When WellDoc was founded in 2005, it was one of the first companies that sought 510(k) clearance for its patient and physician facing mobile health DiabetesManager platform. By putting its flagship apps through the discipline of clinical trials that generated positive results, it has helped earn confidence from physicians to prescribe it to their patients. […]
With venture capital becoming more and more of a bygone dream for early-stage medtech and life science companies, many startups want to turn to angel funding to raise capital but don’t know where to start. At the Angel Investment Forum at Advamed 2013, Allan May, the founder and chairman of Life Science Angels, had the […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
It’s a mixed bag of excitement and caution as startups prepare to finally be able to tell the world when they’re looking for investment money. The ability to advertise fundraising through social media, news articles or advertisements could open up new funding opportunities, but not everyone is expecting startups to come racing out of the […]
Medical device and health IT startups with Small Business Innovation Research Phase-II funding may be able to snag more support in the form of venture capital, angel money or corporate venture capital if they apply for the Connect With Capital online pitch event on Oct. 11. Companies can apply (for free) to get one of […]
Move over, Teddy The Guardian. There’s another toy bear on the loose. Unlike Teddy, Jerry the Bear doesn’t monitor the health status of the child, but rather teaches children with Type-1 Diabetes how to manage blood-glucose levels, maintain a healthy diet and more, through interactive games and play. He’s got a “Glucopal” touchscreen in his […]
“The key (angel investing) trends over the last few years have been syndication and broader geographic distribution of investment; both of which suggest that attractive new ventures are finding places to start all over the country,” says Rob Wiltbank, vice chairman of research for the Angel Resource Institute, referring to new angel investing data released […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Paul Hartung, CEO of Cognoptix, Inc., a startup that has created a drug-device that could diagnose Alzheimer’s earlier in patients, is also the first person to have a syndicated angel deal in the Northeast. He’s raised more than $20 million for Cognoptix, and worked on the LASIK team at Summit until it was brought through […]
Startups, hedge funds and venture funds will soon be able to advertise, or otherwise “generally solicit,” when they’re raising money. While that might open up new doors for investments, corporate and securities lawyers are issuing a few words of caution. The Securities and Exchange Commission voted last week to adopt a piece of the JOBS […]
The time has come for those of us loyal Google Reader users to buckle down and start migrating our RSS feeds to a different platform. (If you’re like me, you’ve been putting this off for the past three months.) But in the spirit of onward and upward, here are a few blogs I’d recommend any […]
This is the first of a two-part series on the evolution of angel investing. To read part two, click here. Savara Pharmaceuticals needed several million dollars to take its inhalable drug for troublesome infections in cystic fibrosis patients through Phase 2 clinical trials. So CEO Rob Neville, naturally, began talking with venture capitalists. But in […]
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This is the second of a two-part series on the evolution of angel investing. To read part one, click here. As groups of high-net-worth individuals continue to band together in the form of angel investment networks and funds, they’re creating new opportunities for funding for mid-stage startups. But to some entrepreneurs, they’re also starting to […]
It’s been just over one year since the JOBS Act was passed, which makes equity- and debt-based crowdfunding legal for accredited and nonaccredited investors. Although the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has yet to finalize and implement specific rules around those provisions, several online platforms have plowed ahead and created private portals for accredited investors […]
What happens when you’ve got a degree in economics, a deep interest in wellness and a resume that includes EA Games, Gap Inc. and KFC Corp. as previous employers? If you’re Sharon Knight, you know how to build and grow new healthcare companies. In 2009, Knight found herself working for the first time in the […]
After two decades of clinical practice, a couple of healthcare startups and a handful of angel investing networks, Jose Bolanos noticed a few things about the process of medical innovation. First, venture capitalists were struggling in healthcare and were moving toward later-stage investments. Secondly, physicians were self-funding a lot of their projects. And third, many […]
These days, you don’t have to score a meeting with an investor to find out his interests, his advice and what he thinks about the latest trend in the industry. Sometimes that’s as easy as clicking the “Follow” button on Twitter, where many investors have made themselves more accessible and transparent. In the interest of […]