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Who scored a spot in Startupbootcamp’s digital health accelerator?

The Miami digital health accelerator is part of an expansion of the European business, which is seeking applicants for another healthcare accelerator in Berlin.

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A startup accelerator based in London has selected 10 members for its first digital health cohort in the U.S. The participants for Startupbootcamp in Miami include pre-seed and later stage companies developing technology ranging from the use  of artificial intelligence to support caregiving and speech disabilities to clinical management.

In exchange for a 6 percent equity stake, participants get $20,000 and a convertible note of up to $100,000, according to Startupbootcamp’s website. They also get six months of office space and exposure to more than 100 angel and venture capital investors, the website said. The three-month program is scheduled to start in September.

It’s been a busy week in the world of digital health accelerators between the departure of Healthbox CEO and Founder Nina Nashif to the move by 500 Startups to launch a formal digital health track after years of investing in startups that space. Most healthcare accelerators are still struggling to prove they can make a difference beyond extending the lifespan of startup.

Entrepreneurs accepted into Startupbootcamp’s digital health program get a chance to work with hospital systems such as University of Miami Health System, Jackson Health System, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Ascension and Duke Health System, according to Startupbootcamp’s website. The accelerator also claims to have a network of partners from Mount Sinai, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Aetna, Florida Blue, Microsoft, CVS Health, MIT and Harvard, among other places. Startupbootcamp’s U.S. digital health program is backed by a $2 million grant from the Knight Foundation.

Startupbootcamp also launched a digital health accelerator in Berlin earlier this year, which is currently seeking applicants.

Here’s a look at the participants for the Miami cohort, based partly on descriptions from a news release. Collectively they have raised $13.85 million, the news release said.

Babyscripts is a prenatal care company to do remote monitoring for obstetricians’ patients between visits. It transmits to-do list reminders on topics such as diet and buying car seats and also tracks things like weight and blood pressure. In addition to giving expectant mothers more timely, relevant information, the goal is to reduce the number of routine visits to the doctor. Its cofounders include Juan Segura and Anish Sebastian, who won recognition as a Champion of Change for precision medicine.

CareAngel developed an automated caregiver platform using artificial intelligence to check in on patients by phone. Wolf Shlagman, the founder and CEO, previously led Consult a Doctor, which Teladoc acquired in 2013.

MediConecta is a Latin American telehealth provider that seeks to expand to the U.S. It uses an in-house team of doctors to connect with patients through kiosks, apps, and desktop computers. Daniel Silberman, the founder and CEO, previously worked on the consumer and media team of Booz and Co.

QoC Health seeks to help health organizations scale and commercialize their digital health ideas. It developed an API for healthcare that hospitals can use to support tools such as post-surgery discharge monitoring, wound care, transitions in care, and decision aids. Co-founders of the Canadian company include Chancellor Crawford, who previously worked for marketing company Thin Data, John Semple, a surgeon-in-chief at Women’s College Hospital, and Sarah Sharpe, who previously worked for Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.

TruClinic is a telemedicine platform that combines video consults with clinical workflow management solutions to help healthcare providers better serve their patients. Last year, TruClinic inked a deal with HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Utah for discharge planning and follow-up care.

VoiceITT  is a Healthbox alumnus with a voice-translation technology platform for people with speech disability. It developed an app to improve communication for people with impaired speech through a medical condition. Its Talkitt app identifies speech patterns in the user’s voice and converts them into a computerized voice. It’s compiling a proprietary sound bank of unintelligible speech for research purposes. Danny Weisberg, co-founder and CEO of the Israeli business, previously led YubiTech.

Aces Health is a clinical trial management app for patients and researchers. Co-founders include CEO Jordan Spivack and David Heenan, the COO.

Overl.ai healthcare automation intelligence company is using apps and web services to improve communication with patients. Co-founder and CEO Alex Zoller previously led business development at OMniMD.

Keep Livin is a patient engagement platform seeking to eradicate health disparities that adversely impact racial/ethnic communities.

LineHealth is a Portuguese company that wants to get into the medication adherence business. It started a research study via app to gauge adherence and identify adherence patterns.

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