Techstars Happy Hour, Scaling and Funding Brick and Mortar Health

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Oriana I. Fuentes
March 25, 2024

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Hi from Women in Healthtech! Sharing latest events, resources and updates.

Women in Healthtech turns 1 next month, we’ve hosted 24 events in 5 cities and just broke 6,000 followers on LinkedIn! Have an exciting backlog of programming for the year and members who are co-hosting with us. Most recently we had a session (thank you Trinet!) on Clinicians and Founders building together with Dr. Clare Purvis of Well Women and the founders of Willow Health, Dr. Christina Gerdes and Lauren Morrell. Looking forward to more sessions like these!

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Upcoming Events

Panel: Funding, Building and Scaling Brick and Mortar Healthcare - a panel with Lexi Henkel from Maverick VC, Dr. Komal Kothari Angel Investor and Founder of Reside and Melissa Zoerb who is founding a brick and mortar stealthco after leading ops and scaling Bond Vet. Join us to learn about scaling 4-wall healthcare. April 3rd, RSVP

Techstars Physical Health x Women in Healthtech Happy Hour- Applications for this cohort are open until May 22nd, their team is visiting different cities to meet early stage founders. April 3rd, RSVP

San Francisco Breakfast with Slow Ventures! Slow Ventures invests in ideas ranging from social networking to consumer brands, healthcare, SaaS, crypto, and beyond. Having made early bets in Ro, Livongo, Plume, Brightside, Flossy, etc., the team is excited to welcome members of the Women in Healthtech community at its office on April 26th for an intimate and informal breakfast. April 26th, RSVP

Coming soon:

Food as Medicine - Collaborating with Meredith McAllister from Marma on this one, reach out if you’re interested in getting involved.

Founder Mental Health - Collaborating with Alyssa Petersel from MyWellBeing and Elianna Goldstein from Modern Ritual on a session on founder stress management and mental health. Sponsored by Trinet.

Community Outdoor Run - probably sometime in May when the weather improves (: along with Debbie Li

NY Tech Week is in June this year, we’re going to host a dinner and panel on the intersection of Climate and Health with the CHILL team, reach out if interested in participating or sponsoring!

Other ecosystem programming!

How to Raise an Angel Round - by Jason Yeh, a panel of founders sharing how they successfully raised an Angel Investor Round. Today at 1pm EST. Email us for a discount to Jason’s Fundraising Bootcamp. RSVP

Healthcon NY - by Delphine Le Grand and Noom, top notch speakers and workshops including founder of Soul Cycle Julie Rice and Priyanka Jain from Evvy RSVP (get 30% off with WIHT30)

Resources

  • NYU Future Labs Catalyst Program - If you are an early-stage startup working at the cutting edge of technology, and looking to leverage NYU Tandon’s Areas of Excellence, engineering knowledge, and resources, this is the place for you! Apply by end of March here

  • Clinicians Who VC - a community created by Christina Farr, if you’re a clinician looking to get into investing, sign up here

  • Looking for grants and non-dilutive funding? The Grant Power Program by Kat and Katie is live, giving immediate access to a list of 250+ grants, essentials for winning them, insights on how to find them and more. Get details here.

  • Founders You Should Know - technical talent matching with talented early stage founders and companies, apply here

  • Weave & Pitch led by Alina Serebryany helps founders work on storytelling and build compelling visuals for fundraising and sales teams. Learn more at Weave & Pitch, can also ping me for an intro :)

  • NSF, America’s Seed Fund applications (rolling) - America’s Seed Fund, powered by NSF invests up to $2 million in funding for startups that are developing technologies. Summit your project pitch here.

  • Launchbio Investor Connect applications (rolling) - This series hosted by Launchbio is for life science founders and C-level executives who are based in the US, raising funding (Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B) and interested in expanding their investor network. Get details here.

  • Referrals and discounts to Justworks if you’re getting set up with payroll! (email us)

Shout outs

  • Lilu a YC backed company is raising a community round: Lilu, a SOSV, YC backed, women's health company is building tech products using robotics and IoT to make postpartum care more comfortable, efficient and pain-free. Invest in Lilu through WeFunder to help them bring groundbreaking technology to maternal health. Learn more and be part of this compelling mission here: https://wefunder.com/lilu

  • Great session run by Oriana Papin-Zoghbi and Ariel Kramer on the importance of keeping patients top of mind when developing new innovative healthcare solutions.

Talent - Profiles looking for roles in health, email us to receive one of the CVs below or submit a profile, recent candidates in our database:

  • Recent MSHA Graduate | Seeking Full-Time Healthcare Analyst Position

  • Risk Consultant

  • Research and Development Biomedical Engineer

  • MPH Intern

  • Head of Consumer Digital Innovations

  • Sr. Product Manager

  • Senior Consultant

  • Product Manager

  • Product Marketing Manager

  • Psychiatric Registered Nurse

  • Senior Regional Account Representative

  • Product Manager

  • Product UX Designer

  • Risk Management & Public Policy Senior Associate

  • Registered Nurse, Clinical Ops Manager

  • Director of Operations / General Manager

  • Senior Marketing Analyst

  • MPH Candidate

  • LCSW | Customer Success | Event Director

  • VP of Operations

Roles - Opportunities from within our community, submit your role here

More roles if you follow Julia for #hiringfriday and Jodi for #hiringwednesday

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Oriana

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