Zavain Dar, Lux Capital
Altitude Lab, a healthcare and life sciences incubator founded in 2020 by Recursion and The University of Utah s PIVOT Center, fills the critical role of attracting and supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs. The incubator focuses on developing diverse and inclusive businesses to innovate lower cost, higher quality, and more accessible healthcare solutions. Altitude Lab s first cohort includes nine minority or women founders, who are tackling everything from personalized chemotherapy strategies and cancer therapeutics to developing novel platforms to diagnose and triage liver disease. Lack of access to top-tier investors is a crippling gap for founders in nontraditional geographies or of underrepresented backgrounds, explained Chandana Haque, executive director of Altitude Lab. Support from experienced investors can completely change the trajectory of a startup. It s our mission to connect founders from all backgrounds to the capital and resources that
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The Utah Women’s Giving Circle presented their “Resilient 2020 Speaker Series | From Susan B. Anthony to RBG: The history, resilience and call to community.” The concluding event in the series was held in November 2020, and was titled “New Possibilities Amidst the Unraveling.” Sara Jones, CEO of InclusionPro talked about how to identify opportunities in the midst of turmoil. She reminded us that unraveling our expectations gives us space, freedom, and clear eyes to see things differently.
Sara Jones creates global diversity and inclusion strategies to elevate inclusive cultures. She is the CEO of InclusionPro® and a founder of Women Tech Council, a national organization focused on the economic impact of women in the technology sector. She also serves on the Utah State Workforce Development Board, Board of Trustees for Intermountain Healthcare and the Executive Board of Silicon Slopes. Sara Jones was honored as a Utah Business Magazine’s CEO of the