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This Startup Wants To Revolutionize The Future of Biofabrication
Dreamit HealthTech alum Biorealize has developed the B | Reactor, which is a device that automates the biofabrication cycle and makes it easier to design with biology. Read the story of how the startup’s co-founders started the company at University of Pennsylvania and worked with Dreamit HealthTech.
Connected Pillbox Startup Fellow Launches Product Aimed at Improving Medication Adherence
Dreamit HealthTech alum Fellow launched its connected pillbox and medication adherence service last week with backing from Independence Blue Cross, Penn Medicine, and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Learn more about Fellow’s product and the launch.
Digital Stethoscope and ECG Startup Eko Announces Partnership with Mayo Clinic
Eko, a Dreamit HealthTech alum, announced a new partnership with Mayo Clinic at the end of last week. The two organizations will collaborate to create a product that replaces echocardiograms and detects low ejection fraction in the heart.
5 questions to ask a cybersecurity vendor selling a “machine learning” solution
Ever since we started CYR3CON, we are continually surprised at the hype cycle surrounding the application of machine learning. Many marketers opportunistically see it as another angle to entice buyers — and in talking to CSO’s — their frustration with the hype, equivocation, and machine learning marketing charlatans is palpable.
Cybersecurity Startup CYR3CON Raises $1.5 Million to Predict and Prevent Cyber Attacks
Dreamit SecureTech startup CYR3CON, which helps companies predict and prevent cyber attacks using artificial intelligence, announced a $1.5 million seed round led by Scout Ventures, with participation from Michael Sutton (former CISO, Zscaler), Aleksandr Yampolskiy (CEO, SecurityScorecard), Steven Witt (former CEO, Onyara and Partner/Co-Founder of DataTribe), and Steve Hassell, (former CIO, Emerson).
Northwell Health Partners with Digital Health Startup Oncora Medical to Deliver Targeted Cancer Treatment
Dreamit HealthTech alum Oncora Medical and Northwell Health recently announced a partnership where the health system will use Oncora’s product to analyze its datasets and create more personalized treatments for cancer patients.
Watch The Pitch that Helped Sana Health Win The MedTech Innovator Competition
Dreamit HealthTech startup Sana Health recently won the MedTech Innovator competition at The MedTech Conference. Watch Sana’s winning pitch and learn more about how its product uses light and sound stimulation to increase neuroplasticity and reduce pain perception.
Medical Device Startups Sana Health and PhotoniCare Win Awards at The MedTech Conference
Dreamit HealthTech alum PhotoniCare and current cohort company Sana Health recently won awards at The MedTech Conference. Learn more about the awards they received and the medical devices they’re bringing to market.
REBNY PropTech Challenge
The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) are hosting a PropTech Challenge and giving startups a chance to win $50,000. This new virtual real estate hackathon encourages the development of cutting-edge solutions to solve challenges faced by today’s leading real estate companies and removes the physical limitations of a traditional hackathon, while creating active mentorship for up-and-coming technology innovators.
SecureTech Insights | Meet the Startups | 9-21-2018
Earlier this month, our team at Dreamit kicked off our Fall 2018 SecureTech cohort, the inaugural group of security-focused startups in our new program led by Bob Stasio. After evaluating hundreds of potential startups for entry into the program, several trends emerged that point to how security technology will evolve in the coming years. We wanted to share some of those insights with you.
Digital Health Startup Wellth Raises $5M Venture Round and Announces Partnership with Florida Hospital
Dreamit HealthTech alum Wellth announced last week that it closed a $5M round of venture funding and entered into a partnership with Florida Hospital.
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Makes Rare For-Profit Investment in macro-eyes to Combat The $150B Access to Care Crisis
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation recently made a rare for-profit investment in Dreamit HealthTech alum macro-eyes. With the new funding, macro-eyes plans to increase access to care by growing distribution for its product Sibyl.
Meet the Startups in Dreamit UrbanTech's Fall 2018 Cohort
Meet the four breakthrough companies were accepted into Dreamit’s growth-focused program for real estate tech and construction tech startups.
Announcing the Fall 2018 Cohort of Startups in Dreamit SecureTech
Seven startups were accepted into the inaugural program, led by Managing Director Bob Stasio
emocha Mobile Health Receives $1M NIH Grant to Evaluate Their Product’s Effect on Medication Adherence
Dreamit HealthTech alum emocha Mobile Health received a $1M NIH grant this week to test their platform’s effectiveness at increasing medication adherence among patients with tuberculosis.
UrbanTech Insights | August 22
Dreamit UrbanTech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman gives his advice to founders in Propmodo about how to create a market size slide that will impress potential investors. Too often, founders present a top-down market size estimate that includes irrelevant pieces of the market and does not include any numbers related to product pricing. Investors have such low expectations from this slide that they often gloss over it during meetings and figure out the estimate themselves.
InquisitHealth Secures New Funding for Peer Mentoring Population Health Solutions
The startup has closed a round of seed funding led by Hudson River Capital Partners and Dreamit with participation from AmeriHealth and other investors.
Listen: Andrew Ackerman Speaks with Charlie Stephens on the "Culture" Podcast
Dreamit UrbanTech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman talks about the qualities he likes to see when investing in companies, Dreamit Ventures customer immersion program, what separates Dreamit from other venture funds, and tips for impressing investors.
Our Investment in InquisitHealth
We recently announced our investment in InquisitHealth, a Dreamit HealthTech company focused on improving health outcomes via peer mentorship and coaching programs. The new round of funding brings InquisitHealth’s total funding, including non-dilutive grants from the National Institutes of Health, to $4.2M.
The Rise of Innovative Blockchain Products in Healthcare
Blockchain applications have grown in popularity with the rise of technologies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. But, whether blockchain can transform or disrupt healthcare for the better remains unclear. In this article, we evaluate several potential use cases for blockchain in healthcare and showcase some of the startups that are bringing this technology to the industry.