Health Wildcatters

Health Wildcatters is a mentor-driven seed accelerator established in 2013 and based in Dallas, Texas. It supports entrepreneurs and startups in the healthcare sector, specifically those working on digital health, mobile health, healthcare IT, medical devices, diagnostics, and pharmaceuticals. The program is open to founder teams with a strong understanding of entrepreneurship and relevant technical expertise, emphasizing the need for participants to reside in Dallas during the program. Health Wildcatters seeks companies that require seed capital to cover living expenses while developing their business ideas and encourages founders to pursue self-financing or angel investment after the program. By fostering innovation in healthcare, Health Wildcatters aims to improve the industry through its support of emerging companies.

Clay Heighten

Co-Founder and Partner

30 past transactions

A LaRue Company

Seed Round in 2021
A LaRue Company, founded in 2019 and based in Winston Salem, North Carolina, specializes in the creation, development, and sale of medical equipment. The company focuses on designing medical devices that assist surgeons across various surgical applications, aiming to enhance patient outcomes. Its innovative device effectively removes gelatinous materials and other surgical substances from the body or surgical site, thereby reducing healthcare professionals' exposure to harmful biohazards. This approach contributes to safer and less invasive surgical procedures for patients.

Health Haven Rx

Seed Round in 2020
Healthy Quit Inc. is a digital health company and a pharmacy that provides vaping and smoking cessation by utilizing an artificial intelligent (AI) treatment algorithm and medications to help patients quit.

Health Haven Rx

Seed Round in 2019
Healthy Quit Inc. is a digital health company and a pharmacy that provides vaping and smoking cessation by utilizing an artificial intelligent (AI) treatment algorithm and medications to help patients quit.

Vitrix Health

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Vitrix Health, Inc. is a company focused on designing and developing innovative screening tools for the healthcare industry, specifically targeting oral health. Founded in 2018 and based in Champaign, Illinois, Vitrix Health offers a mobile platform that utilizes optics and machine learning to assist primary care providers in effectively screening for oral diseases. This technology aims to improve health outcomes for millions of Americans who do not regularly visit a dentist but do see a doctor, thereby addressing disparities in oral health. The company's oral cancer screening device, along with its associated application, facilitates early-stage detection and prevention of oral diseases. Vitrix Health is currently conducting pilot tests at various healthcare institutions, including Mt. Sinai Hospital and the University of Chicago Medical School, and is involved in international clinical trials in Bolivia and India. Through its innovative approach, Vitrix Health seeks to empower healthcare providers to detect diseases early and refer patients for timely dental care.

ClaraPrice

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ClaraPrice enables Hospitals to automate Price Transparency compliance with a system application that attaches directly to their existing EHR software (Epic, Cerner, Meditech, etc). The solution analyzes payment and Revenue Cycle data to make intelligent decisions about service pricing and publishes their pricing online in a manner that is compliant with all components of the legislative requirements. The software also acts as the monitoring mechanism required by CMS to attest to compliance.

Gregor Diagnostics

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Gregor Diagnostics Inc. develops molecular diagnostics screening tests for prostate cancer. It offers a system to maintain biomarker stability in the seminal fluid. Gregor Diagnostics Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Nobo

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Nobo, Inc. develops a connected wearable device that monitors hydration levels of elite athletes. By illuminating certain sites of the body with near-infrared light and measuring the light returned, information about both the body's total water content and other important biometrics are revealed and can be measured, tracked, and monitored in real-time. The company is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Articulate Labs

Seed Round in 2017
Articulate Labs, Inc. is a medical device company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2009. The company specializes in developing wearable devices aimed at treating knee osteoarthritis. Its flagship product, KneeStim, employs neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to enhance the rehabilitation of knee function by stimulating quadriceps muscles during daily activities. By integrating electrical muscle stimulation into routine movements, Articulate Labs' devices address muscle atrophy and inhibition associated with chronic conditions or surgical recovery, making physical rehabilitation more accessible and effective for patients.

Insight Optics

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Insight Optics specializes in enhancing preventive and diagnostic healthcare through innovative mobile imaging technology. The company enables primary care providers (PCPs) to record and refer retinal videos to local eye care specialists, facilitating assisted screening for conditions such as retinopathy and glaucoma. This approach addresses a significant gap in healthcare, as over 129 million patients in the United States are recommended for annual retinal exams, yet less than 50% receive them. By allowing PCPs to connect with specialists, the platform not only improves patient care but also creates new revenue streams for both parties through reimbursements and government incentives. The OptoView system satisfies essential compliance requirements for annual diabetic eye screenings, thus increasing adherence to screening protocols. It also serves as a lead generation tool for specialists, allowing them to manage their outreach more effectively without the necessity of in-person appointments. Through this model, Insight Optics aims to empower healthcare providers to better detect early signs of avoidable blindness and improve overall patient outcomes.

INRFOOD

Seed Round in 2015
INRFOOD, Inc. specializes in providing websites and mobile applications designed to help users make informed dietary choices. The company focuses on personalized nutrition, recognizing that each individual has unique dietary needs. Through its INRFOOD APP, users can engage with advanced analytics to track their eating habits, log ingredients and macro nutrients, and receive real-time notifications regarding food products that may pose allergy risks or do not align with their dietary preferences. Additionally, the company offers the Sugar Cube application, which allows users to visualize sugar content in their food. INRFOOD's services are available on major platforms such as iTunes, Google Play, and the App Store. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, INRFOOD aims to enhance the understanding of nutrition beyond mere calorie counting by providing a comprehensive health and wellness solution.

OBaa

Seed Round in 2015
Obaa Inc. is a healthcare company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that operates a platform facilitating remote consultations between primary care providers and specialists via video calls. The platform includes Prime by Obaa, which helps reduce patient wait times, ensuring timely access to care, and Peach by Obaa, a mobile electronic medical record solution that allows healthcare providers to manage patient information seamlessly without the need for integrations. Additionally, Obaa offers a health management and patient engagement platform specifically designed for expectant mothers, providing a virtual consulting room to connect with lactation consultants and obstetricians. This comprehensive approach enables healthcare providers to monitor patient health effectively and improve diagnostic capabilities.

Noninvasix

Seed Round in 2015
Noninvasix, Inc. is focused on developing non-invasive precision oximetry solutions to monitor brain oxygenation in preterm infants within neonatal intensive care units. Founded in 2007 and based in Galveston, Texas, the company employs patented optoacoustic technology to provide safe and accurate monitoring of fetal welfare during labor and delivery. Through collaboration with obstetricians at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Noninvasix has created a small fetal probe that uses light pulses to generate acoustic wave responses, allowing for precise measurement of a baby's brain oxygen levels. This innovative technology aims to decrease the frequency of unnecessary cesarean sections and mitigate severe neonatal complications, such as cerebral palsy. Noninvasix's commitment to enhancing outcomes for mothers and infants during labor is supported by extensive research, significant funding, and validation in peer-reviewed literature.

Cloud 9

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Cloud 9 is on a mission to disrupt massive waste and mistreatment of people with mental illness. Cloud 9’s proprietary patient-centric technology platform allows multidisciplinary care teams (including mental healthcare, primary care, substance use specialists and first responders) to communicate and share data with one another and their patients. They keep high risk patient populations engaged in treatment to keep them out of crisis, before they land in ERs, jails, courts or the streets. Their technology and service model innovation deliver a paradigm shift that can save billions for state and local budgets, while also helping underserved individuals. The larger social impact is that healthy minds create healthier communities, workplaces, homes, and future generations.

Lantern Pharma

Seed Round in 2014
Lantern Pharma Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Dallas, Texas, specializing in the development of precision oncology therapeutics. The company utilizes artificial intelligence, genomics, and machine learning to create new classes of cancer drugs with innovative mechanisms of action. Its lead drug candidate, LP-100, is currently undergoing phase II clinical trials for the treatment of metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer. Lantern is also developing LP-300 as a combination therapy for female non-smokers with non-small cell lung cancer adenocarcinoma. Additionally, the company is advancing LP-184, an alkylating agent targeting cancer cells that express specific biomarkers. Lantern Pharma aims to improve the efficiency of oncology drug development by rescuing abandoned cancer drugs and using its proprietary RADR platform to enhance patient stratification and elucidate mechanisms of action, ultimately accelerating the development of personalized cancer therapies.

Sintact Medical Systems

Seed Round in 2014
Sintact Medical Systems, founded in 2013 and based in Bloomington, Indiana, specializes in the development of non-resorbable films designed to prevent surgical adhesions. These films serve as a barrier that separates adjacent organs and tissues during the healing process, significantly reducing the risk of internal scar formation and associated postoperative complications. By preventing tissue attachment, Sintact's products not only enhance patient outcomes but also facilitate clearer visibility for clinicians in the event of reoperation.

Orb Health

Seed Round in 2014
Orb Health, Inc., a mobile healthcare technology company, provides solutions that enable physicians, employers, clinical laboratories, and individuals to access personalized healthcare services. It offers Collaborative Virtual Care that enables the delivery of reimbursed Medicare services, such as chronic care management and more as a virtual extension of practice without requiring additional staff, new applications, and office space. The company’s Collaborative Virtual Care connects existing EMR with virtual care hub and imprints best practices on its workflow empowering remote providers to deliver care. Orb Health, Inc. was formerly known as Visual Medicine INC. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Richardson, Texas.

INRFOOD

Seed Round in 2014
INRFOOD, Inc. specializes in providing websites and mobile applications designed to help users make informed dietary choices. The company focuses on personalized nutrition, recognizing that each individual has unique dietary needs. Through its INRFOOD APP, users can engage with advanced analytics to track their eating habits, log ingredients and macro nutrients, and receive real-time notifications regarding food products that may pose allergy risks or do not align with their dietary preferences. Additionally, the company offers the Sugar Cube application, which allows users to visualize sugar content in their food. INRFOOD's services are available on major platforms such as iTunes, Google Play, and the App Store. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, INRFOOD aims to enhance the understanding of nutrition beyond mere calorie counting by providing a comprehensive health and wellness solution.

Silicone Arts Laboratories

Seed Round in 2014
Silicone Arts Laboratories, LLC, founded in 2010 and based in Memphis, Tennessee, specializes in manufacturing cosmetic products designed to enhance physical appearances. The company is best known for Dermaflage, a topical scar filler that effectively conceals recessed scars and skin defects on both the face and body without the need for surgical procedures or injections. Dermaflage uses silicone to mimic the tone and texture of the user's skin, providing an immediate solution for hiding various types of scars, including those resulting from acne, chickenpox, bite marks, cancer, and surgeries. Additionally, Silicone Arts Laboratories develops AeXP (Anatomical Eye – Experimental), a precise replica of a human eye intended for medical training and device testing.

Carevature Medical

Seed Round in 2014
Carevature Medical Ltd. operates as a medical device company that develops tools and procedures for orthopedic surgery needs (spinal surgery and joint arthroscopy). It offers open and mini-open spinal decompressions that include a line of disposable products for performing direct decompressions in surgical settings; and lumbar spine procedures (bone and ligament, foraminotomy, laminotomy, and facetectomy removals) and cervical spine procedures (osteophite removals). The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Rehovot, Israel.
Platform has changed the way industrial manufacturing and customization come together. Using 3D scanning technologies and propitiatory modeling and optimization software, our product enables digital manufacturing of better fitting custom orthotics. The technology allows precise modification of the 3D scanned models according to morphological and spectral information as well as precise control over the material properties. Platform's technology enables the creation of custom flip-ons, sandals and sportswear as well as clinical orthotics for high risk feet patients and diabetic ulceration patients.

PureWine

Seed Round in 2014
PureWine specializes in developing innovative wine filters that aim to enhance the wine-drinking experience by reducing contaminants, preservatives, and allergens. Utilizing patented nano-filtration technology, their products effectively absorb histamines and sulfite preservatives from either a single glass or a full bottle of wine. This process not only minimizes common side effects, such as headaches and allergic reactions, but also helps preserve the wine's full flavor potential. By addressing these issues, PureWine provides a solution for wine enthusiasts who wish to enjoy their favorite beverages without negative side effects.

Coordi-Care’s

Seed Round in 2014
Software minimizes the amount of time doctors spend on menial tasks

BreathalEyes

Seed Round in 2014
BreathalEyes developed its unique smart phone app because the market needed it. The app serves a potentially life-saving purpose: to instantly and inexpensively test an intoxicated person's Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) via one of the most accurate means available - Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN). The test tracks the involuntary fluctuations of the pupil as the eye looks at one position to the side of the face. This technology has never been available on a smart phone device.

GetFittter

Pre Seed Round in 2014
GetFittter Inc. is a technology company that provides a platform connecting health clubs, fitness studios, personal trainers, and fitness enthusiasts. Through its cloud-based solution, Fittter, users can access a web and mobile dashboard that allows trainers to manage client accounts and workouts. Clients benefit from a mobile application that delivers personalized workout plans, tracks progress, and offers feedback from trainers. The platform also features interactive content, such as animated sequences and detailed illustrations of exercises, which enhance user engagement. Additionally, GetFittter facilitates a marketplace for health programs crafted by a select group of professional coaches, including fitness trainers, nutritionists, and physiotherapists. By leveraging digital coaching subscriptions, users can receive tailored guidance to help them achieve their health and fitness goals. The company is headquartered in the United States.

Cariloop

Seed Round in 2014
Cariloop, Inc. offers a digital platform designed to assist seniors and their caregivers in navigating geriatric care options. Founded in 2012 and based in Dallas, Texas, the platform serves as a comprehensive resource for families seeking various senior care services, including assisted living, hospice, and home health care. It features a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based application that enables secure communication and document storage, allowing families to manage health, financial, and legal information effectively. Additionally, Cariloop connects caregivers with dedicated Care Coaches who provide personalized guidance throughout the caregiving process. The platform also allows geriatric care providers to market their services digitally and track engagement metrics, enhancing the visibility of their offerings to potential clients.

ImageVision

Series B in 2014
ImageVision provides social media and multimedia sites the tools to automate the recognition and monetization of their visual content. With Billions of photos and videos shared via social media every day, arguably social media’s greatest asset is its free supply of user-generated and user-shared content. By combining real-time visual recognition technology with artificial intelligence and machine learning, ImageVision provides social media and multimedia sites the tools to automate the recognition and monetization of their visual content to both grow revenue and protect their advertisers' brands. ImageVision’s real-time, Visual Search engine is used by market leaders, such as Apple, Facebook, Photobucket, and Yahoo!, to power image search, brand analytics, ad tailoring, and avoiding issues with objectionable content.

Make My plate

Seed Round in 2013
Make My Plate is changing the dieting world! They present a visually appealing and fun approach to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. They are connecting the dietary ecosystem, answering the user's nutritional needs on one hand and creating a marketplace for professionals on the other.

Cariloop

Seed Round in 2013
Cariloop, Inc. offers a digital platform designed to assist seniors and their caregivers in navigating geriatric care options. Founded in 2012 and based in Dallas, Texas, the platform serves as a comprehensive resource for families seeking various senior care services, including assisted living, hospice, and home health care. It features a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based application that enables secure communication and document storage, allowing families to manage health, financial, and legal information effectively. Additionally, Cariloop connects caregivers with dedicated Care Coaches who provide personalized guidance throughout the caregiving process. The platform also allows geriatric care providers to market their services digitally and track engagement metrics, enhancing the visibility of their offerings to potential clients.

Pt Pal

Angel Round in 2013
Pt Pal is a patient-centered platform designed to enhance patient compliance in physical therapy. By utilizing a smart app for patients and a web portal for clinicians, Pt Pal facilitates effective communication between healthcare providers and patients. The platform addresses non-compliance by allowing clinicians to send treatment plans, therapies, and reminders directly to patients' mobile devices. It features multimedia instructions for exercises, including pictures, diagrams, and audio/video content, while also tracking exercise duration, repetitions, and sets. Additionally, Pt Pal includes a built-in calendar with reminders to help patients stay on track. The intuitive and portable design of the app ensures that it seamlessly integrates into patients' lifestyles, ultimately improving engagement and outcomes in physical therapy.

Renovatio IT Solutions

Pre Seed Round in 2012
Renovatio IT Solutions is a company based in Brașov, Romania, established on August 13, 2012. It specializes in the entire product lifecycle for mobile applications, games, and smart TV services, as well as intelligent home and facility management software solutions. The company's offerings include workforce management tools, e-learning products, and mobile applications for various purposes, such as location-based services and multimedia. Its diverse product portfolio features a video-on-demand platform for tablets and smartphones, a mobile app that allows users to control home appliances via smartphone, a complex fitness application, and a shopping support app. Renovatio IT Solutions aims to help clients bring their ideas to life by developing marketable software products that enhance everyday living and streamline management processes.
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