Audra Pakalnyte, have joined forces to launch First Move, an early-stage fund specifically focused on supporting startups that cater to consumers in Southeast Asia. In addition, he has assumed the position of Managing Director for CircleDNA, Prenetics’ consumer health business.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Three of the four pitching finalists were women entrepreneurs focusing on health and wellness issues. When the organizers of Venture Atlanta 2023 put together this year’s program, they decided to add some excitement. Women’s healthcare startup Betty’s Co.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Series A of its funding round was participated by prominent regional payers including 450 Ventures, Create Health Ventures, Gratitude Railroad, Loud Capital, and Wanxiang Healthcare Investments. It has a number of plans that include NextBlue of North Dakota, Priority Health, and Vermont Blue Advantage, among others.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Chibuzo Opara and Adham Yehia, being all too familiar with the problems of poor pharmaceutical supply chains, are planning to widen the reach of DrugStoc, a e-health drug procurement platform that eliminates these challenges by linking drug companies with institutions such as hospitals and pharmacies, in Nigeria. million series A funding.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

An investor who doesn’t support a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions isn’t likely to trust women with incredibly difficult decisions in general. What’s that investor going to be like in a board meeting when you as a female founder need their support or worse, actually their vote? It permeates everything about them.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab. Each year since the Inclusive Ventures Lab’s launch in 2017, we have expanded our efforts to ensure that more entrepreneurs around the world can succeed – and this year is no different,” sums up Bueno.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. That didn’t make them bad – it just didn’t make them efficient at making rapid decisions of whether to fund a startup or not and the terms on which they would fund were typically not “market” for a startup company that would become venture backed one day.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 14, 2023

Register The Philippine venture capital firm Kaya Founders has successfully raised $12 million in funding for two new funds. Kaya Founders, a venture capital firm based in the Philippines , has introduced two new funds to support startups at different stages of their growth. million and has set a target of reaching $25 million.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 1, 2013

In 2012, I started my second company--a venture capital firm called B rooklyn Bridge Ventures. More sleep in 2013 will have mental health effects beyond the time investment. Becoming an entrepreneur again has been a ton of work, but incredibly rewarding. I know how much sleep I need, and I track it everyday.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 1, 2023

Register Thailand’s health-tech company, HD , has secured investment from FEBE Ventures , a well-known venture capital firm headquartered in Vietnam. The investment from FEBE Ventures will enable HD to strengthen its marketplace further. Last month, the global healthcare venture platform VentureBlick secured US$2.6

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 13, 2023

Register In our technologically saturated world, with ever-increasing use of devices like smartphones and tablets, maintaining eye health has become a significant concern for all ages, from children to seniors. What motivated you to leave a stable job to start your own venture? Q: You’re aiming to expand your product line.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and nationwide protests, venture capital firms are making newfound commitments to invest in, or at least evaluate, potential investments that are led by diverse founders. Supporting companies post-investment. Supporting companies post-investment. Let’s take a deeper look. Sourcing deals.

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