The 33 top health and wellness startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield
SOURCE:TechCrunch|BY:Marina Temkin
Here is the full list of the health and wellness Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them for the competition.
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash prize of $100,000. But the remaining 180 startups all blew us away as well in their respective categories and compete in their own pitch competition.
Here is the full list of the health and wellness Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on why they landed in the competition.
What it does: Ear-worn EEG device monitors and provides feedback on chronic stress.
Why it’s noteworthy: Just like a Fitbit tracks steps, this wearable helps people take charge by measuring brain activity to guide them in reducing stress levels.
What it does: An AI-powered platform that uses a smartphone camera to analyze a user’s eyelid to monitor and reduce the risk of anemia and iron deficiency.
Why it’s noteworthy: The company’s noninvasive test claims to easily and quickly catch anemia.
What it does: Developing a noninvasive brain-computer interface that allows paralyzed patients to instantly communicate essential and custom messages via a “blink-to-speak” function.
Why it’s noteworthy: Unlike invasive devices, it can restore communication for paralyzed patients quickly and cost-effectively.
What it does: A B2B precision nutrition AI platform that converts an individual’s complex health data into evidence-based food, grocery, and recipe recommendations.
Why it’s noteworthy: The company’s recommendations can help food delivery, e-commerce, diagnostic, health, and insurance sector clients offer better food choices to ultimate customers.
What it does: A simple, minimally invasive procedure to permanently stop snoring and treat sleep apnea.
Whyit’snoteworthy: Tackles the widespread problem of snoring and sleep apnea, a condition that could otherwise require the use of bulky devices like CPAP masks.
What it does: An at-home cancer breath test that uses AI technology and trained dogs to sniff out multiple early-stage cancers from compounds in a patient’s breath sample.
Why it’s noteworthy: Based on studies showing that dogs can use their strong sense of smell to detect cancer, this startup is creating a novel method to integrate that unique ability into an early-detection diagnostic.