Summit Speed Matchmaking

 MedHealth Summit speed matchmaking offers a flexible way to have productive, introductory conversations with people who are relevant to your organization. Medtech innovators can apply to meet with healthcare organizations, research institutions, entrepreneurial service providers, and investors through one seamless application. Applications are now closed. 

Organizations interested in hosting meetings with healthcare innovators can email hello@medhealthinnovation.org for more information.

How it Works

Innovators must apply to participate in speed matchmaking. Applications will be vetted to ensure match with the interests of attending host organizations.

Host organizations will be positioned at tables in a dedicated space in our event venue. Accepted innovators will be admitted into this space and can meet with host organizations on a first-come-first-served basis. All innovators must write the name of their organization down on a sign-in-sheet before beginning each meeting. Meetings can be up to ten minutes before innovators will be asked to move to another host. 

Committed Host Organizations:

  • Ann Arbor SPARK
  • American Heart Association’s EMPOWERED To Serve Health Tech Accelerators
  • Detroit Venture Partners
  • ID Ventures
  • Henry Ford Innovations
  • JP Morgan Healthcare
  • Michigan Rise/Red Cedar
  • Pointe Angels
  • Priority Health
  • Samaritas
  • Union Heritage
  • Venture313
  • Woodward Angels

Host organizations desire innovative concepts that:

  • Capture and curate health data from a variety of sources: diaries, wearables, logs, provider input, clinical health records, payment information and history, pharmacy and prescription information, clinical trial data, family health data, and more
  • Better link consumers, providers, and other key stakeholders to information about consumers’ behaviors and health through avenues such as web-based and mobile dashboards and applications
  • Enhance patient-provider engagements

  • Use artificial intelligence or machine learning to reduce or eliminate gaps in care

  • Provide targeted, accurate, and timely guidance about care options, appropriate care sites, consumer costs, and care delivery locations

  • Help identify and eliminate cybersecurity vulnerabilities

  • Integrate or work in parallel with electronic health records

  • Monitor chronic disease symptoms and treatment protocols to prevent readmission, optimize resource utilization, and drive improved outcomes

  • Incorporate remote monitoring devices, telehealth, predictive analytics, and big data

Make the Best First Impression

We all know that striking a deal or partnership is a multiphase process. Meetings at the MedHealth Summit are introductory conversations meant to encourage participants to interact and understand the likelihood of a partnership while also providing innovators insightful, real-world feedback. Are you an innovator looking for tips on how to make your meetings count? We’ve got you covered.

Prepare for questions
The landscape for digital health and medical devices is highly competitive, and partners are increasingly interested in products that deliver cost savings for healthcare consumers and provide evidence-based improvements. Remember—this is a conversation, not a pitch presentation. Consider how your organization would answer the following questions, and be succinct:

  1. Who is the end user of your solution?
  2. What benefit does your solution provide that would interest other attendees?
  3. Where is your solution used?
  4. How much does your solution cost? Who pays for it?
  5. What stage of development is your organization in?
  6. What regulatory stage is your organization in?
  7. What type of support are you seeking (e.g., investment, pilots, user feedback, codevelopment, etc.)?
  8. How will this support help your organization?

Be open to feedback
One of the most challenging aspects of being an entrepreneur is accepting and prioritizing feedback. Because potential partners’ views are important, be sure to listen to their feedback and ask clarifying questions to help you process and transform that information into action. This will help you take your business to the next level.

Have materials ready—just in case
This isn’t a formal pitch meeting, so don’t plan to bring up a slide deck. However, you may want to have an interesting statistic or an image of your product readily available in case it makes sense to show during the conversation.