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The latest 🎙️VC Friday with Esther🎙️ is with Bulëza Koci, the CEO and Founder of DRYM Health. The recent emergence of the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitoring devices (#CGM) is acting as a further catalyst for the convergence of consumer and medical technologies. The work Bulëza Koci is doing on personalised health and performance optimisation is a great example of how such technologies are being used outside their core medical space. In this discussion Esther & Bulëza talk about: - DRYM Health approach to delivering personalised health and well-being - The power of holistic data integration - The role of communities in making a health optimisation journey more accessible and impactful - New health data and biometrics that could soon be integrated for further learnings Tatum Getty |Pamela Walker Geddes | Rod Lane | Saran Davies |Jack Adshead | Veronika Bridgman | Linda Vlasaku | Kitty Bhaman | Anna Linderum Thomsen | Ksenia Kokareva | Katherine Ireland | Shahreen J. | Kari Chaudhry

An exciting announcement last week in case you missed it!!! 👏 Plexāā | Creators of BLOOM⁴³ entered a partnership with Panasonic Manufacturing UK Ltd as their contract manufacturer for the Bloom device (that helps patients prepare for breast cancer surgery and reconstruction by skin preconditioning - reducing wound healing complications in proof-of-concept clinical trials - now live at Stanford University Hospital). An exciting step for Plexāā | Creators of BLOOM⁴³ to accelerate production and company scaling 🚀 #medtech #medicaldevice #breastcancer #surgery #innovation Saahil Mehta | Gaele Lalahy | Esther Reynal de St Michel Richardot | Tatum Getty | Pamela Walker Geddes | Saran Davies Check it out 👇 https://lnkd.in/e6MqyiPJ

In the wake of the #Medicare debate in the US, this Harvard Business Review article unpacks US #healthcare vs its commonwealth and European counterparts. A clear call to action for transformation highlights tech and #innovation as the foundations for creating improved patient outcomes and a strong healthcare future. https://lnkd.in/dUT4f3-U

#AI is reshaping entrepreneurship from the ground up - from macroeconomics to workplace integration and business creation. Last week, THENA Capital’s Dr Saran Davies chaired a pivotal event on the future of AI in entrepreneurship with three wonderful experts at University of Oxford Jesus College Oxford Mo Tanweer, Umbar Shakir, and Toby Velte each brought unique insights on how AI will shape #entrepreneurship in the future. Our main takeaways: 🔋 AI’s macroeconomic impact is HUGE - beyond boosting productivity, as we build more AI infrastructure this may reshape supply chains, drive energy demands, and increase reliance on rare earth materials for chips 💼 Workplace transformation is in our hands - AI integration gives us the opportunity to shift from graft to craft, automating the mundane so we can optimise creativity and problem-solving 📊 AI-powered businesses are the future - but while AI can unlock groundbreaking insights, we need to be cognisant of ethical challenges around data use and bias We were also joined by a whole host of industry representatives from the #innovation and #investment ecosystem including Gate One Incubator’s Jack Adshead | BIPC Oxfordshire (Business & Intellectual Property Centre, Oxford) | Oxford Entrepreneurs | Oxonian Ventures | Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre | Oxford Seed Fund | Henley Business Angels | Oxford Capital | Founders & Funders | Oxford Generative AI Summit | Creator Fund | University of Oxford AI Network | Oxbridge-AIx | ZERO Founders Network - University of Oxford | EnSpire Oxford | Oxbridge-AIx A massive thanks to Eve Bodniece, the Jesus College team, and Pamela Walker Geddes for making this such a thought-provoking event! Esther Reynal de St Michel Richardot | Tatum Getty | Ali Burton | Rebekah Kasumu | Jason C. Foster

This week, we joined the HealthTech Breakfast Club hosted by AlbionVC’s Molly Gilmartin leading a roundtable discussion around the future of healthcare delivery in the UK amongst the #VC #HealthTech ecosystem. With the NHS 10 year plan set to focus on shifts to community care, focus on prevention and a move to digital, industry experts brought perspective on the use of independent providers and the ‘patient choice’ framework. From strategic, operational, procurement and delivery considerations, there was both a mix of optimism and hesitation for the future of healthcare delivery in the UK. Thank you to Susannah Clearly of NHS, Lawrence Tallon of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Daniel Peck of Efficio, Martin Fiddock Oviva and Brett Cowell of Healios for an enlightening and collaborative morning. Tatum Getty Esther Reynal de St Michel Richardot Pamela Walker Geddes William McQuillan Katherine Jones

In the start up world, leveraging #GenAI for product development should be just as hot as using it to optimise team ways of working. In this latest Harvard Business Review article by H. James Wilson and Paul Daugherty, they unpack the skills you need to do this and a roadmap for success! Check it out 👇 https://lnkd.in/gDH_S2Xr

Thank you CPI for inviting one of our partners Esther Reynal de St Michel Richardot to join the MedTech Accelerator Rapid Regulatory Support (MARRS) roundtable at London Institute for Healthcare Engineering earlier this week. It was a privilege to join a diverse group of specialist and generalist MedTech investors involved at different stages and representing VCs, family offices, 3rd sector, to discuss how to tackle industry challenges and shape the future of investment and innovation in the #medtech sector in the UK. Really looking forward to seeing the learnings of this extensive work CPI is conducting across the UK ! Matthew McCann | Inga D. | Ruth Coleman | Emilie Syed | Laurent Pacheco, MD PhD MBA | Rafael Karapetyan | Thea Tebble

Last week #WomensHealth was front and centre. THENA Capital founders were named on the Women of Wearables (wearables, health tech & femtech) 200 Trailblazing Leaders in Women's Health, and the Responsible AI: Women and Healthcare Conference 2025, took place in London, bringing together founders and policy makers to explore the role of #innovation in transforming gender health inequalities across the NHS 💫 The UK's Minister of State for Women's Health, Baroness Gillian Merron, gave the opening speech bringing to the fore gender-related health and healthcare disparities and highlighting that tackling this issue now will positively impact the health system, health outcomes and patients lives for decades to come. Baroness Merron spoke of the pivotal role of #innovation to be able to deliver against these objectives and transform healthcare for the better 👇 https://lnkd.in/etqqhMUh

In this latest episode of 🎙️ VC Friday with Esther 🎙️, Dr Gary Fleisher, Physician in Chief at Boston Children's Hospital and considered as the father of paediatric emergency care, reflects on the incredible evolution of the space over the last 40 years. 🩺 The reduction in acute diseases and acute conditions in childhood as a result of the development of vaccines and better prevention of trauma 👶A shifting typical paediatric patient profile: from a well child with a sudden problem - to a child with a chronic disease and a host of complications 🏥The implications of the patient evolution on care delivery, how physicians practice medicine, the level of specialism needed in paediatric centres, and what it means for children living in more remote areas 📲The role of technology in addressing these new challenges, including remote monitoring and ‘hospital at home’ solutions 🧬The major advances that can be expected in paediatrics as a result of genetic cellular therapies Julia Burke | Jason C. Foster | Pamela Walker Geddes | Tatum Getty | Chris Evans | Esther Reynal de St Michel Richardot

Really excited to support this brilliant initiative for University of Oxford 'The Future of AI is Entrepreneurship' hosted at Jesus College Oxford and chaired by THENA Capital's Saran Davies. Thursday 13th Feb, a panel of experts will be sharing the latest and greatest on AI with a Q&A - don't miss it! Tickets via the post below 👇 Umbar Shakir | Toby Velte | Mo Tanweer | Tatum Getty | Esther Reynal de St Michel Richardot | Pamela Walker Geddes | Eve Bodniece | Brittany Wellner James |