EXCLUSIVE: ANNE DEGHEEST, SILICON VALLEY’S HEALTHTECH PIONEER

Watch Our Exclusive Interview with Anne DeGheest, HealthTech Venture Capitalist

Take a sneak peek at our in depth interview with influential Silicon Valley-based healthtech venture capitalist Anne DeGheest. Anne is managing partner at MedStars Ventures Partners and founder of HealthTech Capital, a group of private investors dedicated to funding and mentoring new “HealthTech” start ups.The pulse of Silicon Valley med-tech industry is beating strong. With the influx of venture capital in the past few years, entrepreneurs in the industry are creating new devices and services which are transforming the relationship between doctors and their patients, by trying to make patients accountable for their own health.

In our exclusive video interview, Anne tells us about the organization of this new HealthTech space, at the intersection of healthcare, technology and user engagement. She also talks about wearable technologies, the decreasing influence of the medical device industry, how general practitioners will turn from treating symptoms to maintaining health. Watch the rest of the interview with Anne in the next edition of our quarterly e-magazine, to be released at the end of October. This edition will include a special feature on neurology, covering new technologies that are allowing patients to regain brain control.

Anne will be appearing as a keynote speaker at the upcoming HealthTech Conference, which will be held on October 14th and 15th 2014 in California, US.