Founders Keepers

What: Natural Cycles is the developer of the only digital method of birth control cleared by regulators both in the US and in Europe, based in Stockholm. The company's application uses its own algorithm to predict and detect women's ovulation, allowing them to prevent or plan pregnancies in a non-invasive, hormone and side-effect-free way.  Who: Elina is a particle physicist and entrepreneur who began her career at CERN before going on to build the Natural Cycles app together with her husband Raoul. We talk about: Working on the hadron collider (yes, really), making fun of business partners, and using data to drive fertility innovations. 📝 You can also now read the accompanying "podnotes" to the episode on Substack, where key insights from every conversation will be shared for those who prefer short and snappy takeaways: founderskeepers.substack.com  Find out more:  www.founders-keepers.com  Instagram: @founderskeepers.pod  Twitter: @founders.pod  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-keepers-podcast  Get in touch: [email protected]

What: BioStem is a leading regenerative medicine company focused on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of placental derived biologics for advanced wound care. Their main offering is  placental-derived tissue allografts for wound healing applications, based on their proprietary Local Microenvironment Activation® platform and BioRetain processing method.  Who: Jason is an engineer and mathematician by background who serves as BioStem’s CEO, with former US Marine, aviation engineer and BioStem co-founder Andrew as COO. We cover: The motorcycle-racing background that brought them together, the family history that influenced their mission-driven approach, and a true love of engineering. 📝 You can also now read the accompanying "podnotes" to the episode on Substack, where key insights from every conversation will be shared for those who prefer short and snappy takeaways: founderskeepers.substack.com  Find out more:  www.founders-keepers.com  Instagram: @founderskeepers.pod  Twitter: @founders.pod  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-keepers-podcast  Get in touch: [email protected]

What: Ratio is an early clinical-phase pharmaceutical company whose mission is to accelerate the development of best-in-class radiopharmaceuticals for cancer patients. The company has raised over USD $40 million to date in funding and developed two novel proprietary platforms: Trillium™ and Macropa™.  Who: Jack is CEO of Ratio and a mathematician by training, with John as CSO and a former professor of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences at Cornell University. They began working together in 2018 and the company is named after the mathematical approach to radiopharmaceuticals development.  We talk about: Evolving and scaling what was a small-stage pharma company to a multi-million dollar player, and the pros and cons of co-founding a business with your friends. 📝 You can also now read the accompanying "podnotes" to the episode on Substack, where key insights from every conversation will be shared for those who prefer short and snappy takeaways: founderskeepers.substack.com  Find out more:  www.founders-keepers.com  Instagram: @founderskeepers.pod  Twitter: @founders.pod  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-keepers-podcast  Get in touch: [email protected]

What: This episode is a a follow-on conversation from the Founders Keepers episode with Vlado Bosanac of Advanced Human Imaging, which has since undergone a merger with Wellteq and appointed new Director and CEO, Scott Montgomery. The company has rebranded as ⁠Advanced Health Intelligence⁠ (AHI); a B2B digital health company that offers biometric-enabled and data-driven health solutions – all from a smart phone. The mobile phone-based tech claims to monitor vital signs, calculate body density and identify chronic diseases.  Who: Scott is an established health industry leader with nearly two decades of experience spanning across APAC, Europe and the US, and has co-built two enterprise health companies to trade sale. He has addressed industry-leading topics to audiences at the United Nations on the value of interoperability in healthcare, the role of technology in closing health literacy knowledge gaps, and the potential of biometric triage measurement using smartphones.  We talk about: Healthy scepticism in business, going deep on-device body dimensioning and health analysis, and not giving advice until you’ve been asked for it at least three times.  📝 You can also now read the accompanying "podnotes" to the episode on Substack, where key insights from every conversation will be shared for those who prefer short and snappy takeaways: founderskeepers.substack.com  Find out more:  www.founders-keepers.com  Instagram: @founderskeepers.pod  Twitter: @founders.pod  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-keepers-podcast  Get in touch: [email protected]

What: Codagenix is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that has raised over $25 million USD in funding to develop vaccine products against influenza, the respiratory syncytial virus, dengue virus and many others. Codagenix uses a computer-based algorithm called SAVE (Synthetic Attenuated Virus Engineering) that designs viral genomes identical to wild type strains at the amino acid level, but which make less protein in human cells. These highly attenuated viruses are then used to develop vaccines for human use. Who: Rob is a trained virologist and entrepreneur, whose pivotal advances in synthetic biology have been noted in peer reviewed journals such as Science, Nature Biotechnology, and PNAS.  We talk about: Competing in the covid-19 vaccine race with Pfizer, diversifying in business, and metaphorically building the plane while you’re flying.  📝 You can also now read the accompanying "podnotes" to the episode on Substack, where key insights from every conversation will be shared for those who prefer short and snappy takeaways: founderskeepers.substack.com  Find out more:  www.founders-keepers.com  Instagram: @founderskeepers.pod  Twitter: @founders.pod  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-keepers-podcast  Get in touch: [email protected]

What: Fountain Life is a provider of healthcare services for predictive, preventative, personalised, and data-driven healthcare. The company's platform leverages science and technologies globally in order to provide effective and affordable treatments to enhance the health span, performance, and vitality of individuals, enabling patients to get access to personalised healthcare in a simplified way. Who: Bill is a board-certified surgeon, aircraft pilot and serial entrepreneur who has built multiple businesses and 9 Landmark hospitals to date.  We talk about: Scarcity mentalities in business innovation, the role of ChatGPT in healthcare, and the reasons behind hiring aircraft pilots for his team (as well as our mutual appreciation for the Toronto Maple Leafs). 📝 You can also now read the accompanying "podnotes" to the episode on Substack, where key insights from every conversation will be shared for those who prefer short and snappy takeaways: founderskeepers.substack.com  Find out more:  www.founders-keepers.com  Instagram: @founderskeepers.pod  Twitter: @founders.pod  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-keepers-podcast  Get in touch: [email protected]

What: e7 Health is a preventative health and wellness company supervised by Board Certified Doctors located in Las Vegas, US, and specializing in a range of services from travel medicine through to employee health, drug testing, immigration exams and laboratory services. Who: Jonathan is a triple board-certified physician with specialties in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, as well as a recipient of the Top Tech Awards in Healthcare for his work using technology to transform the health care landscape in Southern Nevada. He additionally has served as clinical faculty for several medical schools including the University of Nevada and Touro University. We talk about: The ebbs and flows of heading up a vaccine-focused business including growing revenue by 10-fold since launching; and keeping the big picture in focus when it comes to managing and running a team. 📝 You can also now read the accompanying "podnotes" to the episode on substack, where key insights from every conversation will be shared for those who prefer short and snappy takeaways: founderskeepers.substack.com  Find out more:  www.founders-keepers.com  Instagram: @founderskeepers.pod  Twitter: @founders.pod  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-keepers-podcast  Get in touch: [email protected]

What: Vively is a software-as-a-service platform supporting people with lifestyle-related diseases: From providing real-time feedback to consumers on diet, exercise, sleep and stress to integrating continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and wearables for real-time data analytics about how users’ lifestyle impacts their health. The organisation collaborates with a team of leading integrative doctors, behavioural scientists and holistic health practitioners to create and combine digital therapeutic programs with on-demand coaching and health analytics, and recently secured AUS$1.5 million in pre-seed funding to support their expansion.  Who: Tim is a serial entrepreneur with a background in venture capital who prior to co-founding Vively had invested and founded various different startups active across Asia and Australasia.  We talk about: Tim's obsession with entrepreneurship from a young age; finding a solution to medical conditions brought on by lifestyle choices; and how building his own product at Vively identified a potentially serious health complaint in Tim despite his triathlete background.  📝 You can also now read the accompanying "podnotes" to the episode on Substack, where key insights from every conversation will be shared for those who prefer short and snappy takeaways: founderskeepers.substack.com Find out more: www.founders-keepers.com Instagram: @founderskeepers.pod Twitter: @founders.pod LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-keepers-podcast Get in touch: [email protected]

What: Lazarus 3D is a seed-stage US-based organisation that produces 3-dimensional printed synthetic human tissue models for surgical training. They are proprietors of world's first FDA cleared technology that allows physicians to rehearse their case on a personalised copy of the patient before the “real” operation, claiming to improve surgical confidence, patient safety and outcomes. Who: Both Smriti and Jacques hold PhDs in medical and human genetics from Baylor College of Medicine, with Smriti serving as Lazarus’ President and Jacques as CEO. We talk about: (Literally) building a business from your kitchen table, personalising surgical care, and why job titles don’t really matter. 📝 You can also now read the accompanying "podnotes" to the episode on substack, where key insights from every conversation will be shared for those who prefer short and snappy takeaways: founderskeepers.substack.com Find out more:  www.founders-keepers.com Instagram: @founderskeepers.pod Twitter: @founders.pod LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-keepers-podcast Get in touch: [email protected]

Wasted* is a Burlington-Vermont based start-up building the circular sanitation economy and transforming human waste into effective, safe, and sustainable fertilizers. The company was founded in 2020 and recently raised USD 7.5 million in seed funding from investors including the Collaborative Fund, Divergent Capital, Day One Ventures, Third Sphere, Pure Ventures, and Gratitude Railroad. Taylor is a social impact entrepreneur passionate about utilizing research, storytelling, and education to redefine waste, and prior to co-founding wasted* was the co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit “Do Good Shit” which sought to implement and maintain improved waste management systems in outdoor recreation areas and their surrounding communities around the globe.  In this episode we talk about the taboo of sanitising human waste; and instead of moving fast and breaking things, moving intentionally to make things better for public health and the global environment. You can find out more about wasted* in the following ways: Website: https://wasted.earth/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wasted-earth/ Find us on: www.founders-keepers.com and www.founderskeepers.substack.com Instagram: @founderskeepers.pod Twitter: @founders.pod LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-keepers-podcast Get in touch: [email protected]