Episode 372: Florian Hillen - Founder & CEO, VideaHealth

Episode 372 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Florian Hillen, CEO & Founder of VideaHealth. It goes without saying that AI is going to transform pretty much every industry, but I think there is such a unique opportunity in healthcare as the benefits are hopefully going to be extraordinary. The tricky thing about building a company in healthcare is that it’s heavily regulated industry, so you need to get FDA approval on the algorithms and AI technology if you are building software as a medical device, so that is going to take a lot of time… but once you get there, it makes your company highly defensible. And this is the very case of VideaHealth which was ahead of the curve as an AI native company that has been in existence for 6.5 years and crossed the hurdles of the FDA. Fast forward to today, VideaHealth has scaled to over 40,000 dental clinicians using their platform every day for identifying and treating dental conditions and the company is processing over a half of a billion x-rays a year. VideaHealth recently announced a $40M Series B round of funding. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:10 The Rise of AI in Healthcare 03:19 Florian's Journey from Medicine to Entrepreneurship 08:35 Founding VideaHealth: The Vision Behind the Company 12:03 The Importance of Oral Health and Its Impact 13:34 Early Days of VideaHealth 18:10 Transforming Dental Practices with AI 25:06 Scaling Through Strategic Partnerships 26:56 Hiring and Company Culture at Video Health 30:00 Lessons Learned in Building a Startup 30:15 Hiring & the Importance of Talent Density 31:09 Priorities and What You "Do Not Do" 31:49 Be Customer Obsessed 32:59 Process for Fundraising 39:07 App, Podcast, & Book Recommendations