HTF's Start-Up Thursday: Over 30 HIT Start-Ups Under One Roof

HTF is proud to show-case a panel of global health technology start-up companies, that are at different stages of building their enterprise. Our goal is to have our members hear from real-life innovators and business builders, on how to overcome challenges to build your dream. In turn, this is an ideal venue for these companies to meet and network with our members, to gain exposure on innovative projects, form relationships and raise capital.

Agenda:

• We expect around 30 early and late-stage start-up companies to attend this event, including 22 start-ups plus investors from Brazil.

• 5 - 6 key executives will take the stage. These companies will present their business proposition and share their success stories and guidance on real-world challenges including:

• Fine-tuning the business concept

• Building a base of followers to grow the market

• Attracting talent, to build a winning team

• Securing funding to expand the platform

• Following this session, members will have an opportunity to network with the start-ups.

Speakers:

Yarmela Pavlovic - Partner, Hogan Lovells

Yarmela's practice focuses primarily on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s regulation of medical devices. She works with medical device manufacturers to develop regulatory strategies for obtaining FDA marketing approval for their devices. Yarmela has extensive experience in assisting companies in matters pertaining to product development and product submissions (510(k)s, IDEs, and PMAs), as well as providing advice on a variety of other device-related regulatory issues.

Yarmela has particular experience in the area of FDA regulation of medical software. Specifically, she assists clients in assessing FDA requirements for a variety of software products, as well as developing premarket strategies where necessary. She regularly counsels clients regarding strategic plans that not only comply with government regulations, but also achieve their business objectives.

Her experience also includes counseling of medical device companies in relation to the advertising and promotion of medical devices. She assists clients in ensuring compliance with FDA requirements through in-depth reviews of various promotional materials placed on clients' global and local websites, as well as social media platforms, printed and multimedia materials. Additionally, she provides clients with strategic advice regarding development of online marketing strategies and policies.

Luis Alexandre Chicani - Founder, BenCorp

Frustrated by Brazil’s fragmented market for dental health plans, Luís created a company to offer dental plans to mid-market companies. This strategy proved successful, because not only was the middle-market segment willing to pay a higher average price, but it also had a shorter sales cycle. DentalCorp addresses two different markets, offering both corporate and individual/family plans, and is one of the largest providers of dental services in Brazil. DentalCorp was the subject of a Harvard Business School case study written in 2006.

Luis sold DentalCorp in late 2006 to Odontoprev, the largest provider of dental insurance in Brazil. In 2008, he founded BenCorp (http://www.bencorp.com.br/), a strategic consultancy and manager of corporate benefits. BenCorp currently has over 40 employees. With Luis’s experience and professional interest, BenCorp is sure to keep expanding and providing innovative care in the burgeoning field of healthcare in Brazil.

Presenting Companies:

AliveCor, Inc., a privately held, venture backed company headquartered in San Francisco, CA, has developed the FDA-cleared and CE-marked AliveCor Heart Monitor for iPhone. This clinical-quality, cost effective mobile ECG device enables patients to monitor their heart health anywhere, at any time, and provides medical professionals with an additional heart health assessment tool.

In 2011, AliveCor raised $3.3M in a Series A financing with Burrill & Company, Qualcomm Incorporated, acting through its venture investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures, and the Oklahoma Life Science Fund. In June, 2012, AliveCor raised $10.5M in a Series B financing with lead investors, Khosla Ventures and Burrill & Company, with participation from Qualcomm Incorporated, acting through its venture investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures, and the Oklahoma Life Science Fund.

On August 21st, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the company clearance for its algorithm to detect atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia.

Acupera is a leading provider of digital health solutions that enable healthcare provider organizations to deliver efficient care to their patient population. Through its scalable, cloud-based solution, it enables healthcare providers to better manage quality of care while achieving their operating and performance goals.

Acupera’s system mines data from electronic health records, medical claims, and lab results to provide clinical information to doctors and nurses (http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/12/acupera-pulls-in-4m-to-help-health-providers-better-understand-their-patients/#) so that they can provide appropriate care to patients based on their individual needs. On August 12th, 2014 the Company announced it had raised $4 million in new financing. he latest funding, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Whittemore Collection, will be used to grow the company’s product development team and expand its customer implementation group.

Recently, Acupera’s system has been deployed at St. Vincent Medical Center, a 22-hospital system in Indianapolis, Indiana. At St. Vincent’s, a suite of cloud software services from Acupera is being used to proactively manage patients’ health, including specific health risks such as diabetes.

Clariture is a consumer-focused healthcare marketing platform that guides people to the care they need in a more connected world. Clariture was founded on the idea that healthcare marketing should be as personal and engaging as the care your patients receive.

By integrating social media, mobile and search with sophisticated consumer & patient data, Clariture provides a unifying platform that enables healthcare marketers to precisely and powerfully target unique messages to the right people.

The company is achieving significant momentum among urgent care facilities and health systems looking to centralize campaign targeting, execution and measurement into one easy-to-use tool. Through these features, Clariture creates the smartest path to more of the right patients online. The Company received $1 million in seed funding in May this year.

Kannact is a solutions provider that seeks to improve lives of patients through innovative healthcare collaboration solutions. Kannact is developing solutions that connect providers with patients and families at home, provide home monitoring of patients, and facilitate active patients engagement through care plan coordination and patient education.

Kannact secure HIPAA-compliant mobile cloud-based solutions span across Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), Hospice, Home Health, Hospitals, and Clinics. Patients lives are improved through reduced hospital readmissions, better patient care, and proactive healthcare management leading to improved outcomes. The Company received $2 million in seed funding in July 2014.

Genoox is a revolutionary big data platform for storing and managing genomic data in the cloud. The platform is designed and optimized specifically for genomic data - it reduces the complexity and costs attached with genomic data management. The team includes enterprise software experts, computational biology specialists and data scientists.

Brazilian Presenters:

Orion Digital - Founded in 2002 as a business unit of Orion Integration, Business Process Outsourcing Company (BPO), Orion Digital is dedicated to the development and deployment of information technology (IT) technology solutions for healthcare.

Aiming to deliver products that meet real customer needs, Orion invests in technological innovation, strategic partnerships and team with high level of professional training.

Their services include consulting, software development, outsourcing, imaging solutions, management, mobility, implementation of special projects and support after the sale. The systems are developed in distributed architectures, using the best scalable language market.

Other presenters include Infoway, La Informatica, and Livewell.

Thanks to our Sponsors - Hogan Lovells LLP for providing the venue, and Sage Human Capital for refreshments, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.