It is well-established that smoking is hazardous to human health,1 and is a major preventable cause of premature deaths. For years now, researchers have confirmed that smoking increases one's risk of mortality. Both heavy smoking, and more recently low intensity smoking2 have been linked to increased occurrences of death in various populations. It has [...]
Article from finnews.asia describing how insurtech is adding value to the insurance industry at all stages. A new study by Conning finds that technology-focused investments are expediting business model changes across industries, and insurance is ripe for change. The Conning study, Emerging Business Models in Personal Lines Insurance: Innovation-Based Disruption examines the changes that are [...]
Vivametrica was one of six teams chosen to pitch yesterday evening at the TENET i2c Innovation to Commercialization pitch competition. TENET i2c is a “Dragon’s Den” style pitch competition that awards up to $100K to a team to transition medical innovations into commercial products. This is the second year that Vivametrica was a finalist at the [...]
Today Vivametrica to participate in Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Innovation day in Toronto. This opportunity will allow Vivametrica to present our solutions to a global multinational risk management, insurance brokerage and advisory company. Scientific-based analytics are useful in evaluating risk, and WTW is interested in potentially leveraging Vivametrica to develop joint product offerings. About Willis Towers [...]
Last year Vivametrica was hand-picked from a pool of 800 applicants to participate in Plug and Play's (PnP's) first ever insurance stream. Today, January 25, 2017 Vivametrica will present at a batch selection for Plug and Play Health, "An ecosystem connecting forward thinking corporations and VC’s with startups that are developing technology that is defining “Health [...]
This year, Plug and Play (PnP) announced its foray into the insurance industry accepting 23 start-ups into its first ever insurance accelerator in Sunnyvale, CA. Vivametrica, being one of the few hand-picked by insurance companies to participate was selected from an initial pool of over 800 start-ups. On December 14, 2016 Plug and Play will be [...]
Vivametrica to sponsor upcoming Western Canada IoT, Big Data Healthcare Summit January 31-February 1 which will be held in Vancouver BC. IoT Healthcare Western Canada was launched after the success of the Toronto Summit on June 21-22, 2016. It is an umbrella event that will encompass IoT, Big Data, and Machine to Machine (M2M). The objective of the [...]
CALGARY, AB--(Marketwired - October 12, 2016) - Plug and Play describes itself as "The ultimate startup platform." With a track record of success stories that include both PayPal and Dropbox it would be hard to argue otherwise. Two weeks ago, Sep. 27, 2016 Plug and Play announced the companies accepted into its first ever insurance [...]
Vivametrica is one of the first batch of companies to be selected by Plug and Play (PNP) Insurance. Arguably one of the biggest seed-stage investor and innovation platforms, Vivametrica will join the ranks of Dropbox and Paypal to name a few others who have also gone through Plug and Play's program. 23 Startups Have Been Hand-Picked [...]
CALGARY, AB–(Marketwired – September 19, 2016) – Alberta-based health technology startup Vivametrica announced today its acceptance as the first startup into the T-Squared Accelerator, a new collaboration between TEC Edmonton and TELUS. Founded by clinicians and researchers, Vivametrica provides personalized health analytics information from wearable devices. It is at the leading edge of technology innovation [...]