BSG DISRUPT — Vol. 1 Issue 2 (Health-tech startups)

Continuing our efforts, we are super excited to launch the 2nd edition of BSG DISRUPT with the theme of “Health-tech” for June. You can read more about the initiative here.

Cover Story this week — Sattva Medtech addressing 300,000 perinatal deaths in India!

The WHO global estimates state that a third of the stillbirths occur during delivery. 30 million pregnancies are reported in India every year, of which 10 million mothers require extra monitoring during labor to detect complications, says Vibhav Joshi CEO and Co-founder of Sattva Medtech. He adds that 3,00,000 perinatal deaths are recorded every year due to undetected fetal distress and related conditions. Read the complete story here.

Sattva Medtech- Addressing 300,000 perinatal deaths in India!

Important Announcement — Application for BITS Spark Investment Round 7 will open on Wednesday, 14th June ! Get ready with your startup pitches. Here is a link to some of the best pitch decks for your help.

Call for Startup Proposal ! Ride your startup to success with TBI BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus. Check out the poster here.

BITSians and BITSian Startups making news in the startup world

Since 2013, alumni of the four BITS campuses — Pilani, Hyderabad, Goa, and Dubai have gone on to launch around 500 startups —

BITS Pilani: The non-IIT cradle for many Indian startup stories

“I’m what I am because of BITS Pilani” says, Proud to be BITSian, Mitesh Agarwal VP and CTO, Oracle India in an interview with yourstory— Read more

BITSian Nilesh Kothari founded venture debt firm “Trifecta Capital” expect to do a final close with Rs 500 crore in the next 60 days.

In first try, Trifecta Capital overshoots Rs 300 crore target

Proud to be BITSian, Tarun Bansal has been awarded Leading Global IP Strategist by IAM for over a decade contribution to IP ecosystem

Tarun Bansal has been awarded - Leading global IP strategist by IAM for over a decade contribution…

“Hyperloop India” from BITS Pilani : the only fully-funded Indian team among the 120 teams selected from all over the world to present their designs at the 2016 SpaceX Hyperloop Design Weekend

A Hyperloop pod to zip between cities

Microsoft announces BITS Pilani team “Content Holmes” as winner of prestigious Imagine Cup 2017

Microsoft announces BITS Pilani as winner of Imagine Cup 2017

Latest News from Health-tech industry

'FDA approved' medical devices don't actually have to do what they promise

Opportunity to show your innonvation at global startup capital, Indo-Israel startup contest. Apply by June 13, 2017

Indo Israel Startup | NITI Aayog, (National Institution for Transforming India), Government of…

New World Bank Project to Invest in Technology that Addresses India's Public Health Priorities

Four potential sectors to disrupt healthcare delivery in India.

Decoding Sectors That Will Disrupt Indian Healthcare Delivery

Amazon preparing to become the go-to destination to shop for drugs

Amazon Hiring to Break Into the Pharmaceuticals Business

Hope you enjoyed reading our first newsletter. Feel free to write us for your feedback and suggestions. We would love to hear back from you.

Missed out on reading the launch edition of BSG DISRUPT ? Here is the link.

Are you running a startup ? We are creating a database of BITSian startups worldwide. You can fill the details about your startup here.

About BITS2STARTUP@GLOBAL (BSG)

BSG was started in July 2015 with the vision to build a Global startup ecosystem which will focus mainly on the early stage BITSian startups across the globe. We are a not for profit organization which caters to all the needs of early stage startups and help them Validate, Build and Grow their startup.

We are also looking to collaborate with startups and companies which can be of help to other BITSian startups.

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