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In 2020, Americans filed more than 4.2 million applications for startup businesses a 24% increase from the previous year and the largest number of applicants over the past 15 years, according to U.S. Census figures.
Many startups were launched by women who were 1.8 times as likely as men to be laid off during the pandemic. Despite the uptick in female-led companies over the past two years, women continue to face a key challenge in building a strong foundation for business growth: access to venture capital. ....
New York-based venture fund Swiftarc Ventures is launching a new fund dubbed Swiftarc Telehealth to take advantage of the boom in Telehealth-focused startups which have emerged, partly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The $75 million fund will focus on three initial areas: obesity, mental & behavioral health, and pediatrics. It will also look […] ....
E-Mail The inaugural Women at Weill investment competition recently selected Intellihealth, a comprehensive medical obesity treatment platform co-founded by Dr. Katherine Saunders, assistant professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, as its first winner. Hosted by Weill Cornell Medicine s BioVenture eLab in collaboration with AmplifyHer Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage businesses built by outstanding women, the competition aimed to highlight exceptional women innovators at the academic medical institution. As winner, the Intellihealth team presented at the 2021 Weill Cornell Startup Symposium, which took place virtually in February, and will receive investment funding from AmplifyHer. We re really honored and grateful that we were chosen, said Dr. Saunders, who is also an obesity expert at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and a Weill Cornell Medical College alumna. The majority of our team are women, so i ....