April 2012
13 posts
StartUp Health Now Accepting Applications for...
We are currently reviewing applications for our second class of Healthcare Transformers which we will announce in June during DC’s Health Data and Innovation Week. We have a rolling admissions process, so if you have previously applied you are still in the running. If you have not yet applied, apply today. We want to hear all about you, your company, and how you plan to disrupt healthcare!...
StartUp Spotlight: Zeel Networks
Here at StartUp Health, we’re looking to help those who are on a mission to transform healthcare in a big way. In addition to our Academy where we offer ongoing inspiration, education, and access to customers, capital, and other critical resources so that innovation and growth can occur more quickly, we also want to promote and spread the news about startups who are tackling challenges head on....
DC’s Health Data and Innovation Week
From The Health Data Initiative III: Health Datapalooza to the launch of StartUp Health’s second class you won’t want to miss all the special events this year during DC’s “Health Data and Innovation” Week in June. Check out the list of some of the happenings you won’t want to miss.
TechCrunch Disrupt NYC
This year TechCrunch Disrupt NYC will be bringing an all new crew of hot startups, founders, and venture capitalists that you won’t want to miss. Disrupt will be held at Pier 94 in NYC on May 21st to 23rd and will be preceded by an overnight Hackathon taking place on Saturday May 19th through Sunday May 20th. TechCrunch has extended the early bird registration, so you can still get $1,000...
HIMSS mHealth Summit: Call for Presentations
The 4th annual mHealth Summit, to be held December 3rd to 5th in Washington, DC, is now open for presentation submissions. The largest event of its kind, the mHealth Summit will bring together leaders in government, industry, providers, academia, the private sector, and not-for-profit organizations from across the mobile health ecosystem to advance collaboration in the use of wireless technology...
Twitter Chat with Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology...
We are excited to announce that Todd Park (@todd_park), the United States Chief Technology Officer at the White House, will be chatting to health entrepreneur community this Tuesday April 24th — that’s today — at 2:00pm ET / 7:00pm BST. The White House recently announced their effort on Big Data, and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working with the Health...
Health 2.0 Spring Fling: Matchpoint Boston & 100...
The deadline for the 100 Day Innovation Challenge has been extended until April 23rd.
The aim of the 100 Day Innovation Challenge — brought to you by Health 2.0, Startup Health, and Blueprint Health — is to help facilitate innovation in the healthcare ecosystem by encouraging collaborations in the health sector. We’re asking established health system stakeholders such as...
TEDMED Wrap-up
We were thrilled to be able to help 15 members of the StartUp Health community get scholarships to attend TEDMED this year. Congrats to the entire TEDMED team for organizing such a thought-provoking experience and environment for innovators. Our goal for next year to make sure even more startups are in the room and the voice of the entrepreneur is on the stage! Here are just a few of the great...
Health 2.0 Spring Fling: Matchpoint Boston
Do you want personal face-to-face meetings with potential investors for your healthcare startup? That’s what Health 2.0 Spring Fling: Matchpoint Boston offers! Matchpoint completely reworks the typical conference setting by placing healthcare entrepreneurs up close and personal in 15 minute meetings with organizations looking to pilot, partner, or invest in their technologies. The list of...
Meet StartUp Health at TEDMED This Week
TEDMED will be in Washington, DC, this week from April 10th-13th. StartUp Health will be there as an Advocate in the Great Challenges Program. Tweet us @startuphealth to meet in person or find us to say, “hi!”
Healthcare Startups Hot with Angel Investors
Several new reports have recently been released that show that not only are angel investments on a good steady road upward, but healthcare is a favorite with investors. Angel investors, those who invest their own funds and expertise directly into startup companies, appear to be taking on an ever larger role in supporting entrepreneurship in the United States. Angels invest in startups and young...
The Stinky Ball
Seventh Annual Stinky Ball Thursday, May 3, 2012 7-11pm Bridgewaters in NYC
Come on down to the Stinky Ball! The Stinky Ball is a celebration of life benefiting the Foundation for Thymic Cancer Research. The goal this year, as in every other year, is to take an evening to breathe deeply, to enjoy what we have and who we are, and to appreciate life. The past six extremely successful Stinky Ball...
Meet StartUp Health at TEDMED
TEDMED will be in Washington, DC, from April 10th-13th. 1000 adventurous thinkers and doers, from a wide array of medical and non-medical disciplines, will gather for three and a half exciting days. This uniquely diverse community will explore the ideas, innovations, and challenges that will help shape the future of health and medicine for 300 million Americans…and the world. StartUp Health...
