Fire Pitch 2019 Winners
Jen Douglas
CFO, Ria Health, San Francisco, California
Ignite’s Prize – $15,000
Ria Health is a telemental health practice that leverages technology and evidence-based care to deliver a suite of convenient, accessible, effective treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder.
Carolyn Mee
Founder & CEO, Sound Scouts, Syndey, Australia
Ignite’s Prize $5,000
Sound Scouts is an innovative digital health company leading the way in the detection of hearing issues, particularly amongst school-aged children. The company is focused on delivering a reliable hearing check, that assesses a range of hearing issues, in a fun and accessible way.
Mylea Charvat, Phd
CEO, Savonix, San Francisco, California
Ignite’s Prize $2,000
The Savonix Digital Cognitive Assessment Platform provides a simple and cost-effective way to gauge cognitive function, and organize, track and store data at the patient and population levels. Our technology improves patient outcomes and accelerates medical innovation.
Houston Angel Network
Texas Halo Fund
TMC Venture Fund
Investment Prize - $200,000
Tracy MacNeal, CEO & President, Materna Medical, Mountainview, California
Materna Medical empowers women to protect and restore their pelvic health.
Texas Halo Fund's - Corona Awards $100,0000 Investment Prize
Sinead Miller, PhD, CEO & Co-Founder, PATH EX, Houston, Texas
PATH EX is a unique pathogen extraction platform designed to directly capture and eradicate bacteria and associated toxins from the blood, regardless of bacterial type or drug-resistance.
$50,000 Investment Prize
Xina Quan, PhD, Co-Founder & CTO, Cupertino, California
PyrAmes is a platform of wearable blood pressure monitors that are comfortable and easy to use without the pain and risk of an arterial line.
Investment Prize $50,000
Jen Douglas, CFO, Ria Health, San Francisco, California
Ria Health is a telemental health practice that leverages technology and evidence-based care to deliver a suite of convenient, accessible, effective treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder.
Fire Pitch 2018 Winners
Elizabeth Truong, MD
Co-Founder & Chief Clinical Officer Cloud 9
Our mission is to make mental healthcare more accessible to existing patients and the vast numbers of people who remain under served.
Mei Wang PhD
Founder, Instapath
Instapath has developed a microscopy system that provides an exact picture of cancer biopsies within seconds, providing essential biopsy quality evaluation to ensure an accurate final diagnosis. Our system is capable of imaging biopsy samples immediately upon removal in seconds at subcellular resolution, all while preserving the tissue for future analysis.
Yael Katz, PhD
Co-Founder BrainCheck
BrainCheck is the result of 20 years of research conducted at the Eagleman Laboratory for Perception and Action at Baylor College of Medicine. For decades, doctors and scientists have relied on pencil-and-paper tests to measure brain health. But modern technology enables us to bring these tests into the 21st century and offer people everywhere easy, affordable access to their brain health from wherever they are. Today, we provide cognitive health solutions to over 100 healthcare and athletic organizations around the country. And more than 40,000 individuals are using BrainCheck to assess and monitor their cognitive health and share changes with clinicians.
Fire Pitch 2017 Winners
Adrianna Cantu
CEO, Revealix
Revealix is developing an innovative imaging software service enabling point-of-care screening and early discovery of vascular and diabetic limb complications.
Melissa Hannah
Founder, Mahmee
Mahmee is a HIPAA-secure platform that makes it easy for hospitals, health systems, and their patients to coordinate comprehensive prenatal and postpartum healthcare from anywhere.
Rong Xia
Co-Founder Raiing Medical
