Medico.com(.br) é uma promissora startup fundada há um ano e meio pelo israelense Elan Dekelsua e sediada em New York. Com uma estratégia ousada, está inovando ao buscar diferentes mercados no mundo ao mesmo tempo: Estados Unidos, Europa (Portugal e Espanha), América Latina e Índia. No Brasil, suas atividades se iniciaram em novembro do ano passado...
In an interesting twist on the accelerator and incubator model for entrepreneurs, StartUp Health Academy announced its first class of “healthcare transformers” today at SXSW in Austin. StartUp Health, which is chaired by former Time Warner CEO Jerry Levin and is backed by AT&T and the California HealthCare Foundation, is backing 10 entrepreneurs who are...
On Monday night, health entrepreneurs, investors and industry insiders celebrated a new class of “healthcare transformers” as well as the industry’s complete and official arrival in the digital world of SXSW. StartUp Health and Health 2.0 hosted a happy hour at The Hangar Bar in Austin and introduced two entrepreneurs who will be participating in the three-year program...
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Tom Abshire of Virgin HealthMiles. Williams: This is David Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business Blog. I’m speaking today with Tom Abshire, senior vice president of product marketing and member engagement for Virgin HealthMiles. Tom, thanks for being with me today. Abshire: Thank you David....
Kaiser Health News and NPR found a request for information letter from Walmart to prospective partners saying the retailer was seeking help to “dramatically … lower the cost of healthcare … by becoming the largest provider of primary healthcare services in the nation.” When asked, Walmart denied that it had such an objective. Walmart is probably planning...
Squag is a social application customized for teenagers and tweens on the autism spectrum to help them connect with their parents and with one another. It was just a few months ago that we covered Auti, a toy designed to help autistic children learn how to better interact with others, and recently we came across another...
No ano passado fizemos o polêmico Top 10 Startups Brasileiras que gerou muita discussão. É impossível fazer um top 10 que agrade a todos, creio que também seja bastante complicado fazer um top 50 que não resultará em pelo menos 5 comentários lembrando de alguma empresa que não foi para a lista. Mas não se reprima, nós...
VitaDock is a free iPhone app that works with docking monitors to help users visualize and manage their overall health. Mobile technologies are playing a growing role in the management and monitoring of consumer health, and just in the last few months we’ve seen innovations launched to help diagnose infertility, HIV, melanoma andmalaria, to name just a few examples....
As Dave Chase wrote earlier this year, the healthtech space is heating up, and a lot of serial entrepreneurs with consumer web experience are turning their focus to fixing some of the big problems inherent in the legacy health systems we have today in the U.S. and abroad. Yet, in spite of the $1 billion...
Após as captações de fundos bilionários de “private equity” – que compram participações em empresas – destinados ao país, chegou a vez das firmas nacionais com foco em aquisições de médio porte testarem o apetite do investidor estrangeiro por oportunidades no mercado local. Com dez anos de atuação e US$ 300 milhões em recursos sob...
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