Alon Ben-Noon is the Co-founder and CEO, of NeuroSense Therapeutics, a drug development company focusing on the treatment of ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases. *This interview was conducted in January of 2022* Since the interview, NeuroSense successfully concluded  additional biomarker experiments of ALS and Alzheimer's disease. In addition, the company commenced a Phase IIb clinical trial in ALS (Paradigm Study) and enrolled several patients with the aim to complete enrollment by...

Dedi Gilad is the CEO of TytoCare, the healthcare industry’s first all-in-one modular telehealth device and AI-powered platform for on-demand remote medical exams and visits. To date, TytoCare has raised more than $160M in funding.

In this episode, we're speaking with Cecile Blilious, who is the head of impact and sustainability at Pitango Venture Capital. Interview questions 00:56  Tell us about your professional journey and what brought you to where you are today? 03:03 How would you define impact investments? And what does it take to be an impact investor or entrepreneur today? 07:40 Why should I as a CEO of a startup company be focused on ESG?  15:02 What are the sustainability models that you're developing at...

Today we're speaking to Daniella Gilboa, CEO of AIVF. A company that is out to transform the fertility and IVF treatment journey. Daniella was an embryologist for more than 15 years before establishing AIVF. And she's a biostatistician too.  00:55 We'd like to hear about your personal journey. What is the process that leads an embryologist to establish an AI driven IVF company? 07:42 You have said that you believe that being an embryologist is probably one of the most noble professions in the...

In this episode we are talking to Yotam Drechsler and Dr. Yaron Segal from BrainQ. Yotam is the CEO of the company and Yaron is the investor, founder and Chief Innovation Officer. This is the story of a personal quest to help a loved one that morphed into a game-changing solution making a significant impact on the neurorecovery of stroke victims. BrainQ’s investigational cloud-based technology aims to reduce disability and promote neurorecovery for stroke victims. Using a Brain Computer...

Prof. Varda Shalev, Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer at Alike.Health Prof. Varda Shalev is a practicing Primary Care Physician, a medical researcher, associate professor of medicine at the Tel Aviv University School of Public Health,  founding director of the Macabbi Institute for Research and Innovation KSM and recently the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Alike Health - a healthcare startup developing an AI-based system designed to help patients manage their medical data,...

Liron Fendell is the CEO of Nutritional Growth Solutions, or NGS, which specializes in scientific supplement formulas for children of small stature. NGS shares are traded on the stock exchange in Australia.  01:01 Who is Liron Fendell? Would you mind telling us a little bit about your professional background? 04:19 What does NGS actually do now? 06:16 What does the gain is 1 to 5, 7 centimeters mean to children and their families.  08:15 When did you start thinking about what the brand would...

Uri Goren is the head of digital engagement and capabilities at Teva Pharmaceuticals, and just recently became a member of the National Advisory Board for digital health for the Israel Ministry of Health. Uri founded and continues to contribute insights through his digital magazine, e-Pochonder and is one of the first advocates for patient centric health care. Interview milestones: 02:25 How did you decide to become a trailblazer and advocate for patient-centric healthcare?  07:20 When do you...

Michal Geva is the managing partner and co-founder of Triventures. Michal is one of the most prominent investors in Israel's MedTech and digital health scene. She resides on the boards of many companies and has accumulated a track record of multiple exits, including 6over6, Orthospace, and Aprica. 01:01 Where did your passion for health tech actually start?  03:42 Why did you decide to found Triventures? 09:34 Could you expand a little bit on how your model works?  11:52 Do you build a...

Galit Zuckerman Stark, CEO and cofounder of Medasense. Medasense is NOL technology, enables clinician to personalize pain management, optimize treatment and avoid overmedication. All this in it with a noninvasive sensor platform and AI technology.  01:14 What brought you to the medical field and to becoming the CEO of a breakthrough product in what is actually a very difficult market to operate in? 03:18 How did you get to pain as a field of interest? 05:05 Why is there a need for an...

 Omri Shor is the co-founder and CEO of Medisafe, where for the last decade, he and his team are trying to free patients from the stress of managing complicated medications, thus enabling them to lead healthier, safer, and fuller lives.   01:00 Tell us the story behind the founding of Medisafe  02:28  What is it like starting a business with your brother and still managing it today after nearly a decade? 04:21 Can you tell us a bit about how your product has evolved from what you thought you...

Today we're speaking with Keren Leshem. Keren Leshem is the CEO of OCON Healthcare that focuses on women's health, primarily creating high-quality intrauterine drug delivery solutions. OCON is innovating in areas that have not been touched for three decades. Furthermore, Keren is very active in the FemTech ecosystem as a whole.  00:55 What was your journey that brought you into this market of pharma, MedTech and drug delivery? And why did it begin abroad?  02:59 What does OCON do? 06:31 Why...

Nahum Ferera  is the CEO of EyeYon Medical, a company he co-founded in 2011, that is developing therapies for a range of corneal diseases. Nahum holds a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering and an MBA both from Tel Aviv University.  Here are some of the questions we asked Nahum: 01:11           What's your personal journey in med tech? How did you come to found EyeYon? 04:00           Why do you think we don’t hear about ophthalmology startups and do you think that this is...

Danny Farin is the CEO of Perflow Medical, that develops and commercializes devices for hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. Danny is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to Perflow, he co-founded and was CEO at Eon Surgical, which commercialize a platform for scarless laparoscopy procedures. Eon was acquired by Teleflex Medical back in 2013.   Here are some of the questions we asked Danny: 02:04                      Tell us about your background and what you are up to these days. 06:52                 ...

Yonit Golub Serkin is the Managing Director of MassChallenge Israel. Previously she was a founder of Moonscape Ventures served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Economic Development at the office of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and is the spokeswoman for New York City Economic Development Corporation.  Following is a summary of our interview with Yonit: 01:34               We heard that your first job was as a figure skating instructor? 04:01               How did you go from figure skating to being...

 Lena Levin is the CEO and co-founder of Via Surgical. Her previous venture PolyTouch Medical was acquired  in 2011. She has managed to raise tens of millions of dollars over the years with private investors and Israel innovation, and in her not so she mentors early-stage startups and different accelerators. Here is a summary of the interview: 01:20               How do four students with a schnitzel end up founding a medical devices company? 03:11               How does someone without a...

In this podcast we are speaking with Nadav shimoni who is the head of digital health at Arkin Holdings. Arkin Holdings, is a single family office that is the largest private Israeli healthcare investor focused on healthcare, currently managing a ~$1.5 billion healthcare portfolio.  Jump straight to: 00:42                                    Nadav - what made you decide to join the industry and why? 04:00                                    What should we mean with the term “Digital...

Interview with Lihi Segal, CEO and co-founder of DayTwo DayTwo provides personalized nutrition and actionable insights that allow you to live healthier and maintain normal blood sugar levels.  01:00                        Lihi shares the story of the fouding of DayTwo 03:46                        Tell us a little bit about what we know about the gut microbiome, why you're using that, and a little bit about how that became the product that is DayTwo? 08:15                        How does...

In this episode we are speaking with Yoav Fisher, Head Of Technological Innovation and Digital Health- HealthIL. HealthIL is is part of the Israel Innovation Institute, a not for profit organization bringing innovative technology and knowledge into...

In this episode we are speaking with Amir Gross, co-founder and CEO of CardioValve.Before co-founding and managing CardioValve, Amir founded and led Valtech Cardio in 2005 until its acquisition by Edwards Life Sciences (NYSE: EW).Here is a summary of...

In this episode we are speaking with Talia Cohen Solal, CEO and co-founder of Genetika+Genetika+ is developing a personalized medical testing tool to better treat depression by helping physicians find the best drug therapy for their patients. The...

Gilad Glick,  is the CEO of Itamar Medical a publicly-traded medical device company (NASDAQ&TASE: ITMR) that develops and markets innovative diagnostic and therapy solutions for sleep apnea disorders and cardiovascular conditions. WatchPAT, the...