The Healthtech Podcast

In this episode, James is joined by Dr. Michelle Griffin, a gynaecologist and healthcare consultant with a passion for women's health. From her experience on the frontline of healthcare to taking senior roles with Public Health England, she now uses her unique blend of clinical and commercial insight to help founders develop clinically sound products and services that have an impact on healthcare....

This week, James is joined by Caitlin Baltzer, co-founder of MYndspan, a company that is revolutionising the treatment of brain and mental health. Caitlin has a diverse background in investment and finance, and has served as VP of Strategy and Operations in the functional imaging industry. She joins us to talk about how MYndspan is empowering people with rich information about their brain function...

In this episode, we explore the exciting intersection of medicine and computer science. Chris Tackaberry, co-founder of Clinithink, joins James to discuss how his healthcare software company is harnessing the power of unstructured data in medical records to drive efficiency, improve health outcomes, and gain valuable insights. Find out how Chris and his team are revolutionising the way we approach...

This week James is joined by Raj Kohli and Peter Huang, co-founders of Healthtech-1. They are on a mission to automate admin tasks in Primary Care, so NHS staff can focus on what matters. In this episode we hear about navigating the co-founder relationship, and how previous experience in fast growing start-ups and large corporate enterprises has led them to the path of entrepreneurship. Apply to b...

This week, James is joined by Andre Dreyer, Vice President of Ventures & Acquisitions at RGAX - the transformation engine of the Reinsurance Group of America. RGA is on a mission to to partner with carriers and organisations to harness advance transformational capabilities focused on helping people everywhere live longer, healthier, more financially secure lives. Apply to be a guest: www.thehe...

This week, James welcomed Amit Patel, founder of Peachy, back onto the podcast to hear how he has been growing the UK's first truly digital health insurance. Peachy's are on a mission to provide simple, digital access to healthcare for everyone to stay on top of their body and mind. Listen for Amit's story to healthtech entrepreneur, and how Peachy are doing things differently. Apply to be a guest...

This week, James is joined by Dr. Tarlochlan Toor, Director of Innovation at Holland & Barrett, to discuss building confidence as a founder. Navigating the path to entrepreneurship is no easy feat - often feelings of Imposter Syndrome and a lack of experience can hold innovators back from starting their own venture. In this episode, we hear how Dr Tarlochlan Toor used key lessons in emotional...

This week, James is joined by Dr Alison Darcy, Founder and Partner at Woebot Health. Alison is a Psychologist by research and a healthcare designer with over 20 years experience building health tech. With a passion to make mental healthcare solutions smart, scaleable and accessible, she founded Woebot Health - the world’s first mental health ally for people and businesses, with meaningfully engagi...

This week, James is joined by SomX's very own Associate Director, Henry Stoneley. With many years of experience in selling primary care technologies to the NHS, Henry shares his top tips and greatest insights for breaking down the barriers to entry. How should founders approach selling to the NHS? Who do healthtech innovators need be talking to? All is to be revealed... Apply to be a guest: www.th...

In this week’s episode of the Healthtech Podcast, we talk to expert cofounders Dr. Kate Cordell and Ken Knecht from Opeeka. They share the initial steps for turning a business idea into reality and outline the value of having a cofounder in a company.  Dr. Cordell is a nationwide thought leader for behavioral health technology, integrating data systems to support a whole-person approach to care. S...

This week James is joined by Dr. Abeyna Bubbers-Jones to dive into some top tips for clinicians moving into the world of healthtech. Abeyna is the co-founder and CEO of Medic Footprints, who are on a mission to connect a global community of talented doctors with the best in diverse career opportunities. Whether you're a healthtech guru or just getting started, prepare for some great take-away know...

This week we hear from healthtech VC, Will Gibbs at Octopus Ventures, on the key things investors are looking for in founders, and how they actually support them. Will coordinate's the Health team at Octopus, who back founders that are transforming the health industry - from digital therapeutics to biotechnology. Think healthtech unicorns like Elvie and Big Health. If there's anyone that can give...

This week, James is joined by Adam Hunter, Chief Commercial Officer at Phlo Pharmacy, a digital pharmacy using cutting edge software to deliver same-day NHS prescriptions. As a qualified Scots law solicitor specialising in corporate law, Adam bridged his legal background and ambition to work in business through The Saltire Foundation Fellowship Programme. Equipped with an insider perspective on th...

This week, James is joined by Dr Anas Nader. Anas is an A&E doctor and co-founder and CEO of Patchwork Health, which is helping healthcare organisations deliver sustainable workforce planning and giving all healthcare staff access to flexible work. They are currently working with over 70 NHS sites and have saved the NHS an estimated £40 million to date, while enabling almost 3 million hours to...

In this week's episode, James is joined by Christoph Ruedig, veteran healthtech investor and Partner at AlbionVC. A trained medical doctor and ex-strategy consultant with Bain & Company, Christoph has been investing in digital health and life sciences companies since 2006. We hear how to navigate the journey from physician, to successful VC - the challenges, the key learnings and why consultan...

This week James talks to serial digital entrepreneur CEO Matteo Berlucchi. Matteo has 27 years of experience launching and growing consumer platforms. Healthily is the last venture by Matteo, the first AI platform to help consumers find the health information and advice they need to make better choices free of charge. Prepare his exclusive predictions for healthtech in the future, a fascinating jo...

To kick off the first episode of season 3, James is joined by Chris Naoumidis, the co-founder of Mindset Health, who is building a portfolio of digital therapeutic apps using hypnosis-based techniques to tackle underserved health conditions. After going through Startmate, Y Combinator and raising over $8m, he now leads a team of 30 people on the mission to help a billion people manage their health...

This week, James is joined by Vishal Doshi, the Founder of AUM Biosciences, an Award-winning oncology focused biotech company. The company aims to reshape the drug development landscape in oncology to deliver pioneering and affordable targeted drugs across a broad spectrum of cancers. Through its robust strategic collaborations with leading academic institutions, pharmaceutical and biotech compani...

This week James is joined by Dr Dafydd Loughran, a surgeon by training and now CEO of Concentric Health - the market leading digital consent to treatment application seeing rapid adoption to support the record surgical backlogs being seen internationally. Trivia: James and Daf previously worked together clinically in operating theaters in Wales! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dafloughran Ap...

This week, James is joined by Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Machine Learning at Amazon Web Services. Dr. Kass-Hout leads the Health AI strategy and efforts, including Amazon Comprehend Medical and Amazon Health Lake. He works with teams at Amazon responsible for developing the science, technology, and scale for COVID-19 lab testing, including Amazon’s first FDA authoriz...

This week I'm joined by Dr. Kate Cordell, CEO, Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder at Opeeka and CMO and fellow co-founder Ken Knecht.   Dr. Cordell is a nationwide thought leader for behavioral health technology, integrating data systems to support a whole-person approach to care. She has built models for federal, state, county, healthcare providers and community-based agencies to convert beh...

Dr Tom Oakley CEO of Feedback PLC gives James his quick tips for entrepreneurs.  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drthomasoakley/?originalSubdomain=uk Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with James : www.jamessomauroo.com Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company: https://www.somx.co.uk/

This week James is joined by Dr Tom Oakley, CEO of Feedback PLC. Tom joined Feedback PLC in 2019 and quickly recognised that the technology that drove its current services Texrad and Cadran had the potential to revolutionise the ways clinicians engage and communicate with each other. At which point Bleepa was born. Bleepa is a medical imaging communications app, that allows clinicians to view and...

This week James is joined by Nikhil Malhotra, Chief Innovation Officer and creator of Makers Lab, a unique Thin-q-bator space within Tech Mahindra. With 20+ years of experience Nikhil has been a researcher all his life and is now leading the growth of AI, machine learning, robotics and quantum research within Tech Mahindra. Nikhil’s area of personal research helps explain how quantum computing and...

This week James is joined by Dr. Abeyna Bubbers-Jones an Occupational Health Physician and Founder of Medic Footprints. Medic Footprints is a doctor-led organisation on a mission to dramatically elevate health outcomes in the world by connecting ambitious high growth companies with the best in medical talent. This week we discuss the growing demand for doctors as leaders in health tech companies a...