Politics of Licensing and Certification
The Decades’ old Partisan instrument of Control of Scholars The purpose of licensing and certification that we see today dawns on establishing some form of professional quality and safety standards for goods and services furnished...
3 Billion Reasons the Biotechnological Revolution must Preserve
Reprogramming our Genetics (GNR part 2) As a fellow believer of the acceleration of technology and fanboy of esteemed futurist Ray Kurzweil, I will be writing a 4-part series on his predictions on GNR (Genetics, Nanotechnology,...
Why We Invested In Decoded Health aka “A Medical Resident In Your Pocket”
In January we invested in Decoded Health as part of their $4.5M seed led by Sierra Ventures. Tau Ventures is an AI-first fund in Silicon Valley investing primarily in seed but we occasionally take...
Synthetic Biology — Golden Land Of Startups?
Synthetic biology is the branch of biotech that is about creating new biological parts from scratch or from templates in nature. It is often about genes or proteins that can be used in research...
Disaggregation of the Hospital – A Counterintuitive Opportunity for Startups?
Tau Ventures is a seed-focused fund investing in applied AI in digital health, enterprise and automation (cars, robots). We think a lot about where healthcare is going and one of the biggest trends we...
Keeping mHealth Apps Secure: What Developers Can Do to Keep User Data Private in...
Former hacker and cybersecurity expert Alissa Knight talks about her latest research on vulnerabilities in data privacy for the telemedicine and health app space. Telemedicine and mobile health space can take simple, basic steps...
Just Telling a Patient what to do isn’t usually going to Change their Behavior
It’s Impossible to Get People to Change their Act unless there’s a Personal Connection by which they can Empathize. The human being is a creature of behavior. We all as individuals act in a certain way. Not...
The only preexisting condition that matters
It was the summer of 2008. A few of us were sipping a beer on a patio of the new house the hosts bought a few days prior. They had just sold the family...
The Silver Lining for Clinical Trials During the Pandemic
Located in major medical centers, clinical trials all but halted during the pandemic, but a new approach has given birth to the trials. He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who...
Why We Invested In FidoCure aka How Tech Can Help Save Dogs (And Eventually...
In October FidoCure, also known as One Health Company, announced a $10M series A led by Polaris Ventures and we increased our position given our continued excitement. Tau Ventures, an AI-first seed fund in...
Deep Learning amid Increased Physician Administrative Workload
The Epitome of the Trojan Horse to duplicate Physician Clinical Judgment and conquer the Medical Industry The administrative workload is one of many burdens experienced by most physicians of our period. Doctors, particularly those practicing...
Healthcare Too Cheap to Meter
“When the apocalypse comes, everyone will be on their own to buy healthcare.” Dave “ePatient” DeBronkart dropped this casually into a phone call. I had to ask about the apocalypse. “It’s when the system collapses...
Can Startups Disrupt Medical Errors?
Primum non nocere -- Latin for “first, do no harm” has been enshrined by the medical practice since the times of the Hippocratic Oath. Unfortunately erring is part of the human condition and despite...
Which Country is Number One in Healthcare?
An in-depth look into the Definition of Quality of Medical Care and current Misconceptions around its True Essence Quality is relative, as every person has its perception of a better service or a good. Even...
Targeting the Imbalanced Immune Response in COVID-19
Too much histamine or prostaglandin D2 signaling or too little interferon signaling lead to increased risk for severe COVID-19. An imbalanced immune response appears to be the key to whether a person develops severe COVID-19...
Verticalization Of Healthcare == Opportunities For Startups
Aug 10, 2020: More hospital consolidation is expected post-pandemic Jul 6, 2020: Hospital Merger and Acquisition Activity Withstands COVID-19 Slump Jun 22, 2020: After pandemic-induced delays, healthcare deals should speed up Headlines like these exemplify the ongoing...
Workers reach out for the best benefits plan
Much has changed about healthcare over the last few decades. That makes it an even greater challenge to properly educate and enable employees before asking them to choose health benefits. “It’s really easy to run...
Why We Invested In Totient aka How AI Can Help Us Produce Drugs Against...
On Sep 10, Totient, an AI-driven drug discovery company, emerged from stealth with the announcement of a key partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks to rapidly identify neutralizing antibodies against COVID-19. Totient has raised more than...
4 COVID Cell Therapies and the Companies That Are Making Them
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of modern medicine’s greatest challenges with 20 million (and counting) confirmed cases worldwide. Drugs in development to treat infections span small molecules, vaccines, and antibody-based therapies. Apart from these...
AI And Medical Imaging Startups? 6 Key Trends
Is “IBM Watson Health Imaging” the Future of Healthcare? Google details AI that classifies chest X-rays with human-level accuracy. New Research Finds FastMRI Scans Generated with Artificial Intelligence Are as Accurate as Traditional MRI. Headlines like these...