Emerging Technology Trends: 2017 Intern Presentation

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
Summer 2017 Final Internship Presentation by Alyce Ge, Jimmy Xue,
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Emerging trends in real estate tech
New tech tools for retailers
Emerging use cases for drones
Emerging trends in blockchain
Emerging use cases for AI
Early-stage healthcare technologies
TABLE OF CONTENTS

1/ Real Estate Tech

Real Estate Trend #1: Blockchain
revolutionizing real estate transactions

NEW PLATFORMS WILL FUNDAMENTALLY
CHANGE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
David Walker
CEO & Co-founder, Triplemint
www.cbinsights.com 7Source: Bloomberg
“I think we’ll see more of the actual
real estate transaction become more
platform-based, as email is still the
default technology today, and that
creates significant inefficiencies for
the consumer.”

BLOCKCHAIN: ENABLING THE FUTURE OF
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Expediting the process: By utilizing a blockchain distributed database to prove
authenticity, ownership can be transferred immediately without time spent on third-
party verification.
Reducing Fraud: “Digital ownership certificates” in blockchain could effectively
eliminate forged ownership documents and false listings.
Increasing transparency: Houses could be assigned digital identities with a chain of
ownership and a list of repair and renovation projects.

Factom is a
blockchain-as-a-
service tech
company that
secures data
including real estate
data and property
titles.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION PLATFORMS
UTILIZING BLOCKCHAIN
Disclosed Funding: $4.5M
Select Investors: Undisclosed
Investors
Disclosed Funding: N/A
Select Investors: N/A
Select Investors: Cherubic
Ventures, Digital Currency
Group
Select Investors: Harvest
Partners, Peeli Ventures
Antshares
Blockchain allows
users to digitize
assets and is
aiming to service
real estate titles.
FundPlaces is a real
estate investment
platform that utilizes
blockchain to digitize
investments.
Bitmark is a
blockchain startup
enabling issuance
of property titles for
digital assets.

FINTECH UNICORN
LOOKING TO
REVOLUTIONIZE TITLE
INSURANCE PROCESS
While the current
mortgage process
involves hiring a third
party to search through
documents for liens on
the property, SoFi
proposes that paper
records be moved to the
blockchain, where a
transaction log is
securely stored on a
distributed ledger.

Real Estate Trend #2: UK to be the next real
estate tech hotspot

ROOM FOR GROWTH IN UK REAL ESTATE TECH
MARKET
Alex Gosling
CEO, HouseSimple
“As more people feel comfortable with the
online model, we expect online agents to
grab a bigger slice of the UK estate agency
market. Currently, online estate agents
have around 5% market share. We believe
this will increase to 15%–20% by 2020.”

LONDON SEES HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE OF
EARLY-STAGE REAL
ESTATE TECH DEALS
Among the top 5 major
cities with the highest
number of early-stage
real estate tech deals,
London holds the top
spot for highest
percentage of early-stage
deal share.
In overall deals, London
is currently situated in
third behind San
Francisco and New York.

CONSISTENT WITH ITS
CAPITAL, THE UK
LEADS WITH HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE OF
EARLY-STAGE DEALS
Among the top 5
countries with the most
real estate tech deals
over the period, the UK
leads with 63% early-
stage deal share.
The UK is currently
second to the US in total
number of real etate tech
deals, followed by India,
China, and Germany in
that order.

Trend #3: Innovative new ways to determine
real estate value

DATA-DRIVEN STARTUPS ARE DEVELOPING NEW
WAYS TO MEASURE THE QUALITY OF REAL ESTATE
Ori Allon
Executive Chairman & Co-founder, Compass
“Right now, when you want to buy a place,
it’s very hard to really understand the
value. Our systems…are able to help us
build a more holistic picture of any given
property to inform the real estate
transaction.”

NEW WAYS TO EVALUATE REAL ESTATE
Solen has developed an
application that can
measure and certify the
brightness of a property for
sale.
Disclosed Funding: 870K
Select Investors: 500
Startups, BDC Venture Capital
Disclosed Funding: $540K
Select Investors:
AngelSquare, BPI France,
Paris&Co
Disclosed Funding: N/A
Select Investors: Paris&Co
Local Logic uses a
combination of geospatial
and user generates usage
data to quantify the quality
of location.
Bon de Visite offers a
scoring algorithm for
properties according to
environmental criteria,
proximity, and quality of life.

2/ Retail Tech

Retail Tech Trend #1: Indoor navigation

SPIKE IN MEDIA
MENTIONS OF INDOOR
NAVIGATION SIGNALS
INTEREST
A recent NYT article
advised against using
navigation apps in stores
or malls since “most
mapping apps are not yet
designed for indoor
spaces and are thus
inaccurate for location
sharing.”
Clearly, indoor navigation
is not the norm, but
some startups have set
out to change that.
www.cbinsights.com 20Sources: FoodDive, Telegraph, Fortune, FoodIngredientsFirst, Forbes
MEDIA DISCUSSION OF INDOOR NAVIGATION OVER TIME

STRONG FUNDING TO
INDOOR NAVIGATION
STARTUPS SO FAR
THIS YEAR
The segment remains
small, but startups are
aiming to provide in-store
navigation solutions to
retailers in the near
future.
The startups shown at
left have all raised either
Seed/Angel or Series A
funding in 2017.
SELECT EARLY-STAGE INDOOR NAVIGATION STARTUPS
Focus: Offering indoor GPS
service
Select Investors: Metro
Accelerator
Focus: Developing indoor
location and navigation solutions
Select Investors: Fast
Forward, Radomír Čech
Focus: Shopping cart
solutions/navigation capability
Select Investors: Jarkko
Veijalainen, Marko Sjoman
Focus: Navigation, visitor flows, and
Wi-Fi for shopping & retail centers
Select Investors: Camp Jarl
Focus: Indoor location mapping
and services platform
Select Investors: XRC Labs

Retail Tech Trend #2: Using advanced sensing
and AI to profile and track customers

STARTUPS WILL HELP RETAILERS LEVERAGE
CUSTOMER DATA TO STAY COMPETITIVE
Allan Haims
CEO, StepsAway
“Brick-and-mortar retailers have the
opportunity to learn about their consumers
in much the same way [as online retailers]
by leveraging technology and providing an
even greater shopping experience for their
customers than online retailers such as
Amazon.”

PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO
CUSTOMER (AND NON-
CUSTOMER)
DEMOGRAPHICS FOR ADS
Cosmose is able to
capture each customers’
anonymous phone ID by
taking advaapplications
ntage of with location
permissions when they
enter and pass by certain
areas of the store.
Retailers can later target
specific demographics
based on the
accumulated data for
their marketing
campaigns.

PROFILING
CUSTOMERS BASED ON
FOOTWEAR
Startups like Hoxton
provide another source
of valuable data for
retailers. Hoxton’s foot
traffic surveillance
system can count and
profile visitors without
collecting personal data
or causing the kind of
privacy concerns that
arise with facial
recognition cameras.

RESPONDING TO
CUSTOMERS IN REAL
TIME
The Advertima Engine is
able to detect people’s
age, gender, mood,
behavior, and even
fashion sense.
The company brands
itself as an “experience
management system”
that combines both big
data and machine
learning to create tailor
experiences for
customers.

Retail Tech Trend #3: Fully Automated Stores

RIGHT NOW, THINGS ONLY RUN SMOOTHLY WHEN THERE ARE JUST A FEW
CUSTOMERS IN THE STORE OR IF THEY'RE MOVING SLOWLY
March 27, 2017
AMAZON GO FACES MAJOR SETBACKS

BINGOBOX USES MUCH
OF THE SAME TECH AS
AMAZON, BUT FOR
DIFFERENT PURPOSES
While customers must
scan items and pay at a
counter, cameras and
sensor check to make
sure all items leaving the
store have been paid for,
and cameras throughout
the store use facial
recognition to verify that
users are registered with
BingoBox and authorized
to be in the store.

UNMANNED STORE
PLANS TO EXPAND
AFTER MOST RECENT
FUNDING ROUND
F5 Future stores provide
customers with hot food
and beverages, along
with everyday essentials,
without the need for any
human interaction.
The company raised
$4.4M in Series A in June
2017 in a round led by
Sinovation Ventures and
is aiming to open 30-60
new stores within the
next 6 months.

3/ DRONES

Drones Trend #1: Underwater Monitoring

UNDERWATER DRONES DEFINED
UNDERWATER
DRONES
 Includes: autonomously or remotely
operated vehicles that collect and analyze
data about the environment underwater.
Drones could operate at the surface or
underwater.
 Excludes: autonomously or remotely
operated flying vehicles that monitor water
surfaces or land

Sources: Inc, Navy Times, Hellenic Shipping News, Wired, Los Angeles Times
UNDERWATER DRONES TAKING OFF

www.cbinsights.com 35Source: Wikimedia Commons
Data collected from
underwater drones can
be used by academia,
logistics industry,
governmental entities,
and defense
organizations.
Drones themselves can
be used by consumers,
defense organizations,
private industry, and the
public sector.
UNDERWATER DRONES
HAVE MANY
APPLICATIONS
Defense
applications
Environmental
assessment
Oil and gas
inspection
Infrastructure
monitoring
Recreational
use
Law
enforcement
Research data
gathering
Aquaculture
surveillance

SHIPPING GIANTS LOOK TO DRONES AS
SOLUTIONS
Markus Kuhn
Supply Chain Management, Maersk
www.cbinsights.com 36Source: Maersk
“Drones can make savings in both costs and
time. There are high costs for on-board delivery
of small parcels, filled with urgent spare parts or
mail, because of the need for a barge.”

UNDERWATER DRONE COMPANIES
www.cbinsights.com 37Source: Abyss Solutions, Seadrone, Wired
Company
Total Disclosed
Funding
Last Round Description
$1.04M
$1M
(May 9, 2017 // Unattributed)
Abyss Solutions uses remotely operated, semi-autonomous
underwater vehicles with sensors to monitor and inspect underwater
assets and build 3D models. The company has worked with
Australian municipal governments and the Sydney Water
Corporation.
$130K
$130K
(Nov 6, 2015 // Seed)
Seadrone (fka Orobotix) builds programmable, modular underwater
vehicles with a full suite of sensors for underwater inspection.
Drones cost several thousand dollars.
$16.5M
$14M
(Sep 5, 2016 // Series A)
Saildrone builds fleets of sailing drones with sensors for ocean data
gathering, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring.
According to the company, Saildrone earns $2,500 a day for
providing ocean data.

RECENT UNDERWATER DRONE EXITS
www.cbinsights.com 38Source: Aquabotix, Liquid Robotics
Aquabotix makes small underwater and hybrid drones
as well as underwater cameras for defense
applications, environmental assessment, oil and gas
inspection, infrastructure monitoring, aquaculture
monitoring, law enforcement, gathering data for
research, and recreational uses.
Headquarters: Sydney, Australia
Total disclosed funding: $2.09M
Exit: $5.5M IPO on Apr 20, 2017
Liquid Robotics builds a surface vehicle with
an underwater adjustable, modular
architecture for defense applications,
maritime surveillance, environmental
assessment, and oil and gas inspection.
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Total disclosed funding: $82.1M
Exit: Acquired by Boeing on Dec 7, 2016
Startups have passed the proof-of-concept stage building underwater drones for various industries.

Drones Trend #2: Medical Delivery

MEDICAL DELIVERY DEFINED
MEDICAL
DELIVERY
 Definition: delivery of medical specimen,
medical equipment, pharmaceuticals
 Includes: delivery of biohazardous waste, cell
samples, tissue samples, blood samples,
transplant organs, drugs, defibrillators,
intravenous fluid bags, etc.

Sources: Mayo Clinic, JAMA, MIT Technology Review, Gizmodo, JEMS
MEDICAL DRONES POISED TO
TAKE OFF
June 10, 2017
INFLUENTIAL SOURCES ADVOCATING MEDICAL DRONES

MEDICAL DELIVERY IS COMPLICATED
www.cbinsights.com 42Source: Mayo Clinic, University of Pennsylvania, JAMA
Many regulations: Transporting medical goods in the US are subject to
regulations from one or more of the following the agencies: ICAA,
IATA, DOT, CDC, TSA, FDA, OSHA, FAA
Temperature sensitivity: Specimens being transported for medical
testing or transplants need to be kept cool to ensure tissue survival.
Strict procedures: Biohazard disposal requires thoroughly following
procedures to sort and process different types of waste.
Time sensitivity: The Journal of American Medical Association recently
published an article stating that time to defibrillation is the most
important factor for increasing survival in out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest
Regulatory, logistical, and administrative needs of medical specimen and equipment make
transporting difficult.

MEDICAL TREATMENT IN ISOLATED REGIONS IS
DIFFICULT TO ACCESS
Keller Rinaudo
Founder, CEO, Zipline
www.cbinsights.com 43Source: The Verge
"When you look at rural or isolated communities,
particularly Native American populations, populations
that live on islands, you have serious health outcome
inequalities. There’s a linear relationship between how
far away you live from a city and your expected lifespan.
So our hope is that this type of technology can solve
those kinds of inequalities."

Startups developing aerial drones are partnering with corporations, governments, and universities to help deliver small medical
devices, emergency medical supplies, drugs, and biohazard materials.
MEDICAL DELIVERY DRONE PARTNERSHIPS
www.cbinsights.com 44Sources: TechCrunch, Business Insider, EHang
Company Total Disclosed Funding Last Round Medical Application
$47.2M
$25M
(Nov 10, 2016 // Series B)
Zipline builds a small unmanned aerial vehicle to deliver
blood and medical supplies from distribution centers to
21 hospitals in Rwanda.
$11.5M
$9.48M
(Aug 5, 2016 // Series A)
Matternet partnered with Swiss Post to transport
biohazard materials in Lugano, Switzerland.
$19.9M
$16.6M
(Jan 18, 2017 // Series A)
Flirtey partnered with Johns Hopkins University to test
delivery of medical supplies in New Jersey. These drones
are being tested for delivering medical supplies to victims
of natural disaster.
$52.9M
$42M
(Aug 24, 2016 // Series B)
Ehang partnered with Lung Biotechnology in May 2016 to
automate organ transplant delivery.

4/ BLOCKCHAIN

BLOCKCHAIN DEFINED
BLOCKCHAIN
 Definition: cryptographically secured
distributed digital ledgers, where
transactions are recorded chronologically
and publicly.
 Includes: companies funded by centralized
organizations. Companies may have an
associated token sale, but are not solely
funded by tokens.
 Excludes: companies issuing initial coin
offerings (ICOs) for funding or funded by
decentralized entities

Blockchain Trend #1: Distributed Data Storage

INCREASING DATA
COMPLEXITY NEEDS A
NEW SOLUTION
The boom in unstructured
data means previous
storage methods may not
be sufficient.
Data needs to be
processed in real-time, so
centralized processing
creates latency.
Verifiability and
immutability of the
blockchain can help
satisfy increasing need
for data security
www.cbinsights.com 48Source: 3Pillar Global, a16z

Startups that use any blockchain to verify data transactions, store data, or provide a marketplace for data storage.
DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE COMPANIES
Company
Mosaic Score
(max 1000)
Total Disclosed
Funding
590 $5.05M
$3M
(Feb 23, 2017 // Seed)
Storj provides an encrypted and distributed data storage
solution. The STORJ token is used for providing a
marketplace for distributed storage.
350 $30K
$30K
(Jul 8, 2016 // Seed)
Minebox stores users’ data in a box that connects to a cloud
network powered and secured by a blockchain.
750 $3.73M
$3.73M
(May 23, 2016 //
Undisclosed)
Protocol Labs provides decentralized protocols for several
applications. Among its projects includes Filecoin, a token to
create a marketplace-based distributed storage system.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
Files are encrypted and
transformed into 8-32MB
shards and stored onto
miners’ hard drives.
Data shards form into
individual hash challenges,
creating Merkle Trees.
Merkle roots are recorded on
the blockchain (Proof-of-
Storage). Merkle trees are
then stored on miners’ hard
drives without leaves.
Retrieving data requires the
right combination of
information across all
hashes.
www.cbinsights.com 50Source: Storj

HOW DOES MINEBOX
WORK?
Partnered with Hewlett
Packard Enterprise to
build 8 or 16 TB physical
boxes. Boxes run on
Linux.
All data is backed up on
the blockchain.
Earn Bitcoin or Siacoin for
renting out excess space
on Mineboxes.
www.cbinsights.com 51Source: Minebox

HOW DOES FILECOIN
WORK?
Miners maintain a public
blockchain for verifying
transactions.
Filecoin storage
marketplace allows users
who give up storage
space to receive tokens.
Token sale beginning Aug
7, 2017.
www.cbinsights.com 52Source: Filecoin

Blockchain Trend #2: Supply Chain

TRANSPARENCY OF THE BLOCKCHAIN USEFUL
FOR SUPPLY CHAIN CONTEXT
Michael Casey
Senior Advisor, Blockchain Research at MIT Media Lab
www.cbinsights.com 54Source: Harvard Business Review
“A fundamental advantage of this distributed system… is that
it resolves problems of disclosure and accountability between
individuals and institutions whose interests aren’t necessarily
aligned. Mutually important data can be updated in real time,
removing the need for laborious, error-prone reconciliation
with each other’s internal records. It gives each member of the
network far greater and timelier visibility of the total activity.”

Startups that track physical goods throughout the supply chain and store data on the blockchain, allowing purchasers, sellers,
and transporters greater visibility into products.
SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY COMPANIES
Company
Mosaic Score
(max 1000)
Total Disclosed
Funding
730 $2.5M
$2.5M
(Feb 3, 2017 // Angel)
Arc-Net tracks, authenticates, and validates perishable
foods from production to consumption, minimizing the risk
of fraudulent or tainted food.
620 $4.83M
Undisclosed
(Mar 22, 2017 // Incubator)
Chronicled uses sensors that track a product’s origin and
full history securely via blockchain. The product is being
used for perishable foods, leather goods, automobiles,
pharmaceuticals, license plates, secure servers, among
others.
810 $800K
$800K
(Jul 11, 2017 // Seed)
Provenance allows companies to track the origins of
products, bringing transparency to products for eco-friendly
consumers.
360 $30K
$30K
(Jul 8, 2016 // Incubator)
Modum uses sensors and blockchain to track real-time
movement of ingredients for drugs to ensure safety.

ARC-NET CREATES A
STANDARDIZED
SYSTEM FOR FOOD
TRACKING
Arc-Net currently tracks
animal DNA and animal
products using the
blockchain.
Food information is
provided to consumer
using a QR code.
www.cbinsights.com 56Source: Arc-Net

CHRONICLED PROVIDES
REAL-TIME VISIBILITY
Chronicled uses NFC- and
iBeacon-enabled
temperature loggers,
crypto seals, and identity
chips to monitor
products.
Information is stored on
blockchains and is
accessible via the
Chronicled app.
The Chronicled API allows
integration with existing
IT systems.
www.cbinsights.com 57Source: Chronicled

PROVENANCE
PROVIDES
TRANSPARENCY FOR
CONSUMERS
Provenance allows
consumers to track the
nature, quality, quantity,
and ownership of goods.
Key attributes can be read
and linked from pre-
existing datasets.
The company has
completed projects for
tracking produce, coffee,
cotton, fashion, and
various food types.
www.cbinsights.com 58Source: Provenance

MODUM SIMPLIFIES
GOOD DISTRIBUTION
PRACTICE
COMPLIANCE
Modum uses sensors
collect raw data for
ingredients in the pharma
supply chain. This raw
data is stored on the
blockchain, as are smart
contracts. Modum
provides a dashboard and
analytics for the raw data.
The company uses a per
shipment service model.
www.cbinsights.com 59Source: Chronicled

5/ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI Trend #1: Predictive Maintenance

PREDICTIVE
MAINTENANCE BRINGS
IOT BENEFITS
Predictive maintenance
combines IoT sensor
data and maintenance
logs to better predict and
avoid machine failure.
For example, analysis of
sound can detect an
anomaly in device
operation, while
vibrations can be
measured and used to
detect errors. Benefits
include increased asset
productivity and reduced
overall maintenance
costs.
www.cbinsights.com 62Source: McKinsey

Dr. Roland Busch
CTO, Siemens
“By analyzing the data, our
artificial intelligence systems can
draw conclusions regarding a
machine’s condition and detect
irregularities in order to make
predictive maintenance possible.”
CORPORATIONS USE PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE

Smart money VCs backed 2 predictive maintenance startups in Q2’17: KONUX and Petasense
SMART MONEY BACKS PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
Disclosed funding: $16.6M
Select Investors: New Enterprise Associates,
Andy Bechtolsheim, Warren Weiss,
Unternehmertum Venture Capital
Select Investors: True Ventures, Felicis
Ventures

AI Trend #2: Em(ai)l

Sources: Wired, The Verge, VentureBeat, Forbes, outwardmedia.com
AI IS HERE TO HELP YOU WRITE
EMAILS PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY READ
August 23, 2016
AI INTRODUCES NEXT GENERATION OF EMAIL

AI PREVENTS MANMADE EMAIL SECURITY ERRORS
CheckRecipient is a software platform that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to
prevent highly-sensitive information being sent to the wrong people over email.
Disclosed funding: $3M
Select Investors: Accel Partners, Winton Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners, LocalGlobe

Smart money VCs backed two startups improving email with AI since Oct ‘16: Trove and Astro
SMART MONEY BACKS EM(AI)L
Select Investors: Accel Partners, Silicon
Valley Bank, Hyde Park Angels, Drive
Capital
Select Investors: Redpoint Ventures, Aspect
Ventures, Harrison Metal, Upside
Partnership

AI Trend #3: Customer Feedback Analysis

STARTUPS AUGMENT
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
ANALYSIS WITH AI
Discussion around using
AI to analyze customer
feedback picked up in
late 2016.
These startups analyze
customer sentiment
toward brands by
crawling product review
sites, identifying potential
root causes of both
positive and negative
feelings.
www.cbinsights.com 70Sources: VentureBeat, The Telegraph, Forbes
MEDIA DISCUSSION OF AI + CUSTOMER FEEDBACK RISES
2012 – 7/20/2017

AI STARTUPS ANALYZING CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
Company
Mosaic Score
(max 1000)
Total Disclosed
Funding (M)
910 $33M
$25M
(February 13, 2017 //
Series B)
BirdEye is a platform that allows businesses to see
customer reviews across all channels - review sites, social
media, even NPS surveys. It structures feedback so
businesses can benchmark performance across all their
locations and compare against their competitors’.
650 $2.56M
$50K
(June 8, 2017 // Biz Plan
Competition)
Wyzerr is a platform that allows customers to communicate
feedback directly to businesses at point-of-sale. The
company uses AI to take all feedback and drive customer
satisfaction, retention, and loyalty.
600 $150K
$150K
(February 8, 2017 //
Seed)
SentiSum analyzes processes internal chat, support tickets,
collaboration content, reviews, and feedback from blogs,
forums, and user communications. It improves operational
effectiveness and performance by analyzing emails for
trends and sentiment about the products.

6/ HEALTHCARE

Health Trend #1: Virtual Reality for Mental Health

VR HAS ADVANCED MENTAL HEALTH SINCE 2016
2016
Feb ‘17
Mar ‘17
May ‘17
Stanford opens
Virtual Reality-
Immersive
Technology
Clinic
APA posts blog
piece about VR
used in mental
health
treatment
Cambridge
publishes review
of 285 studies on
VR in mental
health
Harvard Review of
Psychiatry publishes
literature review of VR in
psychiatric disorder
treatments

STARTUPS TREATING MENTAL HEALTH WITH VR
Company
Mosaic Score
(max 1000)
Total Disclosed
Funding (M)
670 $1.54M
$40K
(June 14, 2017 // Biz Plan
Competition)
Rendever improves the quality of life of older adults with its
research-based virtual reality platform, enabling them to
travel back to their childhood homes in virtual reality, travel
to Paris and other parts of the world, or cross of bucket list
items like skydiving.
630 $1.15M
N/A
(February 14, 2017 //
Incubator/Accelerator)
Psious offers treatment for behavioral and mental health
issues through virtual reality immersion therapy.
630 $100K
Undisclosed
(Apr 4, 2017 // Seed VC)
AppliedVR provides a virtual reality platform designed to
engage the patient during all stages of procedures in
hospitals and surgical centers, offering patients drug-free
alternatives to manage pain and anxiety associated with
medical procedures.

SEQUOIA BACKS MENTAL HEALTH VR STARTUP
Limbix is a Palo Alto-based startup working to supply modern treatment tools to therapists. It has
created immersive VR environments for exposure therapy, a treatment dashboard for therapists, and
a mobile app for patients, among other tools.
Disclosed funding: N/A
Select Investors: Sequoia Capital, Maverick Ventures, SVAngel, NextGen Venture Partners

Health Trend #2: Microneedles for Drug Delivery

MICRONEEDLES OFFER
MULTIPLE MEDICAL
BENEFITS
Microneedles deliver
drugs to the upper
dermis instead of
muscular or fatty tissue.
They avoid painful nerve
endings, does not cause
bleeding, and removes
needle phobia,
discomfort and injury.
More importantly,
microneedles allow for
the possibility of delivery
of smaller drugs.
www.cbinsights.com 78Sources: e-pharmatimes.blogspot.in

MICRONEEDLES IMPROVE DRUG PERFORMANCE
Microdermics is a Vancouver-based startup that has developed a microneedle injection system to improve
patient experience, increase the efficiency of current drugs, and enable new methods of treatment. They have
partnered with Vetter, a producer of aseptically prefilled syringe systems, cartridges and vials.
Disclosed funding: $870K
Select Investors: K5 Ventures, Shoreline Venture Management

MICRONEEDLES MODERATES INSULIN LEVELS
Zenomics is developing a microneedle transdermal patch technology for diabetes. The patch will be
able to sense blood glucose levels and respond with appropriate concentrations of insulin.
Select Investors: N/A

Health Trend #3: Pelvic Floor Treatment

1 in 3 women will experience a pelvic floor disorder
1 in 10 women will undergo surgery
www.cbinsights.com 82Sources: UCLA Health

Tania Boler
CEO and Co-founder, Elvie
"For us Elvie isn't just a product,
it's about changing the
conversation, because a lot of
people see it as a yucky
problem. But it isn't, it's a health
problem."
FOUNDERS DESTIGMATIZE PELVIC FLOOR ISSUES

STARTUPS TARGETING PELVIC FLOOR HEALTH
Company
Mosaic Score
(max 1000)
Total Disclosed
Funding (M)
N/A $15.8M
$15.8M
(March 1, 2017 // Series
A)
Atlantic Therapeutics develops medical devices, software,
apps and connected health technologies to treat
incontinence, sexual health dysfunctions, and other
associated disorders by strengthening muscles and
modulating nerves of the pelvic floor.
740 $6.02M
N/A
(March 31, 2017 // Series
A)
Elvie is an electronic device that women can use to train
their pelvic floor using kegel exercises. The device syncs
with mobile devices via Bluetooth, allowing users to track
progress and view fitness insights.
N/A $2M
$2M
(Apr 13, 2017 // Seed
VC)
Consortia Health is a personalized pelvic wellness health
care company that provides clinically-relevant individualized
diagnosis, therapy and education to help physicians treat
their patients with incontinence, pelvic pain, sexual
dysfunction and other pelvic disorders.

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