People don't get into entrepreneurship to be comfortable. In fact, Virta Health founder Sami Inkinen stresses the importance of being uncomfortable in order to make an impact. Sami also happens to be an endurance athlete. Whether he's completing a triathlon, rowing across an ocean, or starting a company, Sami isn't the type to take the easy route. His 10-year-old company Virta Health is famously tackling the scourge of Type 2 diabetes by supporting sustainable weight loss - not drugs - going against some of the biggest pharma companies on the planet. Having co-founded Trulia, a leader in online real estate, Sami knew practically nothing about the health industry before he co-founded Virta Health. But he met the challenge, not by strapping in for a comfortable ride, but by learning from the experts and accepting the difficult road ahead - kind of like a 2,750-mile journey across the Pacific. So far, the challenge has been well met: Virta was recently valued at $2 billion. In clinical studies, Virta patients report weight loss exceeding FDA benchmarks by 150%. Listen on iTunes: https://lnkd.in/gSJRCt84 Listen on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gkeqYqJW Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gJX45kTS Visit our website: https://lnkd.in/gJP65Gw3 Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top Private Debt Firms of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #health #entrepreneur #podcast #pharma
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GrowthCap was founded in 2013 to facilitate the flow of capital to high growth private companies. Its primary focus is to aid CEOs, entrepreneurs, as well as large asset managers in better understanding the universe of capital alternatives offered by private equity, growth equity, venture capital, and private debt firms. GrowthCap also aims to provide company management teams with insights into how top performing companies have succeeded in scaling their businesses and in select cases enables investors to participate in private capital opportunities. While emphasis has been on select sectors including business software, business services, healthcare and consumer products and services, GrowthCap is often involved in other segments of the broader economy.
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Jim Donnelly, Co-Founder and CEO of Humanaut Health, Speaks at GrowthCap Forum in Jackson Hole, WY Jim Donnelly is the Co-Founder and CEO of Humanaut Health, the sixth company he has founded. Humanaut Health is a premium clinic for health optimization and longevity medicine. Prior to Humanaut, Jim co-founded Restore Hyper Wellness now backed by General Atlantic. Restore has 225+ locations across 40 states. Previously, Jim developed luxury condos (for homeowners including Michael Jordan, Cam Newton and Chris Daughtry) as well as salons, spas and high-end health clubs including the Charlotte Athletic Club. Jim is a former high-level athlete who continues to apply those tenets of discipline, movement, and leadership to his business endeavors. Earlier in his career and in under five years, Jim built IgoUgo (early 2000s) into the leader in user generated content for travel websites that was sold to Sabre Holdings / Travelocity. Watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/eeWHWbN2 Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top Private Debt Firms of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #leadership #venturecapital #technology #healthcare #medicine
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Superluminal Medicines Inc. receives $120 million in funding from RA Capital Management, NVentures, Insight Partners, Gaingels, Eli Lilly and Company, Cooley, and Catalio Capital Management. Superluminal Medicines is a generative biological and chemical company accelerating new possibilities in drug discovery and development. Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top Private Debt Firms of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #healthtech #healthcare #venturecapital #biotechnology
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finally receives $150 million in debt funding from Encina Lender Finance, LLC, and $50 million in funding from PeakSpan Capital. Finally is a fintech firm that assists small and medium-sized enterprises in automating their accounting and financial processes. Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top Private Debt Firms of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #fintech #financialservices #venturecapital
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Think you've seen hard work in computing? Imagine packaging it, sending it to far-flung places via drones all over the world, making it impervious to rain, cold, and even war. Meet Armada: a company that's truly on the edge of AI and data. Armada creates first-of-their-kind modular data centers and deploys them to far-flung places so that enterprises can truly operate anywhere, from the middle of the Gulf of Mexico to mines in the Amazon to battlefields in the Pacific. Armada's CEO and co-founder Dan Wright hails from companies that value democratizing data and AI: everyone should have access to it anywhere, no matter the hurdles, so that it can make a positive impact around the world. It's with this mindset and global problem-solving capacity that Armada has become a leader in its field, with investors like Microsoft, Koch Real Estate Investments, and Lux Capital. Listen on iTunes: https://lnkd.in/gDMxgZAn Listen on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g6XYwFK2 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gbJz9smW Visit our website: https://lnkd.in/dRxwfP8x Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top Private Debt Firms of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #AI #entrepreneur #computing #global #data
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Safe Superintelligence receives $1 billion in funding from Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Safe Superintelligence Inc. focuses on building safe superintelligence as a primary mission. The company operates a dedicated lab to advance capabilities while prioritizing safety through revolutionary engineering. Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top Private Debt Firms of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #software #saas #venturecapital
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eGenesis, Inc. receives $191 million in funding from Parkwood, NATCO Pharma , Lux Capital, Leaps by Bayer, Khosla Ventures, Fresenius Medical Care, Farallon Capital Management, Eisai Innovation Inc, DaVita, ARCH Venture Partners, and Alta Partners. EGenesis focuses on leveraging genome editing technology to deliver safe and effective human transplantable cells, tissues, and organs. Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top Private Debt Firms of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #healthtech #healthcare #venturecapital #biotechnology
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ArsenalBio receives $325 million in funding from Westlake Village BioPartners®, T. Rowe Price, SoftBank Vision Fund, Rock Springs Capital, Regeneron Ventures, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, NVentures, Milky Way Investments Group, Luma Group, Kleiner Perkins, Hitachi Ventures, Byers Capital, Bristol Myers Squibb, and ARCH Venture Partners. ArsenalBio is building a programmable cell therapy company to create highly effective and accessible immune cell therapies to impact outcomes for a much broader number of patients, initially those with cancer. Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top Private Debt Firms of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #healthtech #healthcare #venturecapital #biotechnology
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Codeium receives $150 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, Greenoaks, and General Catalyst Codeium provides an AI-powered coding platform to maximize developer productivity. Codeium optimizes deep learning inference workload, improving resource utilization and cost. Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top Private Debt Firms of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #software #saas #venturecapital #artificialintelligence
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Becton Dickinson India acquires Edwards Lifesciences - Critical Care product group for $4.2 billion. Edwards Lifesciences - Critical Care product group provides a hemodynamic monitoring platform with full cuff, sensor, and catheter compatibility, as well as the industry's first predictive decision support software, which enables proactive, tailored patient care. Sign up for GrowthCap’s email newsletter https://lnkd.in/gXXniHP Nominate Top Private Debt Firms of 2024 at https://lnkd.in/g9hfKiY #healthtech #healthcare #venturecapital