Top Startups Series

By Kyle Kling

The Top Startups Series was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on ... more

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November 16, 2020 Philip Siberg, Cofounder of Coala Life - Top Healthcare Device Startup
Interview with the CEO of Coala Life, one of the top companies recognized within the healthcare device category.

1:08 What does Coala Life do?
4:34 What is the backstory behind Coala Life?
5:40 Why did you build your heart device the way you did?
8:28 Why did you chose to offer your device as a prescription from physicians?
10:55 Why did you get FDA approval? Why is that important?
12:19 Why was it important to build a health management platform?
15:23 What are the market drivers for healthcare devices? What is the future of the healthcare device category?
17:16 How has the pandemic affected your company?
19:57 How have you been able to grow internationally?
22:19 Talk about your massive study in Europe?
24:45 Closing Remarks

About Coala Life: Coala Life provides a CE and FDA cleared, patch-free, remote heart and respiratory monitoring system. They provide a device that records chest-ECG with synchronized heart sound recording and thumb-ECG that transmits via Bluetooth to maximize quality, precision and accuracy of heart readings. Their algorithms analyze the recordings based on pattern recognition, P-waves and RR variability to detect any heart diseases/issues. The device can also be used for remote lung and heart auscultation. Visit: www.coalalife.com

About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders & investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free. Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com

About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. Visit: mdi.vc
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28min
November 13, 2020 Hugh Lloyd-Jukes, CEO of Oxehealth - Top Healthcare Device Startup
Interview with the CEO of Oxehealth, one of the top companies recognized within the healthcare device category.

1:05 What does Oxehealth do?
9:20 How does you device work?
12:30 How is Oxehealth implemented?
14:19 How do you collect patient activity and vital data?
20:50 Why do you have a big focus being non-intrusive?
25:15 What does your workflow look like for users?
26:55 What are the risks of your platform?
28:24 How do you manage long sales cycles within healthcare?
30:34 Is your platform implemented into existing EHRs or standalone?
32:20 What deliverables resonates with customers?
35:55 How has the pandemic affected your company?
38:44 What is the future of patient monitoring?
41:15 Closing Remarks

About Oxehealth: Oxehealth provides Oxevision: an optical sensor with infrared illumination for hospitals to monitor patient activities (walking, talking, running, jumping, breathing, sleeping, falls). Their optical sensors can also detect PPG to measure pulse rate. Visit: www.oxehealth.com

About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders & investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free. Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com

About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. Visit: mdi.vc
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44min
November 11, 2020 Anthony Begando, CEO of ProCredEx - Top Healthcare Data Management Startup
Interview with the CEO of Professional Credentials Exchange, one of the top companies recognized within the healthcare data management category.

0:59 What does ProCredEx do?
17:44 What is the backstory of ProCredEx?
21:02 How do you collect credentialing data?
22:18 What is the validation engine?
26:29 Why do you utilize distributed ledger technology?
33:20 How are you approaching digital identity for healthcare?
38:00 What is your implementation process?
40:50 How do you manage long sales cycles within healthcare?
43:50 What is your business model?
45:30 What is the market size of the credentialing problem?
50:10 How has the pandemic has affected ProCredEx?
52:02 What do you think is the future of credentialing data management?
54:45 Closing remarks

About Professional Credentials Exchange: Professional Credentials Exchange collects and distributes verified credentials data from primary sources, data aggregators, and member healthcare organizations. The platform provides credentialing professionals with tools to search, purchase, and integrate this information into their existing credentialing systems and processes. Accredited members can also post their data to the exchange for acquisition by other members. The platform leverages a proprietary validation engine, distributed ledger technology, and advanced data science to dramatically reduce the cycle times traditionally associated with credentialing processes. Visit: procredex.com

About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders & investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free. Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com

About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. Visit: mdi.vc
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58min
November 09, 2020 Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, CEO of Patients Know Best - Top Healthcare Data Management Startup
Interview with the CEO of Patients Know Best, one of the top companies recognized within the healthcare data management category.

1:00 What does Patients Know Best do?
2:20 What’s the backstory behind Patients Know Best?
7:19 How do you gather patient data?
14:30 What common triggers for patients to come to your platform?
18:28 Can you talk about how you keep patient data secure?
21:25 Can you highlight B Corporation certification?
26:10 What are applications you built around patient data?
35:00 How do you manage long sales cycles in healthcare?
38:54 What deliverables resonate most with your customers?
42:26 What is the market size of patient data management?
47:00 How has the pandemic affected your company?
50:12 What is the future of patient data management?
52:50 Closing Remarks

About Patients Know Best: Patients Know Best provides a platform where patients can view their health record, access resources, message healthcare teams, add their own information, connect wearable devices and track/share their health. Visit: patientsknowbest.com

About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders & investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free. Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com

About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. Visit: mdi.vc
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56min
November 07, 2020 Payal Agrawal Divakaran, Partner at .406 Ventures - Top Healthcare Investor
Interview with Payal Agrawal Divakaran, partner at .406 Ventures, one of the top investors recognized within the healthcare industry.

0:20 Who is .406 Ventures?
2:37 You seem to focus on healthcare services, why?
5:25 Healthcare is so vast, how do you filter this industry?
9:59 Are you looking for moonshots or something practical as an early stage healthcare investor?
14:11 What do you see in healthcare most people don’t?
18:17 Can it be limiting to invest in healthcare?
21:22 Can you highlight some of your investments?
25:32 What is the business model that works for healthcare services?
28:55 How do you know the right tool to manage a specific health issue?
32:36 Do you focus on platform plays or tools for specific conditions?
36:02 Healthcare has long sales cycles - how does this shape your investment thesis?
40:12 Why do you choose to invest in healthcare, when enterprise software or cyber security is much less riskier?
43:30 How does the pandemic change your outlook on healthcare?
46:04 Highlighting unique features of .406 Ventures - portfolio development.
48:45 Closing Remarks

About .406 Ventures: .406 Ventures is an early stage technology venture capital firm investing in enterprise technology companies founded by visionary entrepreneurs. .406 Ventures was founded in 2005 and has $1 billion under management. The .406 Ventures team is comprised of entrepreneurs and operators who became investors to apply real world experience and strong company-building skills to create value for entrepreneurs and LPs. The firm leads, or co-leads, first institutional investment rounds in market-changing Digital Health and Enterprise IT companies and world-class operators, who move quickly and embody successful entrepreneurial DNA with their passion, creativity and endurance. Visit: www.406ventures.com

About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders & investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free. Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com

About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. Visit: mdi.vc
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50min
November 04, 2020 Vincent Keunen, CEO of Andaman7 - Top Healthcare Data Management Startup
Interview with the CEO of Andaman7, one of the top companies recognized within the healthcare data management category.

0:55 What does Andaman7 do?
3:37 What is the backstory of why you created Andaman7?
8:14 How do you gather patient data?
12:26 How do you collect healthcare data on behalf of patients?
16:47 What is your approach to patient data privacy?
20:44 What are some applications you can build on top of patient data?
30:07 Do you white label your application? What are common triggers when patients want to access their health data?
34:06 What is the future of patient data management?
40:00 Closing Remarks

About Andaman7: Andaman7 provides a full platform for any use case of collecting data from patients (RWE, PRO, QoL...). The research tool is deeply integrated with a very advanced PHR (Personal Health Data) that is connected to thousands of hospital EHRs, devices,etc. Patients can store their medical history and manage those who can access their data. Their application allows providers to monitor patients by collecting outcomes, surveys and wearable data. Visit: www.andaman7.com

About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders & investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free. Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com

About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. Visit: mdi.vc
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43min
November 03, 2020 Matt Schwartz, CEO of Virgo - Top Healthcare Data Management Startup
Interview with the CEO of Virgo, one of the top companies recognized within the healthcare data management category.

1:20 What does Virgo do?
6:55 What’s the backstory of Virgo?
9:36 Why is video management an issue for providers?
14:03 How does your company interface with endoscopic systems?
17:30 What is inside your device?
19:45 Why is it important to have a platform to manage videos versus go directly to image recognition?
24:30 What is the Virgo Clinical Trial Enrollment Accelerator?
26:59 How do you manage so much video data?
27:58 Who owns the data that’s collected within your platform?
31:16 How do you implement Virgo?
34:47 How do you manage long sales cycles within healthcare?
37:23 What is the business model of Virgo?
38:41 What are the deliverables that stand out among customers?
39:37 What is the future product roadmap for Virgo?
43:14 How has the pandemic affected Virgo?
45:44 What is the future of healthcare data management?
48:05 Closing Remarks

About Virgo: Virgo Surgical Video Solutions provides the leading cloud video capture, management, and AI analysis platform for endoscopic medical procedures. Since launching in 2018, Virgo has helped physicians at leading medical centers around the country including The Mayo Clinic, Northwestern University, and Mass General Hospital capture over 100,000 endoscopy videos — the largest data set of its kind. Virgo is now working with top pharma companies to accelerate patient recruitment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) trials with AI analysis of colonoscopy videos. Visit: virgosvs.com

About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders & investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free. Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com

About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. Visit: mdi.vc
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50min
October 29, 2020 Dr. Akhila Adabala & Srinath Akula, Founders of Praktice.ai - Top Healthcare CRM/Marketing Startup
Interview with the Co-founders of Praktice.ai, one of the top companies recognized within the healthcare CRM/marketing category.

1:17 What does Praktice.ai do?
15:00 How does Praktice.ai navigating complexity and variety of individual patients health needs?
19:15 Why is care navigation important to providers/payers?
24:50 Praktice.ai plans to manage entire care process by starting with digital front door.
30:40 What are the features of care navigation that resonates with patients the most?
36:08 How do you implement Praktice.ai?
41:17 How do you manage long sales cycles with providers?
44:00 How do you manage to scale internationally?
46:19 Market size of care navigation?
48:40 What is the business model & deliverables that resonate with customers?
51:35 Why did you start with the digital front door?
55:15 How has the pandemic affected Praktice.ai?
58:49 What is the future of care navigation?

About Praktice.ai: Praktice.ai provides an AI powered Care Navigation technology for hospitals which guides patients to the right care options, enables better care outcomes and increases revenue. Available on phone lines or websites of hospitals as a Virtual Assistant; Praktice enables a personalized provider match through triaging, refers to the appropriate care setting and enables a zero contact check-in at hospitals. Visit: www.praktice.ai

About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders & investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free. Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com

About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. Visit: mdi.vc
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1h 3min
October 28, 2020 Adeel Malik, CEO of Clearstep - Top Healthcare CRM/Marketing Startup
Interview with the CEO of Clearstep, one of the top companies recognized within the healthcare CRM/marketing category.

0:55 Live demo of Clearstep
7:49 What’s the backstory of Clearstep?
15:20 Why did you white-label your application?
20:00 Why do providers want care navigation tools?
23:23 How did you collect data?
27:00 How do you manage filtering/routing patients with limitless conditions/symptoms/issues?
31:58 What are the methods patients use to navigate care without your platform?
34:41 What features are your users most excited about?
39:10 What is the business model of Clearstep? What is the implementation process look like?
43:15 Are there risks associated with care navigation? How do you manage long sales cycles?
48:53 What is the future of care navigation?
51:50 Closing Remarks

About Clearstep: Clearstep white-labels its AI care navigation platform that matches patients to the right level of care based on their symptoms, insurance, and location, ultimately helping them book the right in-person or virtual care. Their main value is in better driving patient acquisition and retention for health systems. Visit: www.clearstep.health

About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders & investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free. Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com

About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. Visit: mdi.vc
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54min
October 26, 2020 Geralyn Ochab, CEO of Imagia - Top Healthcare Analytics Startup
Interview with the CEO of Imagia, one of the top companies recognized within the healthcare analytics category.

1:04 What does Imagia do?
7:48 How do you collect data?
11:26 What type of data are you focused on?
12:08 Can you share examples of how users would interact with your platform?
19:23 Can you talk about the country-wide rollout of your digital health discovery platform in Canada?
21:43 What is the implementation process of Imagia?
23:23 What does the user interface look like? Can providers share their data with other third parties?
25:37 Do you have any security issues when handling patient data?
27:39 How do users interface with the data within your platform?
32:43 How did you manage long sales cycles in healthcare?
35:18 How has the pandemic affected Imagia?
36:38 What is the future of healthcare analytics?
40:20 Closing Remarks

About Imagia: Imagia EVIDENS’ AI platform enables digital cohort discovery, research, collaboration, and insight sharing on hospital-wide data sets in Canada, Europe and USA. Visit: imagia.com

About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders & investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free. Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com

About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia. Visit: mdi.vc
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44min

FAQs about Top Startups Series:

How many episodes does Top Startups Series have?

The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.