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Vancouver-based Curatio Networks to Pitch for Share of $5 Million as Top 10 Finalist at VentureClash
Monday, September 30, 2019
Vancouver, BC, September 30, 2019--(T-Net)--Connecticut Innovations, Connecticut's strategic venture capital arm, today announced that Vancouver-based Curatio Networks are a finalist in their $5 million global venture challenge.
Curatio,developers of a rapidly growing social health plugin, has been selected to attend the VentureClash pitch event at Yale University on October 17, 2019.
Curatio beat out more than 300 companies from 20 countries to be named a top 10 finalist at this year's competition.
The rigorous selection process started in June with an initial application, since then Curatio have been through two rounds of judging by industry leaders and experts.
Lynda Brown-Ganzert, Founder and CEO , Curatio
"We are thrilled to have made it through to the final 10" said Curatio Founder and CEO Lynda Brown-Ganzert. "At Curatio, we're on a mission to ensure no patient is alone on their health journey. Our social plugin is being used in over 85 countries by some of the world's leading health organizations. We know that social is the missing piece for healthcare transformation and we are excited to take the stage in Connecticut to show that private, personalized and highly valuable peer networks can significantly improve health behaviors, adherence, wellbeing and quality of life."
VentureClash brings together early-stage digital health, insurance technology (insurtech), industry 4.0 and financial technology (fintech) companies from across the globe to compete for investment, mentoring, and customer introductions.
A panel of prominent judges will determine the distribution of the $5 million investment award pool.
"We congratulate all our finalists on their success in the competition thus far and look forward to the final pitch event next month at Yale." said Matt McCooe, CEO of Connecticut Innovations.
Curatio has also recently been named as a CIX Top 20 Early Company.
About Curatio
Curatio is the only privacy and regulatory compliant social platform designed specifically for healthcare. The platform uses a combination of proprietary matchmaking, AI and machine learning to help match patients to others that understand what they're going through, all in a private, secure environment. Peer support, curated information, daily tracking tools, evidence-based programs and fun rewards are personalized to make living with a health challenge a bit easier. Now in 85+ countries and 4 languages, Curatio is the world's first social health prescription and an award-winning global company.
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