Joanne is a principal at Newark Venture Partners (NVP), an early stage investment fund. NVP is based in Newark and was started by Audible's founder, Don Katz to help revitalize the entrepreneur community in Newark, NJ. They have invested in many healthcare businesses in partnership with RWJ-Barnabas Health and Horizon BCBS of NJ. Healthcare investments include Orbita, Wellsheet, Credsimple and Ride Health.

In this podcast, Joanne explains NVP's investment thesis, how they help early stage startups gets through seed funding to their A-round. She covers the key healthcare trends that NVP is focused on as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, including silver surfers, the shift to outpatient services and how data is being leveraged to lower costs.

Joanne has some great insights about mistakes healthcare entrepreneurs make and tons of smart advice for startups.

Enjoy!