By Kelly An Women's health has historically been one of the most underdeveloped healthcare sectors analyzed by research and technology. The first women's health-focused organization, American Birth Control League (now Planned Parenthood), was founded in 1921. However, women are still not getting the proper solutions for their health issues. American Birth Control League from Studies in... Continue Reading →
The Foodies’ SSUP – The meat of the story
It was a wet, quiet Thursday evening in the middle of May in Fontainebleau. It had been a long week already, and with our partners busy with their respective commitments, Juan Camilo and I decided to crack open a bottle of red and reflect on the past week and plan some activities and travel for the... Continue Reading →
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition in the marketplace era
We first noticed marketplace aggregators through the lens of ETA, or entrepreneurship through acquisition. Watching this new type of consumer group emerge at rocket speed since last spring, we observed that many of the investing principles were similar to the strategies employed by search funds. In one critical way, the ecosystems also appeared similar: as... Continue Reading →
Search Sherpas shine light on search funds ecosystem in Europe!
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear entrepreneurship? For us, like many of you, it was the image of two or three guys in their twenties or thirties working on a tech startup in their garage. Often portrayed as daring, risk-takers and visionaries by Hollywood, entrepreneurs build businesses that transform... Continue Reading →
What a Summer! Wrapping Up on Key Trends in the Fashion Industry
In this article, Tech Couture will cover some of the key trends that are shaping the fashion industry. Exploring these trends was a particularly interesting and rewarding exercise as the industry has traditionally been a laggard when it came to technological adoption, but is slowly waking up to the importance of providing a better experience... Continue Reading →
Healthtrekers – Validation activities in Healthcare startups
1 Validation Healthcare innovations constantly validate themselves across different parameters, not only from a clinical and patient standpoint (i.e., research and development), but also from payer and provider and feedback from the healthcare system more broadly (i.e., commercial). 1.1 What are the main validation activities? Traditionally, we define validation as means for an innovator to... Continue Reading →
Healthtrekers – Source of innovation in Healthcare
Firstly, we explored the different sources of innovation and who was the "inventor" of the scientific innovation or solution on which the startup is based. We identified three main sources of innovation: Scientists in a lab, Medical Doctors (MD) providing care and other problem solvers - often patient driven or patient family driven. Based on... Continue Reading →
Meet the FashionTech start-ups from all over the world!
Fast fashion, with its overproduction and waste, opaque supply chains, and exploitation of human rights and environmental laws, was leading the growth of the fashion industry in the last two decades. But things have been changing, and the pandemic has accelerated a re-think. There has been growth of slow fashion, and consumers have become more... Continue Reading →
THE ENTREPRENEUR MINDSET & EXPERIENCE
After having met many entrepreneurs during my Summer Start-Up, I thought it would be great to depict the adventure as well as what triggers people to create new business ventures or join a start-up. For people like me, who heard lots of successful entrepreneurial stories, I wrote this article to help you realizing some food for... Continue Reading →
THE SMART MOBILITY ECOSYSTEM
After having visited many start-ups, Venture Capital and large corporates in the smart mobility environment, I would like to draw a picture of this ecosystem Worldwide, its stakeholders, the current innovation trends and the barriers to faster development. A MIX OF INDUSTRY The Smart Mobility World is a blend of different actors that are easy to... Continue Reading →
