Story Ventures

It was a privilege to share the Delfina story with Brett Stapper on the Front Lines podcast. We discuss how we made our powerful predictive technology a reality for pregnant patients and their care teams. I shared our vision for how we are democratizing this technology for those who need it most. Check it out here! https://lnkd.in/gKrBziW4

👀 HOW DO WE GET DIGITAL HEALTH TO REFOCUS ON PREVENTATIVE CARE?👀 Enter Inbal Tirosh co-founder and CEO of the incredible Livez on this week's episode!! My favorite question to ask founders is what is your founding story? Tune in to hear Inbal explain her founding story, and how they are impacting patients lives and futures! Livez is built to make preventative care easy, convenient, and reduce claims. The Livez screening solution detect 85% of preventable diseases!! Reduces a whopping 75% of healthcare claims. How do they do this? Inbal jumps into it all with me, explaining, "All together if you take every person and they get a plan of what they need to get screened for, based on their individual profile, and their specific data, you can do that with fusion of big data, and you take them on a journey to prevent their predicted risks, based on family history and their own history and so on..." Then you automatically book them with follow up appointments. This is backed by health authorities, and by large insurers! Key Points 🗝 🌐 Livez screening solution covers more than 50 clinical domains and 120 screenings and vaccines, impacting 75% of healthcare claims. Livez is a preventive health platform that focuses on holistic screening and interventions to prevent chronic diseases. 🏥 The platform helps employers and health plans prioritize the health of their population by identifying health risks and guiding individuals towards appropriate interventions. This is an absolutely fascinating conversation about the new frontier of preventative care. Get on board, and tune in to this week's episode of the Digital Health Heavyweights Podcast Also- major teaser that their pricing is FULLY at risk. Why NOT? Learn more about preventative care, and how Digital Health is continuing to evolve!

🥳 Congratulations to our amazing athletes Sarai Gascon moreno & Lizzi Smith on qualifying for the Paralympic 2024!👏🏼🥳🤩 Your dedication and hard work have brought you this far. We’re incredibly proud of you and wish you great success in your journey!💙🦾 #Paralympics2024 #athlete #paralympics #zeus #zeushand #amputee #worldchampion #amputeestrong #swimmer #aetherbiomedical

This is an especially exciting update! Summer has completed an asset acquisition of Vault.co. Founded 12 years ago, Vault was an early innovator in the financial wellness category, and has been serving more than 3,000 industry-leading employers and 401(k) recordkeepers. Vault’s enterprise tools bolstered HR leaders’ employee recruiting and retention efforts by paying student loans, contributing to employee 529 college savings plans, and facilitating 401(k) student loan matching. We’re excited to welcome core members of the Vault team to Summer as we integrate Vault’s technology into Summer’s platform. Summer is committed to delivering unparalleled client service and leveraging our deep student loan expertise to benefit Vault's clients and users. Here’s why this matters: 🚀 By integrating Vault's technology and expertise, Summer will continue to enhance and innovate our product suite, and deliver best-in-class solutions for HR leaders looking for high-ROI employee benefits. 📈 Vault’s customer base and market presence will enable Summer to rapidly expand its footprint and market share. 💪 By combining forces, we’ll be able to better meet skyrocketing demand for workplace student debt and college cost planning solutions that help employers better recruit and retain employees. Read the full exclusive on Axios, linked in comments.

When Nasdaq asked to highlight Summer on their tower, we thought it was too good to be true. Yet here we are, lighting up Times Square! 🌟 Thank you Nasdaq for highlighting a major milestone for Summer: helping borrowers save $1.75 billion in student loan debt. It was a real milestone to see Summer’s impact displayed during such a pivotal moment in the company’s growth –– we couldn't have achieved it without our hardworking team and incredible partners. Massive thanks to those who have been a part of Summer’s journey so far! What should we do when we hit $10 billion in savings?

This morning we formally announced a partnership with Yuvo Health. We will be giving Yuvo's provider-partners a full picture of each patient's health, providing context from previous care encounters and generating actionable insights. The collaboration will allow for faster and fully informed patient care, reducing the risk for patient readmissions. It’s inspiring to be able to support Yuvo Health and their affiliated providers to help provide equitable, value-based care to hundreds of thousands of patients. Read more about the partnership here ⬇ #valuebasedcare #FQHC #CHC #communityhealth #populationhealth #healthIT

We've just hit 150 Million Verifications! 🎉 Reaching this milestone strengthens Smile ID's position as Africa's leading digital ID provider. Our growth has been extraordinary: ✅ 5 years to reach 50M verifications ✅ 11 months to double to 100M ✅ Just 166 days to add another 50M and hit 150M verifications across Africa We're accelerating at an unprecedented pace, thanks to our amazing customers, partners, and team. As we continue to innovate and expand, we remain committed to providing secure, reliable identity verification solutions across Africa and beyond. Thank you for being a part of this journey! Together, we're shaping the future of identity verification.

We are pleased to announce our partnership with Chubb Workplace Benefits! This collaboration aims to transform risk by making clinical prevention & screenings accessible to all, helping to prevent & detect up to 85% of diseases early for every employee, bending the cost curve for Chubb Workplace Benefits clients! Together, we are delivering a new era of personalized prevention to employees and their families.

Need a loan? There's a $330 BILLION credit gap in Africa, according to the IFC. But why is lending so hard? Poor credit infrastructure? Low trust? Inability to repay? Unwillingness to pay? All of the above? In today's episode of The Flip, I ask these questions to two seasoned fintech founders: Chijioke Dozie - Co-founder & CEO of Carbon Mark Straub - CEO of Smile ID (formerly Smile Identity) This conversation was recorded live from the Financial Technology Partners / FT Partners Fintech in Africa Summit in NYC in March 2024. I've left the link in the comments below to watch/listen to the full episode ⬇️

Interested in the future of investing in the modern data stack? I recently had the pleasure of talking with my good friend, Jake Yormak, co-founder and Managing Partner at Story Ventures, an early-stage firm based in NYC. They focus on companies in the modern data stack, with notable investments like Petal, Particle Health, and viaPhoton. In our conversation, Jake discusses his transition from law to venture capital, the intricacies of working with his brother Brian, and the firm's concentrated investment strategy. He shares invaluable lessons learned from their first fund, emphasizing the uncompromising demand for excellence in founders. We also discuss the nuances of hardware vs. software investments, the state of the VC market, and why computer vision is poised to unlock immense value in the future. Jake's perspective on the evolving landscape of AI and proprietary data is truly eye-opening. Catch our conversation on Episode 437 of TFR. Link to episode: https://lnkd.in/gq4ADbXx