Nine startups have been selected for the first cohort of the Growth Academy program dedicated to startups in healthcare and quality of life, run by Google for Startups. The program lasts about 12 weeks, during which startups arrive on campus one day a week for lectures and training aimed at helping them grow in different areas, starting with branding and marketing, through building and measuring products. Take a workshop. Stand in front of an audience and raise funds.
The current cycle of the program is dedicated to health, with companies such as Verily and Fitbit, along with extensive knowledge accumulated in this area by Google and Alphabet. The program will involve mentors from Google and his parent company Alphabet. Among them are Professor Yossi Matias, Google’s vice president of engineering and director of Google’s Israel research and development center, Dr. Amy Abernethy, president of Verili’s clinical research business, and Fitbit co-founder Eric. – Freedman. As part of her role, the mentor will meet with the team to resolve technical issues and help her build connections with the local and global tech industry and with stakeholders within her Google.
This is the first cycle for most of the participating startups to develop products based on AI technology. 7 out of 9 startups include personalized suggestions to make doctors’ jobs easier (Droxi) and tools to support anxiety and improve quality of life through AI training for relationship management (Kai) , using AI in a variety of solutions.
The program and start-ups were selected by Dr. Maya Levanter-Roberts, a senior clinical expert at Google, and Ariel, who leads business development for Verily’s development center in Israel and has extensive experience in the world of medical start-ups. Rabin will accompany you. in Israel. As part of their responsibilities, Dr. Levanter-Roberts and Rabin will meet with companies during the program and connect with various teams within the companies.
Yuval Passov, Director of Google for Startups Israel, said: Of his nine startups participating in the program, there are female entrepreneurs. This is a combination of our commitment to promoting women entrepreneurs and the breadth of accumulated knowledge and Israeli innovation in the field. ”
The program’s nine startups are: