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Medsider: Learn from Medtech and Healthtech Founders and CEOs3 Signs Your Medtech Idea Could be a Viable Business: Interview with Prana Surgical CEO Joanna NathanIn this episode of Medsider Radio, we sat down with Joanna Nathan, CEO and co-founder of Prana Surgical — a startup developing image-guided surgical platforms for precision oncology. Joanna's career spans translational research at Texas Heart Institute, product development at Saranas, and portfolio management at Mercury Fund and Johnson & Johnson's Center for Device Innovation. She mentors founders through her not-for-profit organization Enventure and teaches entrepreneurship at Rice University's Jones School of Business.In this interview, Joanna shares her framework for evaluating which medtech ideas merit pursuit, revealing three critical signals every founder should look for: clinical urg...
2025-08-0644 min
Enterprise Podcast Network – EPNThe AI gap in family businesses Ankit Shrivastava, Founder & Managing Partner at Enventure, a private equity firm that partners with family-owned businesses across the U.S. and India to drive growth … Read more The post The AI gap in family businesses appeared first on Top Entrepreneurs Podcast | Enterprise Podcast Network.
2025-06-0416 min
Decolonizing PowerKaawaapamatin miina (See you again)Decolonizing Power is filled with connections, truths, visions, actions, kinship, solidarity and so much more! We are endlessly grateful to all of the outstanding humans who have been a part of the first three seasons of this work!
We're going to take some time to reflect on what is next for the podcast and would love to hear from you too! What would you like to hear next? Do you know any stories that you think should be featured on our podcast? Do you have a story to tell yourself?
For now, we'll leave you wit...
2025-01-2319 min
Process TransformersEpisode 06: The Art and Science of a Value-led TransformationGet ready for an insightful conversation, where Lukas Egger and our guest Amy MacDougall explore the balance between technology and execution in successful transformations, and the impact of Generative AI. Discover key indicators signaling the need for transformation and gain valuable insights into making lasting changes and promoting organizational learning. Don’t miss out on this thought-provoking discussion on driving successful transformations as Amy shares her profound insights. Dive right in!Guest: Amy MacDougall, PhD Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Amy is a core memb...
2024-04-2334 min
Identity CapitalEmily Reiser | Saving Lives: How TMC Innovation is Paving the Way for Collaborative Medical Discovery
Host: Ahmed AlTammar
Listen to the podcast & follow us at: https://linktr.ee/identitycapital
Dr. Emily Reiser is the Associate Director of TMC Innovation, managing the Accelerators for Cancer Therapeutics and Healthtech. Emily served previously as the Innovation Community Engagement Senior Manager and draws on her extensive experience managing the TMC Innovation network ensuring all stakeholders have the opportunity to connect to the resources they need to be successful.
For several years she has supported and influenced the Houston life science innovation community through her work at th...
2023-03-221h 23
Enventure Life Science Innovation PodcastS2 E4 Rebecca Vaught, CEO and co-founder of Van Heron LabsDr. Rebecca Vaught is the CEO and co-founder of Van Heron Labs, a biotech company that uses genetic analysis to create custom procedures that optimize the metabolism and maximize the growth of a particular cell or organism. In this episode she shares the struggles of being a young entrepreneur in the biotech world, from finding the right team of co-founders, to hot go get your first costumer.
2022-02-0856 minEnventure Life Science Innovation PodcastS2 Ep.3 Early Ovarian Cancer Diagnostics with Ana Jeter from AoA DXIn this episode, we spoke Ana Jeter, CBO and co-founder of AoA DX. AoA DX is bringing the first liquid biopsy test that accurately enables early diagnosis of ovarian cancer through the analysis of tumor marker gangliosides.
2022-01-2438 minEnventure Life Science Innovation PodcastS2 Ep.2 Stopping hiccups with Dr. Ali Seifi from HiccAwayIn this episode, we spoke with Dr. Ali Seifi, M.D, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Neurological Intensive Care Unit at UT Health San Antonio. After witnessing his patients suffering from hiccups during intense recovery, he realized there had to be a simple way to relieve the discomfort. At the time, he found that there was no remedy and sought out to create a solution. Introducing the HiccAway, a straw that generates enough pressure to lower the diaphragm while simultaneously activating the epiglottis, stimulating the phrenic and vagus nerves responsible for hiccups. The HiccAway straw is...
2022-01-1033 minEnventure Life Science Innovation PodcastS2 Ep.1 Advanced Prostheses Made Affordable with Ryan Saavedra from Alt-BionicsIn this episode, we spoke with Ryan Saavedra, CEO and founder of Alt-Bionics. Alt-Bionics is a medical device company that aims to tackle the problem of high-cost prostheses by delivering affordable alternatives to the prosthetic market. The product was developed as a student thesis capstone project at University of Texas, San Antonio.
2021-11-2936 min
InevitableEp. 181: Collin McLelland, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital WildcattersToday's guest is Collin McLelland, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Wildcatters.Digital Wildcatters is a multimedia platform that offers podcasts, videos, and in-depth blogs detailing ideas to make the oil & gas and energy sectors cleaner and more efficient.Digital Wildcatters was founded in March 2020. Through Collin's podcast "Oil and Gas Startups", a show that started as a hobby, he has built a go-to platform for oil & gas tech and cultivated a community that wanted to disrupt the status quo. Collin grew up in the Permian Basin in West Texas, the largest oil and gas field in...
2021-11-0158 minDecolonizing PowerPower to the Last MileThis episode takes our listeners to Uganda, where we hear dynamic and effective solutions for access to clean technologies that leave no one behind.
Marvin Tumusiime from the ENVenture program at New Energy Nexus and Masika Janet, a member of the community-based organization Rural Family Care, share some of their experiences and the incredible impacts of their work.
Links and Resources for this episode:
- New Energy Nexus: https://www.newenergynexus.com/uganda
- ENVenture: https://www.enventureenterprises.org/
- Rural Family Care on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruralfa...
2021-08-1946 min
Enventure Life Science Innovation PodcastEpisode 8 | Jordan Miller (Volumetric, Inc)Dr. Jordan Milller is an entrepreneur and Bioengineering professor at Rice University. In 2018, he and Dr. Bagrat Grigoryan cofounded Volumetric, Inc. a company that is working on the next generation of biomaterials for 3D printing of organs. His research on vascularization was the cover of the Science magazine in 2019. In this episode he talks about the struggles about being an academic entrepreneur and the process of finding the right type investors for his company. You can learn more about his work here: https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/jordan-miller
2021-05-1943 minEnventure Life Science Innovation PodcastEpisode 7 | Somer Baburek (Hera Biotech)In this episode, we interviewed the president and CEO of Hera Biotech, Somer Baburek. Hera Biotech is an early-stage, women’s health company, focused on commercializing the first minimally invasive diagnostic for endometriosis. We also talked about her experience as a businesswoman working in the biotech space.
2021-04-0550 minEnventure Life Science Innovation PodcastEpisode 6 | Elizabeth Jaworski (ClickSeq Technologies)In this episode, we speak with Dr. Elizabeth Jaworski, founder and CEO of ClickSeq Technologies, a next generation sequencing service that is simple and affordable.
2021-03-0331 minEnventure Life Science Innovation PodcastEpisode 5 | Lauren Cornell and Bianca Cerqueira (NovoThelium)In this episode, we speak to the co-founders of NovoThelium Lauren Cornell and Bianca Cerqueira. NovoThelium is an early stage startup located in San Antonio that is developing a bioengineered matrix from donor nipple areolar tissue to reconstruct nipples for breast cancer patients after mastectomy. They talk about their journey from idea conception to filing a patent and establishing a physical location to develop their product.
2021-01-3135 minEnventure Life Science Innovation PodcastEpisode 4 | Theodore Price (4E Therapeutics, Ted's Brain Science, CerSci Therapeutics)In this episode, we interview Theodore Price, co-founder of 4E Therapeutics, Ted's Brain Science, and CerSci Therapeutics. He is an associate professor and the director of the Center for Advanced Pain Studies in UT Dallas. His research in pain management led to the founding of several therapeutics and companies.
2021-01-0333 minEnventure Life Science Innovation PodcastEpisode 3 | Ramon Coronado (Crown Scientific and Perytor Therapeutics)In this episode, we interview Ramon Coronado, founder and CEO of Crown Scientific and Perytor Therapeutics. Crown Scientific is a medical research company that provides a variety of equipment, resources and expertise to make translational science possible; from molecular and cellular analyses, to animal studies and cGMP manufacturing. Perytor Therapeutics discovered a drug extracted from placental tissue that can be used to promote tissue regeneration and reduce pain and inflammation.
2020-11-2941 minEnventure Life Science Innovation PodcastEpisode 2 | Diving into digital mental health innovation with Cynthia Phelps (Health eDesigns and InnerAlly)In this episode, we interview Cynthia Phelps, founder of Health eDesigns and InnerAlly. Health eDesigns provides digital services to companies in health and biotech industries in order to help them communicate with investors and customers. InnerAlly is a company with the mission of creating tools and services to help maintain and improve resilience and wellbeing.
2020-11-0246 minEnventure Life Science Innovation PodcastEpisode 1 | Gigi Kamali (Biome)In this episode, we interview Gigi Kamali, founder and CEO of Biome, a regenerative medicine startup company. Biome is a San Antonio-based company that provides and distributes regenerative medicine to local hospitals, surgeons, and clinics.
2020-10-0127 min
Give - A Philanthropy PodcastEnventure EnterprisesEnventure Enterprises Aneri Pradhan Today on the GIVE podcast we are speaking Aneri Pradhan the founder of Enventure Enterprises, which recently went through an exciting transition. It merged with New Energy Nexus, which is a much larger nonprofit- and they are now functioning as a very robust program of New Energy Nexus. Enventure is working hard to bring energy to the people of Uganda, with a staggering 85% of the people having limited access to electricity- this program is sorely needed. Access to electricity is something that many people on the planet take for gra...
2020-09-2711 min
ideas without bordersEp 21 Part 2: Uganda's path to clean energy access - a conversation with Marvin Tumusiime from New Energy NexusFrom firewood to solar lanterns, we explore the role of entrepreneurs in making energy cleaner, accessible, and affordable in Uganda. In this episode Simon chats with Marvin Tumusiime from ENVenture, a part of New Energy Nexus, about Uganda's energy landscape and what ENVenture is doing to help Community-Based Organizations increase access to clean energy tech in the last mile.
Interested in learning more? Links mentioned throughout this episode follow below:
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Website: https://www.newenergynexus.com/
Slack Channel: http://bit.ly/joinNEnetwork
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2020-06-011h 01ideas without bordersEp 21 Part 1: A co-op term in Uganda - as told from chapter president Mandy ColemanSolar panels, water filters, and cook stoves in a cultural shift towards accessible clean energy: Chapter president (A-stream) Mandy Coleman chats with Simon about her experiences in working as a Business Development Fellow with ENVenture in Kampala, Uganda during one of the co-op work terms as part of her undergraduate engineering degree.
More information about the Queen Elizabeth Scholars program can be found at https://queenelizabethscholars.ca/
2020-06-0132 min
thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future271: Launch Lessons: Energy & Fintech Startups in Africa with Aneri PradhanAneri Pradhan is a social innovator who is passionate about using technology to solve large ecosystem problems. She is a 2X Founder; she is the Founder of ENVenture (acquired by New Energy Nexus), an award-winning incubator that finances and trains rural cooperatives in Uganda to start clean energy businesses. She also serves on the Board of Directors of New Energy Nexus, a leading clean energy non-profit that has facilitated approximately $1B into the renewable sector. She was also Co-Founder of ENVision mobile, a fintech platform for emerging markets. She has over a decade of experience working in 15 countries in...
2020-05-1156 min
GeniusnomicsHow to democratize energy access with technology? (with Aneri Pradhan)In this episode, we connect the dots democratizing access to clean energy.
Today’s conversation with Aneri Pradhan. Over her journey, she has built and successfully sold ENVenture – social impact incubator focused on clean energy in Uganda, and worked across over 15 countries deploying energy and climate projects, including the Facebook Connectivity Lab. After ENVenture, she works on ENVision and boards the New Energy Nexus.
Community: geniusnomics.com
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2020-05-1040 min
Changemaker Forum PodcastFinancing Clean Energy in Uganda - Episode 11Aneri Pradhan, Founder and Executive Director of ENVenture, joins the show. Tune in as she shares the founding story of ENVenture, advice for aspiring social entrepreneurs, and more.
2018-10-2400 min