Two Kentucky startups are among the seven health care companies selected to participate in XLerateHealth's 2021 Louisville bootcamp.
Melanated Healthcare, a Louisville-based mobile application that increases access to quality care by helping Black and persons of color (POC) locate melanated health care professionals in their area; and Lexington-based Active Therapy Systems, which improves the way people access and receive Physical Therapy treatments for conditions like Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis, were both named to the latest cohort of the health care accelerator program.
“We are pleased to welcome this year’s cohort and are especially excited to see over half the startups founded by clinicians working towards commercializing their innovations, and four of the seven companies founded and led by women,” said Jackie Willmot, CEO and co-founder of XLerateHealth (XLH), in a news release.
This year’s program will be fully virtual in light of the success of last year’s Covid-19 adaptations. The 2021 XLH Louisville startup cohort kicks off its accelerator program on Wednesday, Aug. 11 and will culminate with a virtual Demo Day pitch to investors, health care ecosystem partners and the startup community on Thursday, Oct. 28.
Other startups selected for the accelerator include:
- Heartbeat Technologies (Charleston, SC) is an interdisciplinary team of surgeons, medical students, engineers, and designers at the Medical University of South Carolina that has developed a novel CPR adjunct device, The Saver. Currently, one in every seven Americans dies from sudden cardiac arrest. Heartbeat aims to increase the survival rate for cardiac arrest patients and minimize neurological impairment.
- 20Lighter (Tampa, FL) is a unique program that targets visceral fat and dietary inflammation to support patients who are ineligible for a surgical procedure or at high risk of complications due to weight and related co-morbidities. The program maximizes eligibility, reduces risk, improves outcomes and improves reimbursement and bottom line for surgeons, health care systems and payers.
- iMama (Raleigh, NC) is a digital health platform using artificial intelligence to help mothers prolong their breastfeeding cycle and help employers to provide nursing moms with lactation support benefits. The solution enables every day tracking of breastfeeding sessions and easy access to telehealth services for secure communication between the mother and the lactation consultant.
- ModoScript (Boston, MA) is a digital health company that provides remote monitoring of rigorous treatment protocols in oral oncology and other chronic conditions that require continuous treatment assessment. This software as a service and big data analytics solution improves access and quality of remote treatment delivery while reducing costs.
- TremBlock (Plantation, FL) is a unique mouthguard targeted for use in patients with epilepsy or other known seizure disorders. The device is capable of dispensing a quick acting seizure aborting medication designed to protect teeth, tongue, lips and other oral structures from injury.
