MedMoNews: July 7, 2022

Healthcare innovation news you can use

Hello Healthcare Innovation Enthusiasts!

We hope everyone's Summer has begun well, or for those of you in the Southern hemisphere, your WInter.  Let me apologize to our friends in Australia, Peru, Colombia, South Africa and the 19% of our readers who hail from the southern half of our world for never getting my seasonal messages right for you.  Well, for once, I have. Maybe because we are planning our first southern hemisphere trip this year?  Yeah, so that's happening,  If you are in South America and want to work with us to drive health innovation further, faster, let's talk! 

(Shameless plug here, ignore if you already have all the help driving innovation you need.)
We have designed and run programs for cities, countries, corporates, conferences, institutions and associations that work quite well.  Here is one example we did for New Orleans in the before times.  If you are interested in a custom-designed strategic sourcing program or a MedMo World Tour Pitch Contest in your town, at your conference or to address your needs, please reach out.

But, as usual, I digress.  This was intended as a quick note to tell everyone about three or four things going on that you may want to participate in.  Each is briefly outlined below - or you can just click the pictures above.  I will be at the Venture Summit West, which looks great (discount code is medstartrVIP for $300 off the price) I and am helping judge the Prime Challenge a little.  The Mission Daybreak Challenge is being run by our friends at the VA and that is a fantastic new program.  Do Not Delay on that one though, the deadline is 5 PM Friday the 8th of July!

Thanks for reading and all you do to drive healthcare forward faster!

Warm Regards,
Alex Fair
Managing Partner, MedStartr.VC
Book a time to talk here
Email here
Call: Main: 530-MEDSTAR (530.633.7827)
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Mission Daybreak: Apply Today, Deadline 7/8 

The Dept of Veteran Affairs is running a $20 million Healthcare innovation program called Mission Daybreak.  They are looking for innovators to develop Suicide Prevention solutions that meet the diverse needs of Veterans. 

Phase 1 submissions are due by July 8: Learn more here!

Prime Health Innovation Challenge Application

The annual Prime Health Innovation Challenge is back with double the funding and double the fun. This year companies will be making connections, getting exposure, and the potential to win pilots and funding in Colorado and California. It’s a great opportunity to make an impact in public health and rural and safety net populations. This is a fantastic program that has been running for years and is one of the best in the country for driving startup success.  We are also helping judge and will do some startup advisement!

Deadline for applications is July 15th.

Learn more here: https://www.primehealthco.com/challenge-companies

Also, if you are not aware, the Colorado Health Innovation Summit is coming up soon on July 21.  Learn more about that here

Pro Tip: Many of the judges for the challenge will be there, come pitch us!

New Partner: Venture Summit / West

MedStartr is pleased to announce its newest partnership and invite you to join us at Venture Summit \ West

Special offer: Register Now & Save $300 off (Use discount code “MedStartrVIP")

WHERE INNOVATION MEETS CAPITAL
JULY 19th - 20th, 2022
Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA.

Venture Summit \ West in Silicon Valley will showcase more than 180 of the hottest early-stage and emerging-growth technology, life sciences, healthcare, medtech, fintech, and clean-tech innovators!

Whether you’re a startup seeking capital and exposure, or an investor seeking new deals, Venture Summit \ West presented by youngStartup Ventures - is the event of the year you won't want to miss.

A highly productive venture conference, this exclusive program is dedicated to showcasing early-stage VCs, Corporate VCs and angel investors committed to funding venture-backed, emerging and early-stage companies as well as showcasing over 100 Top Innovators.

PARTIAL LINEUP of OVER 130 VCs CONFIRMED
Abdulaziz Al-Dayel, Principal, Global Ventures
Abolaji Omitogun, Entrepreneur and Angel Investor, Serial Capital
Ajey Kaushal, Investor, JLL Spark
Alex Fair, Managing Partner, MedStartr Ventures
Alexandra Argo, Investor, GSV Ventures
Alice Liu, Associate, K5 Ventures
Allen Chen, Investor, BMW i Ventures
Amy Henry, CEO, Eunike Ventures
Andrew Ive, Managing GP, Big Idea Ventures
Andrew McClure, Partner, Forgepoint
Anthony Bajoras, Founder & MD, CANCER FUND
Ashish Bhatia, Angel Investor
Ashish Kakran, Principal, Thomvest Ventures
Ben Jen, Managing Director, Ben Jen Holdings
Bianca Caban, Principal, AIX Ventures
Branden Fini, Principal, Providence Ventures
Charles Aunger, MD / Partner, Health2047 Capital Partners
Damien Petty, Partner, Morpheus 
Dan Altschuler, Managing Partner, Unovis
Dan Miller, Managing Director, The Roda Group
Darwin Ling, Founder and GP, Good AI Capital
David Goldman, Partner, Celesta Capital
Deepak Gupta, Managing Partner, Blue Bear Ventures
Denis Kalyshkin, Principal, I2BF Global Ventures
Elisa Jagerson, Managing Director, Wildcat Venture Partners
Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, Advance Ventures
Eric Lee, Vice President, Aligned Climate Capital
Garnet Heraman, General Partner, Aperture Venture Capital
Gary Gershony, Founding GP, BayMed Venture Partners
Gary Jinks, Founder, MD, South Valley Angels
Hee Jung, Head of Investment, SK Gas Ventures
Ivan Landabaso, Partner, JME Ventures
Judy Li, Vice President, Energy Foundry
June W Choi, Managing Partner, Serval Ventures
Kevin Chen, Partner, Lam Capital
Kian Beyzavi, Venture Partner, Cota Capital
Kim Kolt, General Partner, Bay Bridge Ventures
Laleh Masnavi, Operating Partner, Candou Ventures
Leighanne Oh, Investor, Sofinnova
Lizzie Lee, Sr. Director, McKesson Ventures
Louis Millon, Senior Associate, Systemiq Capital
Luca Parolari, Senior Associate, DCVC Bio
Mary Long-Irwin, Director of Int'l Development, Northern Ontario Angels
Miao Hong, Founding Partner, Silicon Valley Future Capital
Michael Kim, MD, US Investments, Singtel Innov8 Ventures
Mika Nishimura, Operational Partner, Gilde Healthcare
Mike Edelhart, Managing Director, Joyance Partners
Mukul Agarwal, CEO & Founder, BootUP World
Neel Mehta, VC/Investor, G2 Venture Partners
Nick Arnold, Associate, HG Ventures
Paul Jordan, Principal, Activate Capital
Prativa Joshi, Investor, Highmark Ventures
Ruchit Majmudar, Senior Analyst, JetBlue Ventures
Sameer Chopra, Venture Investor, Monta Vista Capital
SC Moatti, Founding MP, Mighty Capital
Shaun Johnson, Managing Partner, AIX Ventures
Shintaro Enomoto, VP, MS&AD Ventures
Steven Gonzalez, Venture Partner, Seldor Capital
Subbu Nambi, Director, General Atlantic
Tarik Galijasevic, Managing Director, Allstate Strategic Ventures
Tatiana Mulry, General Partner, Steamwork Ventures
Tim Hsia, Managing Partner, Context Ventures
Tim Kazurayama, Senior Director, Presidio Ventures
Tom Munson, Analyst, Adit Ventures
Vineet Jain, VC Investor, VU Venture Partners
Wade Bitaraf, Founder, Plug and Play
Walter Leung, Principal, Micron Ventures
Zhenni Liu, Partner, MaC Venture Capital

SPECIAL OFFER: SAVE $300
MedStart has made special arrangements for our network to receive a steep discount of $300 off. This conference will be attended by the best people in the industry. Please register early to avoid disappointment.
 
Register Today & Save $300. (Use promo code "medstartrVIP”) 
 
In addition to providing access to leading Investors, the conference will feature more than 100 pre-screened venture-backed, emerging and early-stage companies seeking capital, and hardcore networking.
  
We look forward to seeing you there!

Learn more and Register here: https://youngstartup.com/events/summer22