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ECHO PITCH 2021
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Join us October 14, 2021 for ECHO PITCH, a special event where five top cardiovascular health start-ups compete for funding from a $250,000 pool in front of a panel of judges and a virtual audience.
These five finalists have been selected from the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research’s Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) program, where they received 12 months of hands-on entrepreneurship training and mentorship.
ECHO PITCH will feature five pitches at 20 minutes each followed by a keynote speaker and concluding with the funding award announcement.
Time
Details
1:00 – 1:15 PM
INTRODUCTIONS
Prof. Christine Allen Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, Strategic Initiatives, University of Toronto
Dr. Mansoor Husain Executive Director, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
Dr. Soror Sharifpoor Director-Strategy & Translation, Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
1:15 – 1:55 PM
PITCH COMPETITION — SESSION 1
Pitch-1: Cardian Diagnostics
Pitch-2: KardioLabsAI
1:55 – 2:05 PM
BREAK
2:05 – 3:05 PM
PITCH COMPETITION — SESSION 2
Pitch-3: MetabolIQ
Pitch-4: Nurenxy
Pitch-5: TissueCraft
3:05 – 3:15 PM
BREAK
3:15 – 3:50 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT
Dr. Sumbul Desai Vice-President of Health, Apple
Dr. Heather Ross Site Lead, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research Head, Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
3:50 – 4:00 PM
CLOSING REMARKS & AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. Mansoor Husain Executive Director, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
4:00 PM
PROGRAM CLOSE
Special Fireside Chat
ECHO PITCH 2021 will feature a special intimate session with a global health tech leader — Dr. Sumbul Desai, Apple’s VP of Health. This session is co-sponsored by TRANSFORM HF and our Translational Biology and Engineering Program.
“A conversation with Dr. Sumbul Desai, Apple’s VP of Health on Empowering Users and Enabling New Medical Discoveries”
Dr. Sumbul Desai
Sumbul Desai, MD serves as Vice President of Health at Apple, overseeing health initiatives including clinical product development, innovative clinical partnerships and medical research. She also leads the regulatory and quality teams at Apple. Apple is also working with the best in the medical field, including Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University Health Network, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Johns Hopkins University, to conduct landmark health studies and advance discovery with the ResearchKit and CareKit platforms. Apple recently launched its Health Sharing and Walking Steadiness features, adding to the many consumer health tools available on Apple Watch and iPhone including ECG, Irregular Heart Rhythm, Cycle Tracking and Hearing Health headphone notifications.
Dr. Desai recently served as Vice Chair of Strategy and Innovation in the Department of Medicine at Stanford Medicine, as well as Associate Chief Medical Officer at Stanford Healthcare. She also serves as Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine.
ECHO Start-up Finalists
Congratulations to the five companies that participated in our 2021 ECHO program and made it to this final stage. They are:
ECHO Pitch Judging Panel
Neil D’Cruz, MBA
Principal, ND Advisory Services
Eric Hixon
General Partner and Board Member, Gideon Hixon Fund
Jacki Jenuth, PhD
Partner, Lumira Ventures
Heather Ross, MD, MHSc, FRCP(C), FACC, FCCS
Loretta A. Rogers Chair in Heart Function Pfizer Chair in Cardiovascular Research Site Lead, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research Head, Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
About ECHO
ECHO is a specialized hands-on training program led by veteran entrepreneurs and consultants across a variety of sectors. Its mission:
(1) Provide innovators of cardiovascular technologies with entrepreneurship training, mentorship, networking and funding opportunities;
(2) Transfer research innovations and intellectual property from academic and hospital institutions into the economy;
(3) Create more start-ups in the Canadian cardiovascular health sector.