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AI Startup Speeds Healthcare Innovations To Save Lives

Faster synthesis and analysis of healthcare data get medical innovations to market faster. By harnessing AI, big data, machine learning, and predictive analytics, this startup is doing just that for medical device and pharmaceutical companies.

Healthy Aging For Older Adults Facilitated By Digital Fitness Program

Healthy aging is easier for those who are physically fit. Two millennials are making fitness more accessible for those over 50 with a virtual fitness program designed with input from older adults.

Federal SBIR/STTR Grants Are Helping A Latina Founder Bring A Respiratory Device To Market

By tapping every network and startup resource—starting with federal SBIR/STTR grants—this Latina founder may bring an innovative wearable monitoring device to help respiratory patients. And she did it with non-dilutive funding so she didn’t lose contro…

Latinx Founders Raise $30 Million In VC By Helping Families Provide Eldercare

The pandemic is accelerating opportunities for founders and venture capitalists to fund them in the care economy. An Hispanic couple finds success by focusing on family caregivers.

Pregnancy And Covid-19: How A Telehealth Company Is Combating Vaccination Hesitancy

Covid-19 has brought with it a need for better information about women’s healthcare, especially about vaccines and pregnancy. Female founders have found a way to provide accurate information and better care, using telemedicine.

Breaking Barriers So Psychedelic Experiences Can Become Mainstream

As research shows the benefits of psychedelics, entrepreneurs are building the foundations for them to become generally available and accepted.

Women Use Tech To Solve Women’s Health Problems, A Market Men Ignore

How can a product that solves a problem for 50% of the population be a “niche” market? Well, it can’t. So smart investors are investing in women entrepreneurs who solve women’s problems.

Telehealth Transforms How Women Get Birth Control

Company culture is a make-or-break element of survival during economic crises. Having a strong mission can help get your company through.

Women’s Healthcare: A Market Ripe For Disruption Lacks Investment

Women entrepreneurs have a better understanding of women’s health and they are using that knowledge to reshape healthcare for women.

Hispanic Female Founder Raises $1 Million Via Reg CF To Improve Cancer Detection

New funding options make it easier for women and minority entrepreneurs to raising financing.