The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is thrilled to have the following entrepreneurs in its Winter 2021/20222 Milestone Makers cohort, all working towards the UN’s SDG #3 Good Health & Wellbeing and SDG #5 Gender Equality.
Milestone Makers is the Center’s flagship program, providing individualized mentorship and executive coaching, as well as access to the Center’s vast network of industry experts to help each founder with his or her milestone. Entrepreneurs in the Winter 2021/2022 were hand selected after a competitive application process, and all hope to improve the lives of and support communities across the globe.
Find out more about the Milestone Makers program here. Applications are open for the Spring 2022 program are now open.
Omolara Dare HeroCare UK HeroCare helps care homes, hospitals and at-home patients source and book vetted Caregivers. Through our recruitment marketplace, we are finding new and innovative ways to increase the number of Caregivers. We have a strong why now – globally 9% of the total population is 65+ and this will increase to 16% by 2050 (source: The UN). Herocare is a solution for healthcare organisations and individuals facing increased pressure to find the labour force to fulfil their healthcare needs. |
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Ife Durosinmi – Etti Herconomy Nigeria, UK Herconomy is a platform that empowers women through financial services, capacity building and community! |
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Kuljit Jagpal Health List Europe, North America, Global Health List makes it easier for health-conscious consumers to find health innovations that match their health goals and needs. As a discoverability and recommendation platform, Health List helps to navigate the growing consumer health market and aims to improve digital health literacy skills. Whilst also fostering a sense of community amongst health seekers and health experts with similar health and wellbeing interests. Providing digital health start-ups and health brands with a new channel for customer acquisition. |
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Sameer Peesapati Anooka Canada and the U.S. Anooka is a digital health coaching platform to help a person with chronic pain make lifestyle changes to achieve their health goals and feel independent again.
Chronic pain is the #1 cause of disability globally. Our mission is to offer an affordable AI-based personal health companion to help millions lead a better quality of life.
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Saikiran Chandha Typeset Global The world’s only all-in-one Scientific Workspace – from discovery to the creation, to collaboration, and to final publishing. Our creation tools are used by 1M+ researchers including Nobel prize winners and our discovery engine has indexed 250M+ publications, 60M profiles, and 27k+ Institutions so far. We are on a mission to help researchers connect the dots faster and accelerate scientific innovation. |
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Swati Matta Koble Canada & U.S., Global Koble helps improve the health, well-being, and confidence of all parents by providing them with expert knowledge and support at their fingertips. |
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Samuel Baddoo Fleri North America, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe At Fleri, we make sure that the money that hard-working immigrants send back home to their families goes exactly where they intend by channeling the funds into direct services that their loved ones need, starting with healthcare. |
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Adonica Shaw Wingwomen U.S., and soon UK, Nigeria, Ghana, Mexico & Canada While our platform is in Beta now, Wingwomen will provide access to peer support, advocates, health coaches, and concierge medical professionals through our private social media platform and easy-to-use directory. We value self-advocacy, allowing women to create a health and wellness support system that reflects their personal values. Our mission is simple: to provide access to women to self-advocate for their health, so they, in turn, can improve their wellness outcomes and thrive in their day-to-day life. Our solution enables women to make valuable connections, and have a support system of their choice while they are navigating their own care. |
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Gladymir Philippe Kado, Inc. U.S. Kado is democratizing access to a college student’s first job because we care about providing all students opportunities to accelerate their careers. |
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Julia Anthony SOLUtion United States SOLUtion Medical is making patient-injected drug delivery safer, more efficacious, and easier by developing a one-step, pre-filled reconstituting autoinjector. |
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This cohort was generously supported by Bank of the West BNP Paribas.
Learn more about the Milestone Makers program here.
Do you have a unique perspective in your industry or field that you would like to share as a mentor? Apply to be a mentor for the Milestone Makers at the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center and pay it forward by emailing colin.mahin@thecenter.nasdaq.org