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Vote for the Musa workshop at SXSW Sydney! ✔️ Musa co-founders Tandadzo (Tando) Matanda and Dr Margaret Jekanyika Matanda are proposing hosting a workshop on - ‘Scaling Success: Assessing Venture Health for Funding’ 💰 Assessing Venture Health to enhance access to Funding for start-ups and small businesses/SMEs💰 I know most of many of you believe and work tirelessly to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in all sorts of areas. Musa Ventures is focusing on these issues in the deployment of investment funding. So vote please vote for the Musa workshop to be included here:  https://lnkd.in/gRPG95nj We hope SMEs, start-ups or anyone who has been in business for more than two years can join this workshop, where we are covering the key business pillars used to assess overall venture health, and to learn the next steps to being funding ready. 🎯 Utilising the Musa Venture Health Assessment platform, business owners can learn how to track growth of their businesses and navigate the debt and equity funding landscape. 1. Go to the SXSW Submission link and login 2. Vote for the Musa workshop - ‘Scaling Success: Assessing Venture Health For Funding’ https://lnkd.in/gRPG95nj

Vote for the Musa workshop at SXSW Sydney! ✔️ Musa co-founders Tandadzo (Tando) Matanda and Dr Margaret Jekanyika Matanda are proposing hosting the workshop - ‘Scaling Success: Assessing Venture Health for Funding’ 💰 Assessing Venture Health to enhance access to Funding for start-ups and small businesses/SMEs💰 I know most of many of you believe and work tirelessly to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in all sorts of areas. Musa is focusing on these issues in the deployment of investment funding. So vote please vote for the Musa workshop to be included here:  https://lnkd.in/gRPG95nj We hope SMEs, start-ups or anyone who has been in business for more than two years can join this workshop, where we are covering the key business pillars used to assess overall venture health, and to learn the next steps to being funding ready. 🎯 Utilising the Musa Venture Health Assessment platform, business owners can learn how to track growth of their businesses and navigate the funding lanscpae. 1. Go to the SXSW Submission link and login 2. Vote for the Musa workshop - ‘Scaling Success: Assessing Venture Health For Funding’ https://lnkd.in/gRPG95nj

Health and fitness platform Healthify, earlier known as HealthifyMe, has secured $20 million in fresh capital, led by Khosla Ventures and LeapFrog Investments. Marquee investor Ranjan Pai also joined in as a new investor through his family office Claypond Capital. The funding is a part of a larger $45 million financing round. The fresh capital, which takes Healthify’s equity raise to $125 million, adds to an earlier tranche the startup raised in June 2023, when it secured $30 million in a mix of equity and debt. As it aims to expand into the US in the coming months, the company is also strengthening its business-to-business strategy, by developing partnerships with corporations in diagnostics, insurance, and pharmaceutical, even as consumer business remains its core. Want to deep dive? For premium market intelligence and insights, explore VCCEdge (link in the comment section 👇) #HealthTech #GlobalExpansion #HealthCare #FamilyOffice #VCCEdge Marquee Equity Tushar Vashisht

I recently participated in an interview with The Startup Club, where I shared some insights that I gained through my interactions with entrepreneurs, industry experts and colleagues. 🔍 It’s a privilege to work and learn alongside these individuals, and I hope these lessons can provide value and guidance to others that are active in or around startups. 🤝 #impactinvesting #venturecapital

Discover key startup insights with Paul van Ooik from NextGen Ventures ! 🚀 In this interview, Paul shares his expertise on what makes a startup appealing to investors, the importance of validated technology, and how to scale efficiently in the healthcare sector. Whether you're navigating the early stages or seeking funding, this article is packed with advice to help you thrive. Check it out and gain valuable insights on building a successful healthcare startup. 🔍💡 #StartupAdvice #VentureCapital #HealthcareInnovation #InvestorTips #NextgenVentures https://lnkd.in/gEVif2nH

#fundingalert 💼Company: Abridge 💰Funding: $150Million ⚡Round: New Round 👥Investors: Lightspeed, Redpoint Ventures, IVP, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Wittington Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, CVS Health Ventures and other investors Abridge was founded by Shivdev Rao(CEO) in 2018. With this new capital, Abridge will continue to push boldly into #fundamental research, developing bedrock #foundation models that draw upon vast troves of multimodal healthcare data. Abridge with the mission of powering deeper understanding in healthcare. The AI-powered platform was purpose-built for medical conversations, improving clinical #documentation #efficiencies while enabling clinicians to focus on what matters most—their patients. Sebastian Duesterhoeft Read more - https://lnkd.in/gKjxDkGy To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.io #abridge #news #bedrock #healthcare #news #funding #startup 

🚀 Noteworthy promising Digital Health Ventures Founded in the United States 🇺🇸 At Galen Growth | Insights You Can Trust, we’ve identified emerging #DigitalHealth companies in the #US using a rigorous set of criteria. These #ventures were #founded after January 2020, have raised #funding after January 2023, and are currently in the #Angel to #SeriesA1 funding stages. From this pool, we’ve selected the #top five ventures based on their #AlphaScore in #HealthTechAlpha — a key #indicator of #potential and #performance in the Digital Health #ecosystem. These ventures are paving the way for the #future of #healthcare #innovation, and we’re excited to see how they will evolve in the coming months. 📊 Analysis by Galen Growth | Insights You Can Trust

🎉 Let's give a warm welcome to Zeynep Nisan Gündüz, the newest addition to the Earlybird Health Investment Team! Berlin-born and raised, Zeynep is no stranger to the local ecosystem and brings valuable experience to the table. She recently completed the Founder Associate Program at Atlantic Labs & FoodLabs, working alongside the founders of two early-stage healthcare startups apryl and Every Health. Zeynep has also undertaken visiting positions at Kry and Moss and is active in the 2hearts community. She holds a Master's in Impact Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Nova School of Business and Economics, and a Bachelor's in International Management from Freie Universität Berlin. Get to know her better in the Q&A below 👇 🧩 How does your background enable you to support the Earlybird Health Team? Over the past two years, I've worked closely with several founders, supporting their fundraising efforts and taking on various growth roles. Being in the trenches has helped me understand the challenges of healthcare companies - especially regulatory and operational hurdles - and has sharpened my ability to identify disruptive technologies. All of this has primed me not just to keep pace but to push boundaries and contribute to the success of Earlybird Health. 💡 What aspects of healthcare innovation excite you the most? I'm particularly fascinated by the potential of personalized medicine and real-time health data, as well as the broader impact of digital technologies in MedTech and biopharma. These advancements hold much promise to improve patient outcomes and make healthcare more tailored and accessible. As a strong advocate for shifting from reactive to proactive care, I believe in emphasizing early intervention. This transformative approach could revolutionize people's lives. 🧠 How do you stay informed about emerging healthcare trends and innovations? Primarily by talking to people, keeping the conversations with industry experts going, and also acknowledging that there will always be topics where my knowledge is not exhaustive. It’s a mix of staying open to learning, being curious, reading a lot, and tapping into the wealth of knowledge of the people surrounding me. For everyone interested in staying updated about the future trends in healthcare, I recommend the weekly newsletter from Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD! Cc: Thom Rasche, John Yianni, Florent Gros, Lionel Carnot, Dr. Christoph Massner, Rabab Nasrallah, PhD, Junkai Z., Kian Rokni, Elena Marchesi #Healthcare #Investing #VC #Startups #Europe #EBVCteam

The internal mentors from Cedars-Sinai are imperative to the success of the Accelerator Program. However, there is another vital component that expands the impact of the program - our external mentors. From venture funds to insurance providers and beyond, our external mentors take time from their busy schedules to offer guidance and advice to our healthtech startups. Thank you to everyone who met with our companies! Julian A. Gold M.D., Adam Hunke, Branden Fini, Christina Warner, Francesca Bassa, Julian Espinosa, Thomas C. Hawes, M.D., MBA, Deborah D., Eastin Rossell, Dave Whelan, Geoffrey Clapp, Kali Arduini Ihde, Alan S. Young, MD MBA, Kesar Varma, Nuzi Barkatally, Sunny Kumar, MD, Ken Nelson, Jason Parent, Juliette Bolea, and more! #CSaccelerator #healthinnovate #healthaccelerator #HIT #healthdisruptors #CSAclass10

It is so exciting to see what can happen when you bring powerful people together to accelerate a business that needs to exist - especially when that business is closing a massive health care gap for a massive portion of the population. Today at Operator Collective 🔆 we announced a $5M Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) as a part of our portfolio company Midi Health's oversubscribed Series B round. The OpCo team convened leaders and icons from entertainment, sports, media, beauty and fashion, health and wellness, technology, and business - together more than 80 new investors joined to support Midi's mission and be directly involved in their growth. So proud of our team Mallun Yen, Anna Jacobson, Dana Marohn Spiliotis, Haley Daiber Brannan and Guergana Tomova - and the Midi team Joanna Strober and Jill Herzig to see this important initiative through. And there's just nothing like seeing the OpCo community at work - creating more access points for more women to invest in women and the future of women's health. Let's not forget the fact that ~still~ more than 80% of venture capital checkwriters are men and 98% of venture capital deployed goes to startups founded by men. Any day where you feel like you make a dent in those numbers is a good day! More in Fortune: https://lnkd.in/gA9yQGhG ✨