Define Ventures & Health Engine: Starting Companies in Healthcare
Come hear about the rapidly evolving landscape of AI in healthcare and the exciting opportunities it presents for innovation and investment. This event brings together industry experts, venture capitalists, and technical founders to share insights, experiences, and visions for the future of healthcare AI.
This event is perfect for:
Technical professionals interested in healthcare applications of AI and Software
Entrepreneurs and aspiring founders in the healthtech space
Investors looking to understand the healthcare AI landscape
Healthcare professionals curious about the impact of AI on their field
Students and researchers in computer science, bioengineering, venture, startups, and related fields
Don't miss this unique opportunity to gain invaluable insights, network with industry leaders, and potentially shape the future of healthcare through AI innovation!
Speakers:
Hong Truong - Hong is a long time health tech investor, having worked in the venture capital arms of major healthcare organizations like Kaiser Permanente and Cedar Sinai. Before joining Define, she was at the California HealthCare Foundation making strategic investments on behalf of the 14M Medicaid members in California.
Ian Blumenfeld - Ian is a multi-time entrepreneur and was an early employee and Chief Data Officer at Clover Health, one of the earliest digital health companies to go public and tackle the growing Medicare Advantage market. He founded Liferaft in the healthcare benefits and InsureTech space. Ian got his PhD in Physics at Stanford.
Health Engine: Health Engine is a health-tech startup accelerator fully run by Cal students. It's currently in its 7th cohort with over 60 startups accelerated and around $300M raised by alumni founders. Our mission is to be a hub for health-tech innovation and innovators on campus and beyond.
Define Ventures: Define Ventures is a $800M Silicon Valley venture fund focused exclusively on early stage digital health. We're ex-operators, with careers spanning go-to-market, commercialization, product, and strategy across payers, providers, employers, life sciences, and consumer. At our core, we want to do everything we can to enable our entrepreneurs to build the best organizations they can through our relationships and experience. We were founded in 2018 by Lynne Chou O'Keefe, who led Kleiner Perkins' digital health efforts and has invested in companies from Livongo to Unite Us to HIMS