A Miami startup and one all the way from Hong Kong were the winners of the IBM StartCamp Kickstart Miami event Tuesday night at Florida International University.
The theme of the event was healthcare technology, and as part of the event, five startups in the space were selected to present in front of judges and the packed audience. SmartCamp's goal is to foster collaboration and innovation by identifying early- stage entrepreneurs who are developing healthcare business ventures that align with IBM's "Smarter Healthcare" vision.
Miami-based Consult A Doctor, presented by founder and CEO Wolf Shlagman, was the big winner of the evening. Consult A Doctor is a service delivery platform that offers groups, health plans, hospitals and providers with 24/7 access to physicians across the U.S. via telephone, secure email, video and mobile applications.
The award for the best emerging opportunity went to eNano Health Limited of Hong Kong, Presented by Winnie Leung, co-founder and CEO, eNano is developing a series of affordable medical device products that can be used for health screening at home with instantaneous results and for a variety of disease diagnostics, including diabetes.
Other presenters were South Florida companies Cohealo, which enables hospitals to share and deployoy their technology cost effectively and efficiently and is led by Mark slaughter, and Emergency Medical Technologies, which offers a way for people to be life-monitored by wearing a stylish wristwatch and is led by Bernard Klocman. Also presenting: Cara Health of Chicago, which detects health trends by using language algorythms on patient phone calls. All the presenters received mentoring from about 20 mentors before presenting in front of the judges and fielding their questions.
The two winners will compete in Boston in June. The winner of the Boston event will compete in the global challenge. SmartCamps are being held all over the world.