Football season is coming back, slowly but surely.
Healthtech and football
- Last month, 500-backed genetics testing and digital health company Prenetics launched Project Screen in Hong Kong to ramp up efforts for Covid-19 testing.
- Using the latest digital and ISO-laboratory standards, users can receive, return, and access results within 24 hours.
- Now, the UK Premier League has tapped Prenetics to get players and staff back to the pitch. The partnership has been confirmed by CEO and founder Danny Yeung.
- In an interview on NOW TV, Danny talks more about Project Screen and why stringent testing is important when kickstarting any major sporting events post-Covid-19.
Education fair goes virtual
- Physical mass gatherings aren’t exactly a good idea these days. So, 500-backed EduAdvisor is migrating its education fair to the digital sphere.
- Held next week, 1-June, the EduAdvisor Virtual Education Fair will take place from the comfort of your own homes. Explore universities, scholarships, and courses from esteemed Malaysia-based learning institutions like the University of Malaya (UM), Newcastle University, and Heriot Wart University.
- At the “fair”, there’ll be live counseling sessions and on-the-spot career tests at booths that mimic their real-life counterparts. Only this time, you can skip the crowd and the parking woes.
- Get more details in the link and share it if you know someone who will benefit from this!
The rest is history
- 60 days. That was the time frame given to Faruok Marelli to secure his first client for mClinica.
- With no tech, no team, and having to do it in the Philippines, a country he had not visited before. Farouk called it “the scariest 60 days of his life” in an interview with TechNode where he revisited the early, grueling days of entrepreneurship.
- But he made it work. 500-backed mClinica now connects over 40,000 pharmacies in Southeast Asia. Big pharma giants like Pfizer and Novartis count as clients too.
- Besides that, it continues to work with leading healthcare organizations including the Ministries of Health in Indonesia, Cambodia, and the Philippines as well as renowned academic institutions like John Hopkins and USAID.
- Amidst the coronavirus crisis, Farouk and his team are certainly busier than ever. Stay up to date with mClinica here.
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