Among the investor judges for the track at INVEST, scheduled for May 20-21 in Chicago are Raffi Boyajian, of Cigna Ventures; Jane Suh of Alley Corp; and Ed Weklar of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.
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Prana Thoracic, a startup focused on earlier detection and intervention for lung cancer, recently won the medical devices track of the MedCity News INVEST Pitch Perfect contest. The company is developing a minimally invasive electrosurgical device to help thoracic surgeons better excise smaller and intermediate-size lung nodules.
Partum Health, a maternal health startup, recently won the consumer/employer track of the MedCity News INVEST Pitch Perfect contest. The direct-to-consumer company supports families during fertility, pregnancy and postpartum.
In the runup to INVEST and the startup pitch contest, we highlight trends in investment and innovation across bipharma, diagnostics, medical devices, health tech: payer/provider, and health tech: consumer/employer. The deadline has been extended until February 28 and finalists will be announced March 31. Apply today!
We're now accepting applications for INVEST Pitch Perfect, scheduled for May 22-24 at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago. The contest will spotlight novel healthcare startups across five categories: biopharma, diagnostics, medical devices, health tech: consumers/employers, health tech: payers/providers. Register and submit your application today.
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The application window is open for the startup contest Pitch Perfect at INVEST March 28-30 at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago. Here's a look at some of the participants in the contest and progressed they've made on their mission to improve healthcare.
The Toronto-based startup is applying AI to ultrasound signals. It differentiates healthy tissue from diseased tissue by measuring its acoustic properties.
Intellihealth has developed software that puts patients on a personalized program to lose weight. The startup was named by judges as the winner in the health IT track during the recent MedCity News INVEST Precision Medicine conference.
The INVEST Pitch Perfect contest is part of our INVEST conference April 19-23, which will be hosted online due to Covid-19, and includes five tracks for startups: biopharma, medical devices, diagnostics, health IT and health services. Read more on how to apply.
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Judges picked TrialSpark as the winner on the life sciences track of the pitch competition at MedCity's virtual precision medicine conference. While the company is focused on improving clinical trials for others, it hopes eventually to bring drugs of its own to market.
Judges picked Parallel Profile as the winner of the health IT track at MedCity INVEST Precision Medicine. The startup is working to combat adverse drug reactions by making pharmacogenomic testing easier to access and interpret.
CareAngel, a company building a voice-based nurse assistant, won MedCity’s Pitch Perfect competition in September. Its virtual assistant calls patients to see how they’re feeling and if they’re taking their medication.
The company is one-twelfth of the way into a $600,000 seed round and hopes to begin clinical testing of its Valkyrie device in late 2019 or early 2020.
Health Scholars, which focuses on merging technology and clinical education, won the health services track of the MedCity INVEST Pitch Perfect competition earlier this month.