The MedStartr Blog
Stories, event recaps, and insights from one of the world's largest healthcare innovation communities.
Zibrio Balance Wins #MedMo #Houston at Health Impact Southwest
In 2018 we are expanding on the MedMo Roadshow where we did events in ten cities looking for our first investments in 2017. This year we are targetting 20 cities and 20 new companies to invest in. So far we […]
April 13, 2018
NOLAHI Challenge Winners Announced
We are pleased to report that out of over 140 teams that applied to win our New Orleans Health Innovators Crowd Challenge, sponsored by BCBS Louisiana, Ochsner Health Systems, Stone Pigman, Tulane Health System, Lafayette General Foundation, Lookfar, […]
April 2, 2018
MedStartr Announces Winners of MedMo17 – its annual Healthcare Pitch Contest
New York City - December 7, 2017 - MedStartr, Inc. the healthcare-only crowdfunding and investment platform today announced the winners of MedMo17 Crowd Challenge held at MedStartr Momentum 2017, its annual two-day conference in New York. More than 100 different […]
December 7, 2017
The Winners of MedStartr Momentum 2016
We are very pleased to bring you the winners from the MedMo16 Mega Crowd Challenge, our first Equity Crowd Challenge and our 10th overall. From an initial pool of 175 applicants, five were selected and three runners up were designated. […]
December 5, 2016
What is #TrumpCare?
We all have concerns about what the new administration will do to our healthcare system which has been changing so rapidly for the last six years. Will the train be derailed or is a switch coming? Will Trump and the […]
November 24, 2016
Healthcare Innovation Rule # 6: Get Buzz(ed)
Little propels a startup like great buzz and one of the four things we think crowdfunding and events drive is awareness. Once people are talking about you there is a palpable buzz around your brand. Nowhere was this more prevalent […]
December 6, 2015
MedStartr Momentum 2015 Results
Four winners selected and over 12.5 Million impressions for MedMo15
December 4, 2015
10 Rules for Driving Innovation in Healthcare - Rule # 7 – Pitch Listen Fix Pitch repeat
Rule # 7 – Pitch Listen Fix Pitch Repeat We recommend to all our acceleration clients to pitch early and pitch often. I don’t just mean at events like MedStartr Momentum but to everyone. I mean if you […]
December 2, 2015
Healthcare Innovation Rule # 8: Passion is Not Enough
Hello to our fellow Healthcare Innovation enthusiasts and professionals! Today we continue our series on 10 Rules for driving health innovation faster with another post in the lead up to our CyberMonday MedStartr Momemtum event. We know many of you have […]
November 27, 2015
Healthcare Innovation Rule # 9: Do One Thing Well
In preparation for our first full day event, Momentum 2015 we are writing out our ten secrets to Healthcare Innovation Success. To Summarize where we are so far: Rule # 10: "Be in the right Place" Rule #9: "Do One […]
November 23, 2015
10 Rules for Driving Innovation in Healthcare - Rule # 10 - Be in the right place
In preparation for our first full day event, MedStartr Momentum 2015 we are writing out our ten secrets to Healthcare Innovation Success. After helping hundreds of new ideas get to market faster, we have learned a few things about what […]
November 17, 2015
1.7 Million for Cardio Startups
The 2015 American Heart Association Crowd Challenge broke all records for the 16 companies that made the finals on MedStartr. In just 31 days the finalists closed 14 deals valued at over 1.7 million dollars with some of the biggest […]
May 29, 2015