Sofie Staelraeve 
It’s becoming more and more familiar in the United States and it could be the next big thing in Europe too: hospitals having their own venture fund to invest in digital health innovations. In this blog post, I explore the world of hospital venturing: what are we talking about? why is it important to hospitals? … Read more
What is dementia? Dementia is an umbrella term that covers a range of medical conditions that cause cognitive deterioration beyond that of normal ageing. This deterioration is severe enough to cause those who suffer from it, to require assistance for basic daily functions. Dementia is all too often linked to memory loss and grief about … Read more
Digital health reimbursement starts as of 2020 Hurray, the largest European market is finally opening up for digital health entrepreneurs! Starting from 2020, over 73 million Germans in the public health system can now get digital health apps prescribed and refunded. The ‘digital health law’ making this huge step into modernity possible for German patients … Read more
Their customer base is more than half of the world population. They develop health solutions for the ones being most affected by ageing and health issues. And they are aware of the fact that working females spend 29 per cent more per capita on healthcare compared to males in the same age group. I’m talking about … Read more
Healthtech is a broad sector note: this article was first published in january 2018. This is an updated version of september 2019 (1). Worldwide, HealthTech or digital health is one of the top sectors for startups and scaleups. In general, we speak of HealthTech referring to companies that use software or data to improve efficiency and … Read more
CVC in healthcare keeps on growing this year. Corporate companies innovate their healthcare products and business models and love to cooperate with startups to do so. And all kinds of companies have their own corporate venturing funds investing in healthcare. If you are interested in corporate venturing examples in our industry, I’ve selected some of … Read more
Corporate companies love to cooperate with startups, definitely in healthcare. It helps them to steer their business into new directions and mitigate slow development. And the nature of this cooperation can be very different: from technology partnerships to startup competitions, their own cv fund and all that lies in between. So, as corporate venturing in … Read more
If you’re looking for fast inspiration and feedback on your healthcare innovations project, the one-day business workshop with dashplus is perfect for your company. During one day I will help your team to analyse new business opportunities. You receive external feedback and I give you suggestions on your strategy up till now. Next, we dive … Read more
Have you ever heard of value based healthcare? For some in health, it’s nothing more than a buzzword, others are changing a complete health system to work value based. I think value based healthcare offers anyone in the health business ecosystem interesting possibilities to innovate: hospitals, health insurances, technology and pharma companies, governments, and universities … Read more
Hey, pretty shining people! Do you know this fine song by George Ezra? While I was writing the ‘Basics to grow‘ ebook, this song was on the radio a lot. I realized it’s one of the messages I hope that will stand out: ‘hey, you healthcare innovators: you’re not on your own’. I know that … Read more
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Sofie founded dashplus after having extensively worked with Belgian companies, health organisations, researchers and patient groups for six years.
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