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• Video: Meru Health, Supportiv, 7 Cups, Bravely

  by Kristin Karaoglu, August 16, 2018

  Emerging treatment models in the area of mental health and wellness

  As part of our SplashX Invent Health salons, co-hosted by HP, we have a segment focused on emerging treatment models. Here we gather younger startups with unique, promising and innovative business models. At our June event, SplashX Invent Health: Mental and Behavioral Health, the four companies that took the stage were: Bravely, Supportiv, Meru Health and 7 Cups. Mark Goldstein, Chairman of UCSF He

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• Q2 earnings: tech stocks are still flying high

  by Steven Loeb, August 15, 2018

  Despite worries over data usage scandals, most tech stocks still beat expectations in Q2

  While the data misuse scandals had little to no effect on tech stocks during the first quarter of the year, that was to be expected, as those scandals broke right as the quarter was coming to an end. The question was whether or not they would have enough of a lasting impact to do real damage in the second quarter, as the public watched executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google face Congressional

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• Video: Behavioral and Mental Health discussed by tech pioneers and health incumbents

  by Kristin Karaoglu, August 14, 2018

  How tech is changing the way we treat, diagnose and prevent mental health

  The panel of healthcare incumbents and tech pioneers consisted of Michael Fitzgerald (Executive Director, Behavioral Health Services, El Camino Hospital), Tom Bjornson (Founder and Chairman, Claremont EAP), Sean McBride (Partnerships, Lyra Health), Walter Greenleaf (Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Stanford University), Don Mordecai (National Leader for Mental and Wellness, Kaiser Permanente), Scott

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• Future of precision health - week 1

  by Bambi Francisco Roizen, August 14, 2018

  Genomic testing will change the definition of a healthy person; Fighting Alzheimer's with precision

  While many have heard of the term precision medicine, precision health is similar but with a broader definition. According to the National Library of Medicine, precision medicine is "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person." Precision health puts the emphasis on "prevention" and "prediction"

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• Employee stress management solution meQuilibrium raises $7M

  by Steven Loeb, August 14, 2018

  The company helps employees deal with the stress that comes from an ever-changing work environment

  Founded in 2010, meQuilibrium uses behavioral psychology and neuroscience to aggregate cognitive, emotional and behavioral data. The company then uses its own predictive analytics platform to spot areas for each person where they need help; that might mean they need to learn better, or they might need to improve their emotional intelligence, or their resiliency or agility, or they simply need the skills

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• Meet David Hall, Partner at Revolution

  Revolution VC has invested over $1 billion in firms outside Silicon Valley

  Meet David Hall, a Partner at Revolution LLC's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, which focuses on seed stage companies located outside of the Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston. The firm, based in Washington, ...
  By Anna Vodopyanova
  

• How does RealPage make money?

  RealPage makes the majority of its money by selling license and subscription fees for its software

  Editor's note: Save the date! We're hosting our inaugural Future of Real Estate salon on Oct. 11 to take a deep dive into tech innovations changing the way we live and work! Joining us will be Amit Haller, ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Capsule raises $50M to disrupt the pharmaceutical space

  The company offers an on-demand pharma delivery platform, which s currently only in NYC

  What that means is that it's a space that's ripe for disruption and Capsule, which calls itself "A better, smarter, kinder pharmacy," wants to be the to do it by providing an on-demand, same-day delivery ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Accelerators targeting real estate companies

  They include Brigade REAP, Pi Labs Accelerator, Elmspring Accelerator and Dreamit UrbanTech

  For startups, there are numerous paths for getting their name out there. One way, which Vator has been covering recently, are startup competitions, but another popular method to get a foot in the door, ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Spruce raises $15.6M to speed up the closing of real estate transactions

  It provides escrow and title insurance services to mortgage lenders and real estate companies

  Editor's note: Save the date! We're hosting our inaugural Future of Real Estate salon on Oct. 11 to take a deep dive into tech innovations changing the way we live and work! Joining us will be Amit Haller, ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• When Redfin was young: the early years

  Redfin, originally called Appliance Computing, refunded $1M in commissions in less than a year

  It's a look back at the modest days of startups, what traction they had in their first few years, and how they evolved. In the end, we hope to provide a glimpse into what great startups looked like in ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Today's Entrepreneur: Matt Raoul

  There is no one formula that works for any team working on any product

  Today's entrepreneur is Matt Raoul, CEO of Timehop, a startup that helps you relive your memories. He's also a contributing editor for VatorNews, having written numerous thought leadership essays on media. ...
  By James La Barne (Vator Robot)
  

• Interview with Katya Fisher, Esq., partner at Fisher Cataliotti P.C.

  How one attorney is navigating the tricky field of cryptocurrencies and blockchain

  Blockchain is still very new, and very confusing to a lot of people. Then compound that with how this field works within the realms of laws, both international and domestic, and you will find that it is ...
  By Josiah Motley
  

• Startup competitions seeking real estate companies

  They include Real Estate Innovation Contest and MIPIM Startup Competition

  Vator has been holding its own competitions, using VatorX, to find and filter for the best startups. We've had some very successful and notable winners in the past that have gone on to raise big funding ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• CrowdStreet raises $8M for its commercial real estate marketplace

  CrowdStreet brings together accredited investors and real estate developers online

  Its platform, which brings together accredited investors and real estate developers online, has been growing quickly. There are now more than 100,000 investors on the CrowdStreet platform, who have raised ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Mammoth Bioscience raises $23M to democratize diagnostics

  The company is a CRISPR-based disease detection platform for at-home use

  Of all of the ways medicine and healthcare have changed in recent years, one of the most profound has been the increase of at-home testing. So many things that patients used to have to do to their doctor ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• A Conversation with Maria Prusakova, co-founder of a female-run advisory firm Crypto PR Lab&Advisory

  A look into the crypto sphere and some of the women changing the landscape surrounding it

  Male and white – this was the start of the cryptocurrency world. Since the early days of cryptocurrencies, miners, and blockchain developers have been mainly comprised of men – and today’s ...
  By Josiah Motley
  

• Knotel CEO Amol Sarva talks 42Floors acquisition, future of real estate

  42Floors will continue to operate but will also be used to launch a new blockchain platform

  Decentralized data sets, which are most trustworthy and harder to alter, are going to revolutionize a whole bunch of different industries, including real estate. Knotel, a provider of flexible office space, ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• How does Redfin make money?

  The company makes its money from listing fees and commissions when a house is sold

  The real estate tech space has never been hotter than it is right now, with investments in the space reaching record highs. There was a total of $12.6 billion invested into these companies in 2017, which ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Healx raises $10M to help repurpose drugs for rare diseases

  The company uses AI and machine learning to find cures for diseases the big pharma cos are ignoring

  One of the problems that arises when it comes to for profit healthcare is companies need a financial incentive to take care of patients. Take pharma, for example; their model depends on creating drugs ...
  By Steven Loeb
  
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