Health Creators

Health Creators

by Livia Lifes

Entrepreneurship Medicine

Fireside Stories: Kfir Oved

📝 Solve for the hard problems and do it with a great team Kfir Oved is the founder and CEO of Canopy Immuno-Therapeutics and a serial entrepreneur in the healthcare space. I asked him 4 questions: 1. Why build a healthcare startup? 2. #1 do for building a healthcare startup 3. #1 don’t for building a healthcare startup4. What’s the one impact you want to leave on the world?

E011: Chris Williams: Building the Future of Care for the Elderly

By 2050, the world's population of people aged 60 years and older will double (2.1 billion). The number of persons aged 80 years or older is expected to triple between 2020 and 2050 to reach 426 million. Chris is the founder and CEO of Tiggo Care, using technology to transform care for the elderly. Although formerly a venture-backed YC founder, Chris has built Tiggo bootstrapped from the ground-up. Ultimately, Chris is on a mission to transform the future of elderly care. Having gone through tremendous hurdles with finding care for his mother, Chris is creating a new system that empowers the elderly to live independently for as long as possible.

E010: Dave Stapleton: Making the Inactive, Active

Dave Stapleton is the founder and CEO of BUA Fit, a marketplace connecting trainers and people looking for a fun way to get fit.Worldwide, around 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men do not do enough physical activity to stay healthy. Insufficient activity increased by 5% (from 31.6% to 36.8%) in high-income countries between 2001 and 2016.Dave is on a mission to get people fit again, and help thousands of trainers build personal wealth on the way there.

E009: Jenny Barnett: Bringing Precision to the Brain

Jenny Barnett is the founder and CEO of Monument Therapeutics, building precision medicine for psychiatry and neurology.The medicines currently used to treat psychiatric and neurological conditions are often ineffective. Antidepressants taken by 16.7% and 14.2% of the US (CDC-2020) and UK populations (NHS-2021), respectively have been found to improve symptoms in only 20% of cases (IQWIG-2006). Jenny is on a mission to bring precision to the brain.

E008: John Boghossian: The Therapeutic Potential of Nature

John Boghossian is the founder and COO of Pangea Botanica, a drug discovery and development venture builder focused on nature-inspired therapeutics.Today, less than 1% of nature's small molecules have been mapped and explored. With a seasoned clinical, pharmacological and business development team, Pangea aims to explore the other 99%, enabling the discovery of new nature-inspired medicines for human health. John is on a mission to build a healthier world powered by the therapeutic potential of nature.

E007: Elena Rueda: Precision Contraception

Elena Rueda is the founder of Dama Health, a precision contraception solution enabling individuals to know exactly what contraception to take based on their DNA. For most women, finding the right contraception is a trial and error process that can take years. Different women respond differently to different hormones, and these hormones can have a wide range of both negative effects. What if we could use DNA to determine which contraception works best for you? Elena is on a mission to transform female health by introducing precision contraception with Dama Health.

E006: Hamish Grierson: Empowering People to Thrive

Hamish Grierson is the founder and CEO of Thriva, a remote diagnostic solution a remote diagnostic solution that enables at-home testing and longitudinal tracking of biodata.. In the last few years, regular testing has become an integral part of our lives. What if we could apply the same principles to other aspects of our health? This could have profound impacts on the early detection of life-threatening diseases as well as long-term preventative lifestyle changes. Hamish is on a mission to help individuals create a longitudinal picture of their health. Since 2015, Thriva has helped millions of individuals through their healthcare journey. For Hamish, this is just the first step to improving accessibility to testing, early detection and health data.

E005: Anna Luisa Schaffgotsch: The Future of IVF, Fertility and Hormone Regulation

Anna Luisa Schaffgotsch is the founder of Impli , an implantable hormone tracker that revolutionizes IVF with the potential to drastically transform all other hormone-related conditions. IVF is often seen as the promise-land for women who want to have children later in their lives but the truth is it fails in over 70% of cases. Like most treatments in female health, scientific knowledge around the topic is still in development. Anna’s on a mission to transform the way IVF is conducted through transforming hormone monitoring which will make the process substantially safer, and more effective. For Anna, IVF is just the first step to transforming female health, and in the future - all hormone-related conditions.

E004: Ed Farrar: Coping with the Incurable

Ed Farrar is the founder of Oto, helping people get their life back from tinnitus. Approximately 14% of the world population have experienced tinnitus (ringing in your ears). For some, this ringing stays and there is currently no cure for this. Ed’s on a mission to transform the way we cope with the incurable, starting with habituation in tinnitus.

E003: Steve Roest: Preventing Common, Fatal Diseases through Rapid Testing

Steve Roest is the founder and CEO of PocDoc (2022 Novartis BIOME winners) who have developed rapid, at-home tests for heart disease, stroke and other life threatening diseases. Today, 99.9% of tests go through the pathology system which is slow and inconvenient. By enabling rapid testing, PocDoc improves accessibility. Steve’s on a mission to get millions of people tested, improve early detection and save lives.

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