BEANSTALKS 2020
BEANSTALKS™ at the GIANT Health Event is an international “competition for prizes” for health care tech start-ups. Early-stage businesses who enter, gain exposure to a huge and diverse audience across the whole Health, technology and business ecosystem.
Beanstalks Award Categories 2020
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Ageing: Addressing the needs of ageing population
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Women’s Health: Healthcare technologies to improve women’s health
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Mental Health: Recovering and maintaining Mental well-being
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Immersive technology: Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) applications in healthcare
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Wearables: Wearable technology and digital monitoring of patients
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Parkinson’s disease: Early diagnosis and treatments of Parkinson’s Disease
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Inclusion: Supporting Female and BAME entrepreneurs
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Health Inequalities: Overcoming the postcode lottery
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Covid-19: Containing and conquering a global health threat
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Promoting healthy lifestyle behavior: Obesity, Smoking, Alcohol abuse
Overall Awards by business stage
Pollen: working prototype, user testing stage
Bean: Ready for paying users or patient trial
Sprout: Proven pilot/ trial and ready to scale
And the World Healthcare Journal Global Start-up 2020
2020 winners
Have a look at who is changing our future
Kepler Vision Technologies
Ageing: Addressing the needs of ageing population
Because of an aging population, there is a 6% year over year increase in the demand for care. However, there is hardly any innovation introduced in the care market. There…
Because of an aging population, there is a 6% year over year increase in the demand for care. However, there is hardly any innovation introduced in the care market. There are all sorts of sensors in the patients’ room (bed matts, door sensors, movement sensors) but these sensors generate many false alarms. Kepler Vision’s Night Nurse (KNN) solution is a computer vision – based body language detection system. By combining machine learning and computer vision, KNN is able to detect falls, patient discomfort and abnormal behavior, notifying care staff so they can respond.
Alio
Wearables: Wearable technology and digital monitoring of patients
Current technologies for patient monitoring, particularly those with chronic conditions, are invasive, expensive, often provide inadequate data and do not deliver a positive user experience. Alio SmartPatch, their wearable device,…
Current technologies for patient monitoring, particularly those with chronic conditions, are invasive, expensive, often provide inadequate data and do not deliver a positive user experience. Alio SmartPatch, their wearable device, can tract vitals like temperature, oxygen saturation, blood pressure and more. It is a reliable and clinically accurate remote patient monitoring seamlessly integrating itself into a patient’s day-to-day life.
Critical Healthcare Information Integration Network (CHIIN)
Health Inequalities: Overcoming the postcode lottery
This year, both the overall winner (aka Michael Seres Award) and Pollen Winner Awards goes to Critical Healthcare Information Integration Network (CHIIN). CHIIN community health workers in rural Africa often…
This year, both the overall winner (aka Michael Seres Award) and Pollen Winner Awards goes to Critical Healthcare Information Integration Network (CHIIN). CHIIN community health workers in rural Africa often face an inability to access up-to-date medical information primary due to poor Internet access, limiting their ability to provide treatment as standards of care evolve. CHIIN’s solution is a free-for-use SMS automated messaging system that provides validated information on the causes, presentation, management, and complications of context-relevant diseases, with no need for Internet access.
2020 Judges
Katerina Pascoulis
Product lead at Lantum
Katerina is a product lead at Lantum, responsible for building solutions to the problems with staffing and scheduling within the NHS. Lantum’s mission is to unite clinicians and healthcare providers on one platform so that they can deliver the best patient care, together. Previously, Katerina founded Personably, a Saas start-up to help companies onboard their new employees. Their customers included Monzo, GoCardless and Carwow and they raised their £500K seed round from Rocket Internet. Before that she spent time working as a freelance software engineer building MVP products for other founders. Katerina also has a law degree from the University of Cambridge.
Katerina is a product lead at Lantum, responsible for building solutions to the problems with staffing and scheduling within the NHS. Lantum’s mission is to unite clinicians and healthcare providers on one platform so that they can deliver the best patient care, together. Previously, Katerina founded Personably, a Saas start-up to help companies onboard their new employees. Their customers included Monzo, GoCardless and Carwow and they raised their £500K seed round from Rocket Internet. Before that she spent time working as a freelance software engineer building MVP products for other founders. Katerina also has a law degree from the University of Cambridge.
Adam Shaw
The Heart Guy, Author of the Lunatic Gene
Adam worked as a senior nurse for over a decade before moving into the worlds of Corporate Finance and Stress Management. These days he runs his own business network and works with businesses who are looking to position and pitch themselves correctly for funding. He also works with Angel Investment Networks totaling over 150k investors, always seeking great businesses to introduce to them for funding.
Adam worked as a senior nurse for over a decade before moving into the worlds of Corporate Finance and Stress Management. These days he runs his own business network and works with businesses who are looking to position and pitch themselves correctly for funding. He also works with Angel Investment Networks totaling over 150k investors, always seeking great businesses to introduce to them for funding.
Simon Hooper
Co-founder, RemindMeCare
Courtesy of personal experience of the lack of person-centred care tech available during his families care journey and with a background in business development, Simon has deep experience of tech in the care industry, from usability and adoption to interoperability.
Courtesy of personal experience of the lack of person-centred care tech available during his families care journey and with a background in business development, Simon has deep experience of tech in the care industry, from usability and adoption to interoperability.
Pilar Fernandez Hermida
Founder, i-Expand
Pilar is a Go-to-Market expert with 20 years of experience in international sales, partnerships and business development in the Health & Tech sector. Currently, Pilar is the founder of i-Expand, an advisory firm headquartered in London focused on helping Digital Health companies scale and go global. A passionate believer in innovation through technology, Pilar has assisted both high-profile organisations and start-ups across 6 continents. In the private sector, she has been part of the global leadership teams of Cisco and Wolters Kluwer. She has also led delegations to the UN/WHO, and standardised public health solutions at national level. Pilar holds two First-class degrees and is fluent in 9 languages and an active participant and speaker in the global Health Tech community.
Pilar is a Go-to-Market expert with 20 years of experience in international sales, partnerships and business development in the Health & Tech sector. Currently, Pilar is the founder of i-Expand, an advisory firm headquartered in London focused on helping Digital Health companies scale and go global. A passionate believer in innovation through technology, Pilar has assisted both high-profile organisations and start-ups across 6 continents. In the private sector, she has been part of the global leadership teams of Cisco and Wolters Kluwer. She has also led delegations to the UN/WHO, and standardised public health solutions at national level. Pilar holds two First-class degrees and is fluent in 9 languages and an active participant and speaker in the global Health Tech community.
Lorena Macnaughtan
Digital Health Advisor
Lorena Macnaughtan, MBA, PhD, has been involved in healthcare transformation and innovation for a decade, working with both big companies and digital health startups. She's also founded and run a healthtech event, iCEE.health for three years, and spoke on many stages around the world - TEDx, Stanford Medicine X, Doctors 2.0 and You (Paris, France), Giant Health Event (London, UK), amongst many others. Lorena was honoured to be included in 2018 in the Europe HIMSS Future 50 community in healthcare.
Lorena Macnaughtan, MBA, PhD, has been involved in healthcare transformation and innovation for a decade, working with both big companies and digital health startups. She's also founded and run a healthtech event, iCEE.health for three years, and spoke on many stages around the world - TEDx, Stanford Medicine X, Doctors 2.0 and You (Paris, France), Giant Health Event (London, UK), amongst many others. Lorena was honoured to be included in 2018 in the Europe HIMSS Future 50 community in healthcare.
Beanstalks Applicants 2020
First Name | Last Name | Company |
Harro | Stokman | Kepler Vision Technologies |
Alessandro | Monterosso | PatchAI |
Feyisayo | Eweje | Critical Healthcare Information Integration Network (CHIIN) |
Annemarie | Kruijer | Easee |
Abdullahi | Raheem | Scillafield Solutions |
Victoria | Godfrey | DNApal.me |
Lucy | Wills | Globefox Health |
Christian | Kind | NevisQ GmbH |
David | Kuraguntla | Alio |
Molvia | Maddox | Melting IceCubes |