HCF has announced the health technology entrepreneurs who will participate in its 2019 Catalyst Accelerator program.
The Catalyst Accelerator program, now in its fourth year, is designed to support innovation in health care by providing funding and hands-on resources to some of the country's most promising new business models.
Five early startups and four scaleups have been selected to participate in the 12-week 2019 program. They were selected following a review of more than 250 applications.
The 2019 HCF Catalyst Participants
Startups
- Myscoreit – simplifies the collection of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in busy musculoskeletal practice workflows to make it quick, easy and intuitive for patients and clinicians.
- Respia – developed a wearable chest patch to help parents monitor and record their child’s respiratory health for the better management of asthma.
- IVF Options – provides more affordable access to IVF treatment through transparent pricing information and affordable payment plans.
- Evrima – transforms the patient recruitment process for clinical trials to help clinicians accelerate timelines and increase patient awareness.
- Active Farmers Limited (PATH) – organisation that delivers values-based psychology, healthy food, exercise and mindfulness to regional Australians, via an interactive chatbot with a ‘personal assistant’ style.
Scaleups
- Scalamed – the first end-to-end system that gives patients the power to manage their own prescriptions.
- Wisr – a company with technology designed to provide a smarter and fairer eco-system of financial products and services.
- Chemo@home – administers chemotherapy and other medical infusions to patients in the comfort and convenience of their own homes.
- Conpago – provides technology solutions to the later life industry.
HCF launched the Catalyst program in 2015 based on the vision of now CEO Sheena Jack.
“We continue to be focused on improving health outcomes for all Australians and our ongoing commitment to the Catalyst program is one of the ways we can achieve this. We are proud of the impact the program has had to date," said Ms Jack.
"We’ve seen so many alumni success stories and now we offer a number of these innovative solutions to our members.
“This year’s participants focus on some of the key problem areas in our current health system. We are seeing a greater need to develop new models of care and solutions that empower Australians to play an active role in the own health. We are certain that this year’s cohort will inspire and deliver much needed solutions.”
According to Slingshot chief program director, Ben Hutt, “With the pace of health care changing so rapidly, the Catalyst Accelerator allows HCF to look at innovations for today that deliver real outcomes related to their core business and members.
"We have seen that through their alumni success stories with 55% of past participants still being supported by HCF and 93% of the Startups still growing or having received funding. That’s a huge number of innovations being offered to HCF members.
“Investing in health tech Startups is important for our health system because these entities are finding unique ways to improve our health status. HCF continues to demonstrate their commitment to innovation in health care through their willingness to trial new partnerships as a result of the program.”
The 2019 Catalyst participants will present their business models and provide an update on their progress to potential investors and partners in an upcoming Demo Day on 7 May - RSVP here.