Digital health accelerator Health Wildcatters has unveiled 10 new companies selected to participate in the 2015 program, bringing the total number of startups in the accelerator’s portfolio to 32.
“All the companies demonstrated viable solutions to some of the biggest challenges in healthcare today—how to improve access, how to enhance education and prevention, how to leverage technology, to name a few,” said Hubert Zajicek, Health Wildcatters CEO. “With our support, we feel this class can make huge strides in advancing these areas of healthcare, and we look forward to playing a role in that.”
Each of the companies will participate in the 12 week program, and receive $30,000 in exchange for 8% equity stake. During the program, companies will be paired with appropriate mentors and partners to validate their business model, and get assistance with product and business development.
The 10 companies selected for Health Wildcatters’ 2015 startup class include:
- Codegi – which provides automatic coding software for clinical notes and electronic health record (EHR) documentation.
- Dynofit – a wireless smart electromyography system that helps people with stroke, traumatic brain injury and cerebral palsy gain control of their muscles.
- DUALALMS – a system that delivers nebulized agents prior to laryngoscopic examinations to eliminate the common discomfort and complications that occur from the exam.
- Exhale Healthcare Advocates – which helps consumers manage the business of their healthcare, described as “the H&R Block of healthcare.”
- Flow MedTech – a company developing a patent-protected medical device to reduce the high risk of stroke in millions of atrial fibrillation patients.
- md Portal – a healthcare software company with an asynchronous telemedicine platform that allows patients to see a physician remotely using tailored questionnaires and photos.
- Insight Optics – a company using mobile imaging technology to allow primary care physicians to record fundus examinations – a critical tool in preventative and diagnostic healthcare—and forward results to ophthalmologists for review.
- Noninvasix – which developed a way to conduct accurate, noninvasive monitoring of fetal welfare during labor and delivery using optoacoustic technology.
- Obaa – which enables primary care physicians to connect with specialists during patient encounters using Google Glass technology.
- Vidas Sanas – a Healthy Lives Platform that provides unique bilingual wellness solutions for employers and healthcare providers to engage their Latino populations into behavior change that transforms their health and wellbeing.
The program ends with a pitch day for investors in Dallas.
[Via: HitConsultant]