JSF Spring 2023 Cohort First Look

​Jumpstart Foundry's Spring 2023 Cohort First Look gives our audience the unique opportunity to get to know each of the 20 companies in our most recent cohort of healthcare innovators!

​During this virtual event, each founder will present 2 minute pitches. Following founder presentations, each company will split into individual breakout rooms for audience members to have the opportunity to engage with founders, learn more about the companies, and ask questions!

​The companies in our Spring 2023 Cohort include AssayMe, breathing.ai, Broca AI, Elite Sweets, EnterLynk, Inc., Guardian Lane, Hopdoc, LLC, Innovative Wellness Systems Inc., IPMD, Inc., MNPHARM, Mobile OptiX, Pera Labs, Perceptron Health, Rebound Health, Revitalize Energy Inc., SleepSpace, Wareologie, Welfie, Wingwomen, and Xplosion Tech.

​Read below for descriptions of each company! 

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​AssayMe

​Founder: Mykola Plotnikov

​AssayMe is a personal Wellness & Health Assistant that enables users to monitor health conditions and prevent potential medical problems through a simple, at-home, self-administered urine test.

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​Breathing AI

​Founders: Hannes Bend, Rose Désauguste

​Breathing AI offers a patented and innovative digital wellness solution that seamlessly integrates into a user’s workflow. Using AI-driven adaptive visuals based on real-time vital sign monitoring, it proactively manages stress, boosts productivity, and enhances user well-being, redefining the digital workspace experience.

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​Broca AI

​Founder: Joe Scanlin

​Broca AI has developed eli, which is an AI application that embeds directly into existing clinical workflows and turns written language into a highly effective measurement tool for identifying and attenuating mental health deterioration.

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​Elite Sweets

​Founders: Amin Bahari, Amir Bahari

​Elite Sweets makes delicious, better-for-you donuts fit for any lifestyle.

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​EnterLynk, Inc.

​Founders: Tiarri Thomas, Lee Hudspeth

​EnterLynk, Inc. is a cutting-edge software-as-a-service (SaaS) company specializing in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). With a mission to revolutionize laboratory workflows and data management, EnterLynk is at the forefront of innovation in the scientific community.

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​Guardian Lane

​Founder: Kristina Jones

​Considered “The Disney+ of children’s counseling”, Guardian Lane is a children’s mental health startup that allows more than 37 Million grieving children and families to find immediate help through a library of fun expert-led therapeutic video projects to release toxic stress and avoid dangerous future health outcomes.

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​Hopdoc, LLC

​Founders: John Leu, Jeff Ridlehoover, Dr. Ashok Mehta

​Hopdoc offers private-label, easy-to-deploy patient engagement app technology for EHR/PM, billing and payment platforms & serves as their dedicated app development team. Hopdoc offers the latest patient engagement app technology to their partners at a fraction of the cost and development time.

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​Innovative Wellness Systems Inc.

​Founders: Ted Finn, Johnny Cator, Greg McKenna

​IWS is a data analytics company for human mobility and biomechanics. The WellSol® is a smart insole connecting clinicians and patients with data and real-time monitoring on the injury recovery journey. It is important because real world data on human movement at scale can impact injury recovery, disease, and aging in place over time.

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​IPMD, Inc.

​Founder: Min Lee

​IPMD (Integrated Personalized Medicine) is dedicated to developing advanced Emotional AI platforms with the aim of creating a better world for humanity. Their flagship project, Project M, is an incredibly accurate emotional AI platform designed to detect human emotions through subtle facial expressions.

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​MNPHARM

​Founders: Dave Roeser, Jeff Reinert

​MNPHARM is a contract manufacturer of regenerative proteins for human and animal health. Their method of expressing proteins in plants is safer, faster and more cost effective than other methods. Additionally, MNPHARM owns several patents for PLAP in the use of wound care, chemo wasting, melanoma, acne and other treatments.

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​Mobile OptiX

​Founders: Rob Cash, Paul Hausman

​Mobile OptiX is a technology driven mobile optometric practice delivering convenient access to eye examinations and affordable prescription eyeglasses.

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​Pera Labs

​Founder: Burak Ozkosem

​Pera Labs builds healthy tomorrows by developing smart solutions for fertility treatments and reproductive wellness using AI, microfluidics and genomic tools. Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA in US, they also have R&D facilities in Malta, Europe and MENA headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey.

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​Perceptron Health

​Founder: Dan Witte

​Perceptron Health is bringing specialty care to 45 million underserved Americans. Their solution empowers primary care physicians to be an access point for hybrid specialty care.

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​Rebound Health

​Founders: Raeva Kumar, Alicia Chen

​Rebound is an evidence-based, digitized treatment for trauma and PTSD. Through a combination of symptom tracking, psychoeducation, and exposure therapy, Rebound delivers long-term remission via mobile app—no providers needed.

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​Revitalize Energy Inc

​Founders: Kyle Guinness, Tammy Szijarto

​Revitalize Energy has developed an energizing eye drop to alleviate the effects of screen fatigue from prolonged exposure to digital devices. Their patent pending formulation targets the mechanism of the eye responsible for making us tired.

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​SleepSpace

​Founder: Daniel Gartenberg, PhD

​SleepSpace makes sleep deeper for every human using the science of sound, light, and relaxation. Built from cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, SleepSpace provides users with customized solutions for their sleep issues.

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​Wareologie

​Founder: Gina Adams

​Wareologie develops assistive technology for rehabilitation to improve mobilization and safety with fewer resources. The latest innovation; Portable Parallel Bars, is revolutionizing physical therapy by bringing the device to the patient’s bedside or home to improve patient care.

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​Welfie

​Founders: Steven Moyo, Susan McLennan, Lakshmin Bangaru

​Welfie is a digital home for health for families. A consumer health marketplace where families will be able to purchase healthcare services, insurance, drugs and digital products. Welfie is reaching families by selling population health software and services to health providers and insurance.

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​Wingwomen

​Founder: Adonica Shaw

​Wingwomen is using virtual and in-home reproductive healthcare and fertility education, to improve maternal health outcomes for patients while saving payors and healthcare systems money.

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​Xplosion Tech

​Founders: Kehlin Swain, Isis Ashford

​Greens (by Xplosion Tech) is a mobile application for Insulin dependent diabetic Kids and parents to help MANAGE their Glucose Levels while eating the foods they love.

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​We're excited for you to join us on August 25th at 12:30pm CT!

​Please reach out to us at contact@jsf.co with any questions.