The Healthtech Podcast

We're obviously still in the midst of COVID-19 and if you're anything like us at HS., you'll be locked away, thinking, strategising, and coming up with new ideas, new innovations, even new businesses... When we all emerge, you may well be looking for investment and so this episode is a conversation I had a few weeks back with Chris Smith, Managing Partner at Playfair Capital. Chris focuses his investing activities on seed (and pre-seed) deals in the UK and Israel and has a particular interest in HealthTech having gone in for uMed, who you might recognise from a very episode of this podcast and Vine health who recently did a £1M seed round. Chris loves finding companies operating in unloved/overlooked sectors that are ripe for disruption and you can hear all about him, his background and his investing right here. https://www.playfaircapital.com/  | https://www.linkedin.com/in/cdgsmith/ www.hs.ventures Twitter @HSVenture Instagram @hs.ventures Linkedin at HS. email us at info@hs.live Your can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo at: www.jamessomauroo.com Twitter @jamessomauroo Instagram @j_soms Linkedin james-somauroo

This week's Sunday Session is about ideas, innovation and optimism in the face of lockdown and social distancing. Mentioned this week: If you want to join the HS. Office Hours with Ananda Ventures on Wednesday, apply here ASAP. Late applications will be taken forwards to the next office hours, so whenever you're listening, you can apply here: https://hs18.typeform.com/to/fDudbo For a free healthtech design workshop, contact charlie.regis@styliff.com | www.styliff.com Contact James for feedback on an idea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-somauroo/ The Story of Arkeo and Mental Fitness: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-83-the-story-of-arkeo-and-mental-fitness/id1438968893?i=1000470318986

This week, James is joined by Jana Dowling, founder and CEO of the preventative mental health-tech company, Arkeo. Previously a standup comic, Jana Downling found her way to entrepreneurship via a severe depressive episode. In her recovery, Jana started tracking her mental health and based on the data she was collecting on herself, she was back into work within 6 weeks. She then started social enterprise hiring and training other sufferers of mental health issues and eventually wanted to build a mental fitness brand - a Fitbit for the brain. Jana started Arkeo Sept 2018 - initially raised 100k and has now closed £1M in VC funding. jana@myarkeo.com | www.myarkeo.com www.hs.ventures Twitter @HSVenture Instagram @hs.ventures Linkedin at HS. email us at info@hs.live Your can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo at: www.jamessomauroo.com Twitter @jamessomauroo Instagram @j_soms Linkedin james-somauroo

This week's Sunday Session is another update on the healthtech response to COVID-19. This week we heard from NHSX and how they're partnering with big technology companies on a centralised data store to provide decision makers with real-time dashboards of how the virus is spreading and what resources are available in healthcare to deal with it. Also featured this week: Tracking apps/websites - https://covid.joinzoe.com/ (UK), www.tracktogether.co.uk (UK), www.covidnearyou.org (USA) NHSX is calling on all innovators who can support the elderly, vulnerable and self-isolating during COVID-19 to apply for government funding of up to £25,000 to test their solution - https://techforce19.uk/ Car manufacturers are making ventilators - https://apple.news/ALoKnJ2I8Q0yYlVoBbQ3Ppg Elon Musk said he sourced 1,255 ventilators from China and shipped them to Los Angeles as US worries about a shortage in the face of coronavirus - https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-he-shipped-1255-ventilators-to-la-coronavirus-2020-3?r=US&IR=T Rock health's portfolio companies making impact -  https://rockhealth.com/10-ways-rock-health-portfolio-companies-are-responding-to-covid-19/ The Coronavirus Tech Handbook (an open source google doc) - https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/ www.hs.ventures Twitter @HSVenture Instagram @hs.ventures Linkedin at HS. email us at info@hs.live Your can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo at: www.jamessomauroo.com Twitter @jamessomauroo Instagram @j_soms Linkedin james-somauroo

This week, we're still getting our heads around coronavirus. We’re newly locked down in the UK, we're all getting used to remote working and as we heard on the last episode with Dr Aman Gupta, the front line is preparing in almost military style for what is going to be a war on coronavirus and a huge influx of patients. To talk more about the clinical and technology implications, I have Dr Lydia Yarlott with me. Lydia is a community paediatrician and founder of the communication app Pando - a communication tool for health and social care that essentially gives clinicians a replacement for Whatsapp with some extra functionality making it ideal for primary, secondary and tertiary care. We chat about how the exchange and flow of information is so important right now and how Pando are helping; we talk identity as a doctor and the privilege and responsibility coming with that right now, Lydia talks about what it’s like in paediatrics and we talk about innovation at a time like this and how things are changing and might change in the future. lydia@hellopando.com | www.pando.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydia-yarlott-473b50138/ www.hs.ventures Twitter @HSVenture Instagram @hs.ventures Linkedin at HS. email us at info@hs.live Your can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo at: www.jamessomauroo.com Twitter @jamessomauroo Instagram @j_soms Linkedin james-somauroo

For this special episode, James is joined by Dr Aman Gupta: long time friend and fellow digital health guy, frontline anaesthetics and intensive care doctor and has worked at accelerators like DH.L and the NHS Innovation Accelerator, so he speaks our language on this podcast. In this 30 min chat, Aman talks about the coalface of healthcare during this crisis we’re in and for our listeners that might not have ever had that view, it’s important to see and hear why we do what we do in healthtech, which is often to help people like Aman do their jobs when they’re looking after patients. You’re going to hear a really candid and honest view of what’s going on with COVID-19, the preparation of hospitals and their workforce, the fear HCPs are going through, the anguish of their families when they see them go to work everyday. Aman is even buying a caravan to live on his own driveway to protect his wife and young child from the virus. Some really poignant moments in the podcast, so please listen to what Aman has to say…. particularly as he closes out the podcast at the end with his asks of the public… amangupta514@gmail.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/amangupta514/ www.hs.ventures Twitter @HSVenture Instagram @hs.ventures Linkedin at HS. email us at info@hs.live Your can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo at: www.jamessomauroo.com Twitter @jamessomauroo Instagram @j_soms Linkedin james-somauroo

It goes without saying that this week's Sunday Session is an update on the healthtech response to COVID-19. Featured this week: The Coronavirus Tech Handbook (an open source google doc) - https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/ OxVent has built a prototype for a rapid and mass manufactured ventilator for Covid-19 patients, for use when conventional ventilator capacity is exhausted - https://oxvent.org | anair.beverly@new.ox.ac.uk Birdie are providing their platform for free to care providers - https://www.birdie.care/blog/how-birdie-is-mobilizing-all-resources-to-support-care-providers-and-the-wider-community drdoctor have said this: "Hospitals have told us one of their biggest challenges right now is getting information to patients. To help, we've built a broadcast message tool which is available for free to any Trust that needs it. To learn more: https://drdoctor.co.uk/covid-19" Ash Kalraiya from Medishout, one of the latest NHS Innovation Accelerator companies - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash-kalraiya-0383b7128/ | www.medishout.co.uk | info@medishout.co.uk Open Medical - https://openmedical.co.uk/ | info@openmedical.co.uk  Iplato - https://www.iplato.com/ | info@iplato.com Send any audio clips or updates to james@hs.live

We're living through a significant moment in history and healthtech companies are looking at ways they can help with the COVID-19 outbreak. They are sharing learning, partnering and working around the clock to find solutions to the ever-growing list of problems on healthcare's front-line. Two companies that have come together are Q doctor and eConsult who are experts in telemedicine and triage respectively  Both companies have been on the podcast previously (you can hear them on episodes 7 and 21), so in this episode, James dives straight in to hear how their partnership is helping clinicians and patients. www.qdoctor.io | www.econsult.net/ chris.whittle@qdoctor.io | murray.ellender@webgp.com www.hs.ventures Twitter @HSVenture Instagram @hs.ventures Linkedin at HS. email us at info@hs.live Your can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo at: www.jamessomauroo.com Twitter @jamessomauroo Instagram @j_soms Linkedin james-somauroo

This week's Sunday Session is a somber nod to those healthtech companies working around the clock to help with the COVID-19 pandemic. One such company is Feebris, whose machine learning platform helps triage, diagnose and remotely monitor pneumonia patients in the community. Mentioned this week: WHO's advice for the public: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public WHO Director General's COVID -19, March 11 speech in full: https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020 Feebris: www.feebris.com | partnerships@feebris.com | elina@feebris.com www.hs.ventures Twitter @HSVenture Instagram @hs.ventures Linkedin at HS. email us at info@hs.live Your can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo at: www.jamessomauroo.com Twitter @jamessomauroo Instagram @j_soms Linkedin james-somauroo

How do you go from arctic warfare in the military to becoming a healthtech entrepreneur? Should you bunk in the same office with your investors? How do you go from being a first to second-time founder? Can you close a healthtech investment after a guy selling inflatable hammocks? This week, James is joined by Matt Wilson, founder and CEO of uMed, which  enables healthcare providers to efficiently deliver cutting edge research to their patients, whilst radically reducing the barriers for scientists to conduct the studies that underpin our fight against disease. Through a process that combines the power of electronic health records with targeted patient engagement, uMed securely connects researchers with patients whilst removing the burden on clinicians and site staff. James and Matt talk bunking with your investors, being a military medic, picking the best idea if you have many, the power of reflection - realising your business isn’t working and how to come back stronger as a second time founder, building networks based on giving value, how uMed is making life better for clinicians and organisations - efficiency savings, enabling academic interests and increasing revenue, innovative business models with pharma companies and healthcare providers, how to optimise for scale, finding the right investors, health data and privacy.... Loads of learning points for everyone in this one https://www.umed.io/ | matt@umed.org www.hs.ventures Twitter @HSVenture Instagram @hs.ventures Linkedin at HS. email us at info@hs.live Your can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo at: www.jamessomauroo.com Twitter @jamessomauroo Instagram @j_soms Linkedin james-somauroo