VitruvianMD has won this year’s Arab Health Innov8 competition and, with it, a cash prize of US$10,000, following an intensive week-long judging process that saw a total of 24 different companies pitch over the opening three days of Arab Health.
Informa Markets organizes Arab Health, one of the largest healthcare events in the Middle East. Established 49 years ago, Arab Health provides a platform for the world’s leading manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors to meet the medical and scientific community in the Middle East and subcontinent.
VitruvianMD combines biomedical engineering and state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver affordable, high-accuracy diagnostic tools for medical laboratories.
At the core of VitruvianMD’s breakthrough technology is a versatile camera that seamlessly attaches to any microscope, empowered by sophisticated AI tools. This technology paves the way for laboratories to transition effortlessly into a digital pathology framework.
In a world where diagnostician shortages remain an acute global challenge, particularly in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa with a concerning pathologist-to-population ratio, VitruvianMD’s solutions stand to set new standards.
VitruvianMD, the winner of the US$10,000 top prize, will benefit from an exclusive mentorship program with Startupbootcamp MENA.
Additionally, they will engage in discussions with potential investors, aiming to gain valuable insights, explore collaborations, and raise funds.
Furthermore, VitruvianMD will receive complimentary exhibition space at Arab Health 2025.
The judging panel included a renowned number of investors, entrepreneurs and medical experts; among them were
- Triska Hamid, Editorial Director, Wamda
- Hadi Saeed Alshakhori, Ecosystem Builder, of Saudi Arabia
- Reenita Das, Top 100 women in Healthtech and Femtech, Partner, Senior Vice President, Frost & Sullivan
- H.E. Faisal Belhoul, Vice Chairman, Dubai Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Founder and Chairman, Ithmar Capital Partners
- Zeina Youseff, Operations Support Manager, Rainmaking
- Dr Bader Khraibut, Senior Consultant, Strategy& Middle East, UAE
Finalists included:
- Hera Health Solutions; a pharmaceutical device company specialising in the research, development, and commercialisation of long-acting treatments through proprietary bio-erodible drug delivery implants.
- Maya AI; an AI digital robot that connects data and creates next-step actions for specific workflows.
- Incura Med; who are developing a range of technologies that offer high-performance and enhanced efficacy products and low-cost manufacturing.
- Luminore Copper Touch; holds the distinction of being the sole EPA-registered antimicrobial product that seamlessly adheres to virtually any surface.
- Nanopalm; the Saudi national start-up biotechnology company that creates next-generation nanomedicines for affordable and accelerated pharmaceutical R&D activities.
- Nephrodit; which has created a patient-inspired dialysis solution that gives individuals greater health, increased mobility and the freedom to choose.
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Caresyntax, offering a digital surgery platform that utilizes proprietary software and artificial intelligence (AI), analyzed large volumes of real-world data in and around the operating room (OR) to deliver immediate insights for the care team and longer-term benefits for various critical stakeholders, rounding out the finalists.
Elsewhere, on the final day of Arab Health 2024, the winners of the inaugural Cre8 competition were announced, with the team from the American University of Sharjah taking first prize for their Real-Time Wireless Monitoring System with Predictive Analysis of Healthcare Data. The team included Samrin Saleem, Rhea Srivastava, Ahmed Sharafath, and Nikita Miller.
The competition aimed to foster creativity and innovation among participating students in the UAE, who also announced the winners. Contestants had to conceptualize and innovate a solution for an actual healthcare problem within the confines of an imaginary AED 100,000 budget.
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The other finalists included Farah Adnan Ahmad Thugan, Lujain Adnan Ahmad Thugan, Asmaa Luai Abdulla Elbadawi, and Hala Anas Kahwajy from Ajman University for their classification of the stages of diabetic retinopathy; and Banan Dhafer Jumaah; Sedra Zulaikha, and Rawan Emad Refaie Ahmed, also from Ajman University, for their Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) ML and AI screening App.
Judging the entries were Dr James Shapiro, Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Surgical Oncology, University of Alberta; Carlos Iniguez, Director, GEN Accelerates; Sowmya Srinath, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frost & Sullivan; and Dr Louiza Chitour, Senior Advisor & Co-founder, Stealth Startup.
Arab Health concluded on Thursday, 1 February, at 5 pm.
