Beanstalks 2019

BEANSTALKS™ at the GIANT Health Event is an international “competition for prizes” for health and 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
Advanced Diagnostics & Therapies	Breakthrough Medical or Healthcare Device	Addressing Health Inequalities
Best Co-Creation with Patients and / or Healthcare Workers	Intercepting Disease and Improving Healthspan
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 2019

2019 Judges

2019 Prizes

2019 Entrants

Head of Beanstalks

Andrew Liubinas

Andrew runs GIANT Health's Beanstalks competition. Prior to this, he worked in banking for nine years across Australia and the UK.
He is CFA qualified and holds a MSc Artificial Intelligence from the University of St Andrews.

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Last years 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.

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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, 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.

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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 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.

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