The Doctor Can Virtually See You Now

With digital medicine, patients in rural and remote locations now enjoy much higher levels of medical attention 

By Justin Williams

Americans love change.  Except when it applies to their own lives.  The nation’s medical community feels the same way.  

There are, of course, innovations in healthcare happening all the time.  But for the most part, those innovations take place within the discipline of mainstream medicine, administered in a hands-on fashion at hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices, under provisions consistent with the arcane stipulations of health insurance policies, and in ways compatible with the extensive business ecosystem that supports providers of healthcare.  Changes which threaten to disrupt that comfortable pattern are deeply suspect.

But for an industry involving trillions of dollars a year, the attraction of new players into the lucrative healthcare market is easy to understand.  So it’s no surprise that some of the nation’s biggest and most technologically sophisticated companies are elbowing their way into different areas of medicine – particularly those that involve big data.  

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First Resonance Emerges from Stealth to Help Companies in Aerospace, Robotics, and Automotive Get Hardware to Market Faster and Cheaper

Developed by Engineers from SpaceX, NASA and Lexus, First Resonance's Factory Automation System helps the next generation of hardware companies design, test, and manufacture breakthrough hardware technologies at scale

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- First Resonance, a Los Angeles-based start-up with a Factory Operating System that hardware engineers trust for speed, collaboration and traceability, today unveiled its ion platform. Already in use by cutting-edge startups including Phase Four, Joby Aviation and Iron Ox, ion is built to meet the needs of next generation hardware companies. ion replaces spreadsheets and outdated costly manufacturing and supply chain processes and tools with a platform that leverages machine learning, IoT and advanced data analytics to support hardware companies working in a more rapid and iterative way than companies from previous generations.

Based in LA, the First Resonance team is made up of former engineers from SpaceX, NASA, Lexus, and other leading aerospace and automotive manufacturers. After experiencing bottlenecks created by trying to design and manufacture modern hardware products using standard manufacturing processes, the team set out to build a modern factory operating system to help hardware companies design and deliver products with the speed and efficiency needed to move these massive industries forward. The company's ion Factory Operating System is addressing the needs of the manufacturing execution system market which is anticipated to grow to $14.9B by 2025. This figure is being rapidly accelerated given the massive shift in supply chains and manufacturing landscape brought on by COVID-19 and geopolitical tensions.

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Startups to Watch: Finch, Grin, Zuper, ShoppingGives

Investing in the stock market or in mutual funds can be difficult for someone who has never invested before.

This week, Finch, a New York-based fintech startup that integrates the benefits of investing and the flexibility of checking into an all-in-one account, announced a $1.8 million seed round to launch its platform. The round was led by Mendoza Ventures with participation from Barclays, Techstars Investors and Draper Frontier.

Finch is targeting millennials, of whom not even 1 out of 5 have an investment account. As a result, they are losing out, founder Neel Ganu told Crunchbase News. Finch is helping users earn returns by automatically investing their checking balance into a portfolio designed to match their unique risk profile.

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Ex-N26 employee lands $1.8m to launch ETF-linked checking account

Finch, a US-based fintech founded by a former N26 employee, has landed $1.8 million in a seed round to launch its checking and investing account in the US.

The round was led by Boston-based Mendoza Ventures, with additional participation from Barclays, Techstars Investors, and Draper Frontier.

Finch is currently in beta. Once known as Trio, the firm hopes to launch its all-in-one account in the US by October.

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DailyPay's CEO Jason Lee Named "Innovator of the Year"

DailyPay, the gold standard of the on-demand pay ecosystem, today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Jason Lee, has been named the Gold Winner for "Innovator of the Year" for this year's CEO World Awards.

The CEO World Awards celebrate the accomplishments of leaders and their most outstanding initiatives and achievements. Chief Executive Officers lead the development of the organization's short- and long-term strategy. This annual awards program recognizes individuals who set industry benchmarks for excellence.

A financial engineer by training, Lee spent nearly two decades on Wall Street creating numerous new products and markets to manage areas of risk. In 2015, he disrupted the calcified world of payroll processing by launching a start-up, which grew into a premiere enterprise software company that promotes financial wellness.

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