Hexa, the Paris-based startup studio that recently raised $22 million, is launching a new vertical focused on improving the healthcare system.
Julien Méraud, a senior team member of the French unicorn startup Doctolib, is joining the startup studio .
After a while, startups “graduate” from the startup studio and continue their life as independent companies — Hexa keeps a stake in its portfolio companies.
As Hexa starts to branch out to other verticals, the startup studio is also rethinking its strategy.
For the health vertical, Hexa is not only hiring Julien Méraud.
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
This week Becca and Dom are joined by Ben Goodwin, the co-founder and CEO of Olipop, a soda startup making low-sugar pop with probiotics.
Goodwin talked about his foray into the soda space after working in kombucha and discovering the positive impacts of paying attention to microbiome health.
They also talk about the questions they wished they dove into more, like what the process was like to get Olipop eligible for Medicare reimbursements.
Plus, they talk about their relationship — and lack thereof — to the soda category in general.
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
This week Becca and Dom are joined by Ben Goodwin, the co-founder and CEO of Olipop, a soda startup making low-sugar pop with probiotics.
Goodwin talked about his foray into the soda space after working in kombucha and discovering the positive impacts of paying attention to microbiome health.
They also talk about the questions they wished they dove into more, like what the process was like to get Olipop eligible for Medicare reimbursements.
Plus, they talk about their relationship — and lack thereof — to the soda category in general.
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
This week Becca and Dom are joined by Ben Goodwin, the co-founder and CEO of Olipop, a soda startup making low-sugar pop with probiotics.
Goodwin talked about his foray into the soda space after working in kombucha and discovering the positive impacts of paying attention to microbiome health.
They also talk about the questions they wished they dove into more, like what the process was like to get Olipop eligible for Medicare reimbursements.
Plus, they talk about their relationship — and lack thereof — to the soda category in general.
In a world where healthcare access is disproportionately skewed by geography and income, Forta Health raised a substantial round of funding to level the playing field a bit.
Forta defends its approach, saying it differs in some substantial ways from the ABA approaches from the bad old days.
Those are now very passé,” explains Christian Smith, co-founder and CMO at Forta Health, in an interview with TechCrunch.
Forta Health wants to ensure that those parents have professional support and training to be able to give higher-quality care.
Forta Health is exploring how to enhance family caregiving with technology, especially for chronic conditions and areas where the health system falls short.
It took Oura (pictured above) to show the world that the ring is a viable health tracking form factor.
The company concluded today’s Galaxy S24 Unpacked event by announcing the Samsung Galaxy Ring.
Meet the Galaxy Ring, with AI technology is empowering us to stay connected, unleash our creativity and build healthier habits all in more meaningful ways.
We know it’s called the Galaxy Ring.
Of course, while company, the form factor does have its feature limitations owing to a small size.
But a French startup is going further, allowing bivalves like clams, mussels, and oysters to act as all-natural water quality inspectors.
The company began as a research project some 15 years ago at the University of Bordeaux.
As largely stationary filter feeders, they are quite in tune with their surroundings, and their habits are affected by things like temperature, pollution, and so on.
The molluSCAN-eye system won’t replace traditional water monitoring, but as a living part of the water ecosystem, its health and the health of its surroundings are closely linked.
Quinault is hoping that municipalities and natural resource authorities will shell out for the tech as a totally natural, harmless, and low-touch way to watch their waterways.
A startup called Diem wants to tackle the problem of “search engine gender bias,” where results can produce default male information, making many women feel unsatisfied by the answers they receive to taboo or personal questions online.
Diem also recently partnered with verified content providers so users can get information from trusted sources.
The first four companies are experts in the reproductive health space, including hormone health startup Aavia, sexual telehealth clinic Hey Jane, vaginal health startup Evvy, and female health brand Stix.
In the future, users will be able to nominate community members who already have a Diem account.
Six spaces are available, run by community members and inspired by popular posts on the platform.
Vivoo brings the answer to that question closer to homeThe trend we noticed at last year’s CES continues: Startups are really curious about your bodily fluids.
The company already offers a broad range of at-home tests, and launched a new test that can detect urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Vivoo’s At-Home UTI Test streamlines the diagnostic process for UTIs, which affect an astonishing 150 million people globally each year.
For women, who represent 60% of UTI sufferers in the United States, Vivoo’s product may prove to be a game-changer.
Vivoo’s journey in transforming personal health management began with the launch of its ‘smart toilet’ at CES last year, which received accolades for its role in early health condition detection.
Indian wearable startup Ultrahuman is getting into the smart home game.
By capturing more data-points it can link to its smart ring users, Ultrahuman may be able to improve the accuracy of its algorithms — to give its personalized advice an edge over rivals.
The same is true with the Ultrahuman Home: There’s no subscription required for the service; just a one-off hardware purchase.
Since the launch of the Ultrahuman Ring Air, its sleeker second gen smart ring which we reviewed last summer, momentum has been growing, with sales exceeding 10,000 units last month, per Kumar.
There is also a hardware button on the device that will let users switch off the mic when they wish.
