Brain health innovators needs to escape from the “efficiency trap”

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 8, 2020

Fun to (remote­ly) talk at the Start­up Impact Sum­mit in Hong Kong to dis­cuss the lat­est on brain health and men­tal fit­ness and to high­light a key point: in such a rapid­­ly-and-pro­­found­­ly-evolv­ing field, we need to pri­or­i­tize effec­tive­ness over effi­cien­cy; oth­er­wise we sim­ply keep doing –faster, cheap­er– the wrong things time and again. Think of the…

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Digital health start-ups raised a record $3.1 billion in Q1; focus will likely evolve from providers to consumers and employers

By SharpBrains | April 20, 2020

__ Dig­i­tal health firms raised record sums before Covid-19 hit (Med­C­i­ty News): “Dig­i­tal Health star­tups raised a record-break­ing $3.1 bil­lion in the first quar­ter of 2020, accord­ing to a report released Mon­day by Rock Health. But now faced with a glob­al pan­dem­ic, the trend is unlike­ly to continue

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BrainCheck raises $8 million to digitize cognitive/ neuropsychological assessments and better serve the aging population

By SharpBrains | October 17, 2019

_______________ This start­up just raised $8 mil­lion to help busy doc­tors assess the cog­ni­tive health of 50 mil­lion seniors (TechCrunch): “…star­tups increas­ing­ly rec­og­nize oppor­tu­ni­ties to cater to this aging pop­u­la­tion. Some are devel­op­ing prod­ucts to sell to indi­vid­u­als and their fam­i­ly mem­bers direct­ly; oth­ers are com­ing up with ways to empow­er those who work directly…

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Bayer to support 11 digital health startups, 5 of which are developing behavioral/ cognitive/ mental health solutions

By SharpBrains | October 15, 2019

_______________ Bay­er inks deals with eleven star­tups under G4A Dig­i­tal Health Part­ner­ships pro­gram (press release): “Bay­er announced today that the com­pa­ny has signed col­lab­o­ra­tion agree­ments with eleven dig­i­tal health star­tups. As part of the pro­gram, Bay­er will sup­port these start­up com­pa­nies aim­ing for longer-term col­lab­o­ra­tions to dri­ve for­ward the devel­op­ment of spe­cif­ic dig­i­tal solu­tions to…

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Reminder: Last 12 hours to submit pitches to the Brainnovations Pitch Contest!

By SharpBrains | October 31, 2017

_________________ A quick reminder that the Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test is accept­ing sub­mis­sions until today, Octo­ber 31st, 11 PM US Pacif­ic Stan­dard Time. We are look­ing for star­tups world­wide, found­ed no ear­li­er than 2012, for-prof­it or non-prof­it, work­ing on ways to har­ness brain research and emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies to help every per­son thrive in the dig­i­tal age.

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Reminder: Last days to submit pitches to the Brainnovations Pitch Contest!

By SharpBrains | October 25, 2017

_________________________________________ Just a quick reminder that the Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test is accept­ing sub­mis­sions until Octo­ber 31st, 11 PM US Pacif­ic Stan­dard Time. We are look­ing for star­tups world­wide, found­ed no ear­li­er than 2012, for-prof­it or non-prof­it, work­ing on ways to har­ness brain research and emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies to help every per­son thrive in the dig­i­tal age.

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