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HS. Accelerator Launches First Cohort to Tackle Global Health Problems![]() The launch of MedTech accelerator HS. took place at the Royal Society of Medicine on Friday morning, where some of HS.'s first cohort presented their startups and a panel of investors discussed the challenges for the MedTech and healthtech sectors. The event was hosted by the HS. founders, Dr. James Somauroo and Dr. Alex Young, both surgeons by training and background. They introduced HS. and what the accelerator is aiming to do, saying that it is designed to answer the question: "How do we get the most talented individuals and best companies working on solutions to tackle the world's largest global health problems?" (See Healthcare Accelerator HS. Gives the NHS Some Innovation Treatment.) After this, two speakers and supporters of HS. spoke about why they are involved with the accelerator: Kim Watson, from Medcity, who looked at the "Build" side of the program and how Medcity can help the startups and founders to build a network inside the healthcare sector; and Zahid Latiff from the Department for International Trade (DIT), who looked at the "Scale" side and how the DIT can help these very early-stage companies scale globally. The startups then began very short one-minute pitches. In both alphabetical and pitch order, the nine startups that pitched were:
Left: Dr. Alex Young and Dr. James Somauroo, HS. co-founders. Right: Young and Somauroo with some founders from HS.'s first cohort. (Images: HS.) Four of the cohort's startups couldn't be present at the launch. These included:
Once the nine startups had pitched, a panel of investors discussed what they had seen and some advice for the founders. The investors on the panel were Ashish Patel of Mercia Technologies, Anne-Laure of Apposite Capital, John Spindler of Capital Enterprise and David Fogel of ADV. Some key insights from the four investors were that the team founders build is by far the most important aspect that investors look at when considering whether to invest, and that the founders need patience, especially in MedTech and healthcare technology, as trials can take time. Founders also need to be looking at seven to 12 years in the future, and not "putting out fires in the NHS now," but rather considering what problems the NHS will be facing in a decade's time. Dr. Young closed the session by saying the entire reason HS. was happening was because of the startups in the cohort, and that this was just the start of making London a global hub for MedTech. — Phil Oakley, Site Editor, TechX365 |
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