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• Video: VCs are investing in technologies to address our emotional well-being

  by Kristin Karaoglu, August 20, 2018

  At SplashX Invent Health: Behavioral and Mental Health, hosted by HP and Vator

  At our June 2018 event, SplashX Invent Health: Mental and Behavioral Health, Archana Dubey (Global Medical Director, HP Health Centers, HP) and Bambi Francisco Roizen (Founder and CEO, Vator) moderated a panel of investors focused on mental and behavioral health and wellness. The panelists included Ambar Bhattacharyya (Managing Director, Maverick Ventures), Billy Deitch (Principal, Oak HC/FT), Hubert

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• Real estate investors: here's why we're excited by this space!

  by Steven Loeb, August 17, 2018

  Investors from 500 Startups, Liquid 2 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Zeev Ventures weight in

  “The real estate investment market is huge. However many of the integral processes that make up the day-to-day of CRE investors and operators are performed manually. While artificial intelligence (AI) has already transformed a number of industries, the commercial real estate market is still lagging behind. AI is the future of real estate analysis and underwriting and is poised to fundamentally

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• At-home STD testing service myLAB Box raises $1.56M

  by Steven Loeb, August 16, 2018

  Morgan Stanley participated in the round, selecting myLAB as part of its Innovation Lab

  While it's probably nobody's idea of a fun topic for discussion, the fact is that the outbreak of STDs remain a big problem in America. According to the Center for Disease Control, there are 20 million new cases every year, and half of them occur in people ages 15 to 24 years old. In all, there are 110 million total infections. Yet, as is so often the case when it comes healthcare in the U.S., there's

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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

  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 ...
  By Kristin Karaoglu
  

• Future of precision health - week 1

  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 ...
  By Bambi Francisco Roizen
  

• Employee stress management solution meQuilibrium raises $7M

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

  Work, as we know it, is changing very quickly thanks to advances in technology. In just the last five to 10 years, for example, the way that a doctor interacts with their patients looks nothing like what ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• 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
  
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