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This week: Robbie Williams, Daye raise €11.5 million, and voice biomarkers replace your mum.
News Bites 🥪
🩸 Investors put bad blood* from Theranos in the past - As Elizabeth Holmes awaits sentencing, investors are moving back into the market. Good news for Netflix.
😇 100 angels looking into healthtech - “And through it all, they offer me investment, value add through a market correction, even if my product bombs” - Robbie Williams, Angels (Patagonia Gilet remix)
💰 UK-based gynae health startup Daye raises €11.5 million to launch at-home screening kit and bridge the gender health gap - Hambro Perks-led round will be used to launch a new testing kit as well as roll out a digital platform for gynae health.
⚠️ Healthtech-specific risks for medical malpractice liability - Should treatment errors be attributed to the clinician or the healthtech they’re using? This study in Nature dives in.
🗣 "Voice biomarker" tech analyses your voice for signs of depression - You know how your mum can tell if you’ve had a bad day? That, but it’s now called “voice biomarkers”.
⚔️ The healthtech 'arms race' - The land-grab for home medical technology continues state side. Related article about the dangers of using military metaphors for healthcare here.
🔐 Nobody has cracked the code on drug manufacturing. Why? - Manufacturing is one of drug making’s biggest problems. Great insight from Crunchbase.
📡 xWave partners with Royal College of Radiologists to tackle backlog - xWave’s CDS (Clinical Decision Support) platform allows clinicians to input information about a patient case and then be presented with a ‘next step’ action suggestion in line with the latest evidence-based guidance.
What to listen to 🔊
🔊 #278 The initial steps for turning a business idea into reality, with Dr. Kate Cordell and Ken Knecht from Opeeka - Expert cofounders Dr. Kate Cordell and Ken Knecht from Opeeka share the initial steps for turning a business idea into reality and outline the value of having a cofounder in a company.
🐦 The Healthtech Pigeon Podcast - Jess Farmery joins James and Henry to talk all things healthtech news.
Events 🔊
⭐️ Information as a determinant of health - YouTube Health's inaugural UK event explores how we can collaborate to make high-quality health information accessible to all.
🎉 Discovery Park 10th anniversary celebration Attend the Biotech Unplugged: From Cell to Software session at Discovery Park’s 10 year anniversary, with Google and Pfizer.
Opportunities 🕵️♀️
♾ CTO, Medloop - Medloop’s mission is to “revive the connection between patients and caregivers by closing the loops”. Glad that’s cleared things up for you.
📊Chief Financial Officer (Part Time), Thriva - Do you like numbers? But not enough to spend your whole week looking at them? Then part time CFO may be just the role you’re looking for. If you’re looking for a change of financial scene**, why not pivot (table) yourself into this thriva-ing business?
*Appropriate Taylor Swift reference given she’s released another album that’s definitely different from the last few albums.
**lol it’s still just going to be spreadsheets, come off it.