The Sprint Accelerator powered by Techstars is a three-month, immersive, mentor-driven startup accelerator for ten companies based in Kansas City. The focus is to help startups build the future of mobile health that changes the world one patient or consumer at a time.
The companies participating in the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator are developing solutions that encompass hardware, software platforms, transformative services, big data and mobile applications. The teams are focusing on a wide range of markets ranging from animal health to hospitals.
The ten mobile health startup companies were selected from hundreds of applicants all over the world and officially started in the program on March 11. The teams will work out of the world class Sprint Accelerator facility located in the Crossroads, the heart of downtown Kansas City.
Mentors from all of the KCALSI stakeholders are being sought to work with the startup companies to enable their success and demonstrate the value of the Kansas City area ecosystem.
As the #1 startup accelerator in the world, Techstars has selection rates lower than the ivy league and only invests in the best and brightest entrepreneurs. To date, Techstars companies have an astounding 90% success rate and have raised over $500 million in financing.
The Sprint Accelerator powered by Techstars is committed to bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, business and government users. Learn more at the Sprint Accelerator website and on Twitter, and in the media.
SELECTED MOBILE HEALTH STARUP COMPANIES
Disrupting diabetes with a BLE-enabled smartphone case glucometer.
www.akibah.com
Haroon Ismail, Co-Founder, CEO
Aaqib Habib, Co-Founder, CTO
Fathi Abdelsalam, Co-Founder, COO
Activity tracker for dogs to redefine the way pet owners know their pups.
www.fitbark.com
Davide Rossi, Co-Founder, CEO
Sara Rossi, Co-Founder
Fabrizio Filippini, Co-Founder, CTO
Michael Chiang, Co-Founder
Personal safety app that uses natural human reaction to alert authorities.
www.llresponse.com
Peter Cahill, Founder
Doctors on demand. Delivers doctors to home, office, or hotel within 2 hours.
www.medicast.co
Sam Zebarjadi, Co-Founder, CEO
Nafis Zebarjadi, Co-Founder, CTO
Wearable smartphone for healthier, safer families that monitors well being.
www.ollomobile.net
Hugh Geiger, Co-Founder, CEO
Ken Macken, Co-Founder, CTO
Mobile app to instantly and automatically get health records from any doctor.
www.stayinyourprime.com
Tyler Hayes, Co-Founder, CEO
Owen Imholte, Co-Founder, CTO
Will Imholte, Co-Founder
Social health network providing sickness forecasting & mapping.
www.sickweather.com
Graham Dodge, Co-Founder, CEO
Michael Belt, Co-Founder, CTO
James Sajor, Co-Founder, COO
Symptom tracking platform for insurers, doctors, and patients.
www.symptom.ly
Derek Bereit, Co-Founder
Dillon Lee, Co-Founder
Shane Willard, Co-Founder
Builds wellness communities and reduces health care costs for organizations.
www.tenacityhealth.us
Ron Davis, Co-Founder, CEO
Hanna Adeyama, Co-Founder, COO
Aleh Veraskouski, Co-Founder, CTO
Hospital solution that provides efficient patient care coordination.
www.yosko.com
Andriana Nikolova, Co-Founder, CEO
Javier Otin, Co-Founder