Hello Healthcare Innovation Freaks & Friends!

And by "Freak" I mean people crazy enough to think we can change our super messed up incumbent-heavy healthcare system - those willing to risk something or everything to try, build, pilot, adopt, invest in, or help the new approaches and solutions we all need to make the system better and improve care for all.  Thank you for reading these missives and for all you do, including the risks you take. More on this later...

The MedMo World Tour begins again and we will be at ViVE, AAPM and SXSW. But before that, we have great event TONIGHT ONLINE and here in NYC at CURE with our friend and inspirational leader, former Pew Research Fellow, HHS CTO, and Author of Rebel Health, Susannah Fox - one of the smartest people in healthcare I have met. And I just love the topic of her book, can't wait to get a copy!  There is also another event in NYC Friday.  Learn more about that here: MedStartr.NYC (aka Health 2.0 NYC.)

Yesterday also happened to be the 5th anniversary of starting our second MedStartr Fund and we could not be happier with the results, making us one of the top performers in the space by objective metrics.  We would get in trouble with the SEC if we said more, so we will just stop there.  Call if you want more info (sorry.)  Fund III is now open for Institutions, CVC, PE funds, and accredited investors and now we are giving GP shares to our myriad MedStartr Mentors that help us with the crowd-validation of our startups. A full 10% of MedStartr Venture Fund III is dedicated to the amazing people that help judge our contests. To learn more about the fund and apply to be a MedStartr Mentor, just click the links. You can book a time to discuss with the MedStartr Venture Partners here as well.

Here is the Susannah Fox event:

Cure: Tuesday Talks

Unlocking the Power of Radical Patient Advocacy
February 20
345 Park Ave South, NY, NY and online

From the organizers: "Join us for an incredible Tuesday Talks event where we dive deep into the world of patient advocacy with Susannah Fox, an author, and passionate advocate who has dedicated her life to placing patients and caregivers at the heart of healthcare. As a former CTO of the;US Department of Health and Human Services, Susannah has profound insights into why patients and caregivers often find themselves lost in a complex healthcare system that can seem impossible to navigate.

This is a do-not-miss Tuesday Talks as we will celebrate the launch of Susannah's new book, ­Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care. You will also be able to purchase a signed copy of the book." - Cure

Get tickets here: ­https://www.eventbrit...

Join us irl or on LinkedIn Live. See you there!

Join The MedStartr Healthcare Innovators Network

If you want to join the rapidly growing MedStartr Healthcare Innovator Freaks & Friends Whatsapp community in your city or for an event like ViVE of SXSW, you can do that here too. Why Freaks & Friends? To expand upon this thought, this is an action tool for getting involved.  If you join you will be among the crazy people that think we can fix healthcare if we all work together. We know it is true since we have been at it for over a decade and have seen vast changes - but we aren't done yet. We know that if we Connect, we will Collaborate and together, we will Create the future of healthcare. Join us if this is something that gets you excited too. The WhatsApp groups are useful for posting interesting articles, new ideas, events, side events, discussing relevant topics and fun things to do. Please do not spam the lists too much and make sure you drop contacts and links when you arrive. Please DM me (@Alexbfair­ everywhere) if you want to add a group. We just started doing this in our clubhouse daze and there are over 500 members already - works great so now we are opening to the greater community.

Cities:;NYC­,;Bay Area, Miami­. Medellin (Colombia) (Add your City here)

Events:JPM­, ViVE­. HLTH­, SXSW­, Health Impact, Node Health,

Clubhouse/ General: MedMods Global, Asia­, Africa / EU /Middle East, India­

Topics: Pain­, Integrative Medicine, Clinical Psychedelics,;AI­, Medical Billing, Patient Leaders

We know this list is not inclusive, but it is what we have created over the past few years so I dropped them all in there. Feel free to reply to this email and tell me what you want. Don't forget your whatsapp phone number or mention it in the chat there.

Ok, that's all for now. Looking forward to seeing everyone in NYC, LA, Tuscon, and Austin - like we did last week at Pooja Majmudar's fantastic Mount Sinai / SVB Mental Health Innovations event - so good to be back in the city full time and seeing everyone and a fresh batch of healthcare innovations! Speaking of which, make sure you send any events or news to news@medstartr.com­ so we can spread the word to the community. We will start doing NYC events more regularly again so if you have ideas, venues, want to volunteer, have a great speaker, sponsor here or in any city, just reach out or book a time to talk at https://bit.ly/meetABF

Thanks for all you do to drive healthcare innovation forward!

Warm Regards,

Alex Fair
Managing Partner: MedStartr Venture Partners, LLC / Organizer: MedStartr.nyc / Health 2.0 NYC
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