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At MVF, we live and breathe healthcare. And every now and then we feel the need to write about it as well! This is a collection of articles, blogs and news posts from our team, our advisors and our partners. Feel free to interact with us here or drop us a line on our social media accounts if something catches your fancy.

Top Ten Reasons to Enter a MedStartr Crowd Challenge

May 18, 2020
3 min

Top Ten Reasons to Enter a MedStartr Crowd Challenge

We designed the Crowd Challenges we have run since 2013 for the one goal (which a 2 person startup called Medable won) – helping startups succeed in healthcare. Now the world watches and pays attention to who wins because the companies that do – from Misfit wearables to Twiage to Alertgy (pictured above), winners of our contests have created billions of dollars in value. Now they employ thousands. If that alone does not convince you to fill out an application or check out the

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WarOnCOVID Pitch Contest – All the Teams

May 5, 2020
5 min

WarOnCOVID Pitch Contest – All the Teams

COVID Might have changed the location but it won’t stop our Crowd of Amazing Innovators! All 41 of the companies that pitched in our #WarOnCovid Virtual challenge. If you would want to get a hold of any of them please reach out to us! Apothēka– Integrates with Electronic Medical Records Systems plus clinical applications and transforms them into secure Blockchain ecosystems to facilitate security, data integrity, and interoperability. Website Navimize– uses proprietary algori

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Watch the Finals and the Winners of each Heat

Apr 21, 2020
3 min

Watch the Finals and the Winners of each Heat

With our championship, this Thursday lets take a look back at the past winners from each heat and the Finals! Heat 1 Helpsy – Helpsy, is a complete, one-stop supportive care solution and the world’s first and only AI-based Symptom And Navigation (SAN) nurse. It provides hands on tools to patients and health care professionals to decrease treatment disruptions and to improve the quality of life and outcomes, while streamlining clinician workflow Website- https://helpsyhealth.c

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MedMo Heat 4 of War on COVID Teams and Winners

Apr 17, 2020
3 min

MedMo Heat 4 of War on COVID Teams and Winners

The last few weeks have been amazing with 40 outstanding teams presenting their innovations. Thank you to all the judges, startups and attendees for participating. Track Virus In light of COVID-19 pandemic, Track Virus has created “Waze for infectious diseases”, a platform composed of an app and a set of web services designed to track and slow the spread of infectious diseases by providing a real-time assessment of the likelihood of any individual being contagious, empowering

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Heat 3 of War On COVID-19 Winners

Apr 13, 2020
1 min

Heat 3 of War On COVID-19 Winners

As we wrapped up Heat 3 of the War on COVID we saw some of the stiffest competition to date. Hopefully, by the end of our competition, COVID will be under control but right now there is still a need for companies that can help contain the virus. Heat 4 will be the last one before the championship. Register to watch the event here: https://medmowaroncovidheat4.eventbrite.com Heat 3’s Winners 1. Face2Face Health– is a revolutionary digital platform that provides parents with a

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The Winners Of Heat 2 In TheWar On COVID Contest And The Announcement Of Heat 3

Apr 7, 2020
1 min

The Winners Of Heat 2 In TheWar On COVID Contest And The Announcement Of Heat 3

Last Week Winners 1st Place -PhenoMx– CT Imaging for COVID-19. CT imaging offers a 97% success rate in diagnosing Coronavirus in less than 2 hours. PhenoMx.co 2nd place -Healthmode – HealthMode Cough uses smartphones that most people already have in their pocket to accurately count coughs, one of the three main symptoms of COVID-19. From patient triage to population health surveillance and vaccine trials, the opportunities for HealthMode Cough to help during this pandemic are

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