Six years in the past, whereas researching for a school entrepreneurship competitors, Valentina Agudelo recognized a troubling hole in breast most cancers survival charges between Latin America and the developed world: Ladies in her native Colombia and the remainder of South America are dying at greater charges on account of late detection.
As we speak, Agudelo is the co-founder and CEO of Salva Well being, and just lately took residence the highest prize at TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield. On the newest episode of Fairness, she joins Rebecca Bellan to debate how her firm is utilizing its Julieta screening gadget to revolutionize early breast most cancers detection.
However earlier than we dive into that, a fast reminder: Purposes are actually open for this 12 months’s competitors, so make sure that to get yours in!
Take heed to the total episode to listen to extra about:
- How Salva Well being’s flagship product, Julieta, is making early breast most cancers detection extra accessible and environment friendly in distant places.
- The distinctive hardware-as-a-service mannequin and its impression on rural healthcare.
- Salva Well being’s growth plans and exploration of different medical situations like osteoporosis and liver most cancers.
- The challenges of securing funding for female-led startups.
- Agudelo’s expertise competing in TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield and ideas for future rivals!
Fairness is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts each Wednesday and Friday.
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