Sam Shames is COO and co-founder of Embr Labs, a company unlocking the therapeutic power of temperature. In this episode, Sam talks about the fascinating technology behind their first product, the unanticipated ways in which it's helping address medical conditions, the huge insights they're gaining about humanity's relationship with thermal wellness, and how their recently launched new feature makes people feel genuinely more connected with the loved ones from afar.

Jim Havelka is CEO of InformAI, a company transforming the way healthcare is being delivered. In this episode, Jim delves into the highly efficient and innovative artificial intelligence and deep learning solutions the company has developed to improve radiologist productivity and speed up medical diagnosis at the point-of-care. He explains the benefits of being located in Houston, allowing them to directly access data from the world’s largest medical center complex, the Texas Medical Center, and shares how they also partner with other renowned healthcare organizations, national physician groups, and leading medical imaging companies, all with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes. 

Matt Angle is CEO of Paradromics, the first high-bandwidth data interface between brains and computers. In this episode, Matt talks about how his company is building a specialized data interface that will translate between bioelectric and digital signals; how this can empower people suffering from classically challenging diseases and injuries like paralysis, blindness, deafness, and mental illness; and how eventually, potentially, Paradromics could help define humanity’s very perception of consciousness. 

Charles Smith is a Venture Partner at Social Starts and Joyance Partners. In this episode, Charles and Mike discuss the innovative ways people, cities, startups, and VCs are adapting during the pandemic and the importance of discovering and investing in the very best entrepreneurs no matter their origin, education, race, gender, or location.

Oded Kraft is CEO of Gray Matters, developing an adjunct to standard of care digital therapeutics solution for treating mental and neurological disorders. In this episode, Oded talks about how GrayMatters is using this revolutionary technology to provide people suffering from those disorders a way to self regulate their own brain processes - from people living with PTSD, MDD, and GAD to frontline medical workers. 

Nell Luo is CEO of Folia Health, harnessing the power of patient and caregiver experiences to enable individuals to live their healthiest lives. In this episode, Nell talks about how her mother’s dedicated note-taking inspired the idea for her company, how her unique business model necessitates radical transparency with her customers, how seemingly inconsequential observations can result in groundbreaking medical discoveries, and how, by capturing that as of now untapped information, Folia has the potential to transform the entire universe of health data.

Erika Milczek is CEO of Curie Co, an enzyme engineering company replacing banned chemicals with safe and sustainable ingredients. In this episode, Erika talks about tackling a market that hasn’t undergone any innovation in over seventy years, the little-known secret behind successful stakeholder research, and the beautifully simplistic science she's using to solve a complex, world-wide problem.

Jordan Miller is CEO and co-founder of Volumetric, building 3D printers that can create human tissue. In this episode, Jordan delves into the incredibly complex architecture of our circulatory systems, recounts how a trip to the grocery store resulted in the “aha” moment for Volumetric’s groundbreaking technology, and explains the immense potential the company has for creating replacement organs by using the patient’s very own cells.

In this special anniversary episode, Managing Partner Mike Edelhart celebrates the veracity and resilience of the remarkable companies in the Social Starts/Joyance Partners family of funds and shares words of hope and encouragement as we emerge into the post-COVID startup landscape.

Ed Likovich is CEO and co-founder of Nymbl, preventing falls by combining medical science with mobile technology to deliver a proven, fun balance intervention. In this episode, Ed breaks down the science behind how the brain and body work together to regain balance, shares his views on how the current pandemic is exponentially expanding the successful application of telemedicine, explains Nymbl's upcoming plans to empower even more people to live fuller, healthier lives, and gives sage advice for how entrepreneurs seeking their next endeavor can achieve lasting success.