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specialises in building companies from
scratch - everything from organisational
structure to business plan and scalability
- together with the founder.
This was also the case when Steffen Yndal, a former paramedic and
founder of the startup HATO Medical
Technologies, became frustrated over
several years that ECG measurements in
ambulances were displayed and transmitted to the hospital in a hopelessly
old-fashioned way. This could be done
much better, he thought, and in 2021 he
approached Black Capital Ventures to
solve the problem.
“As a new entrepreneur, there are
countless things to learn from scratch.
I believe that many first-time entrepreneurs don’t get very far because there is
simply no single recipe. BCV specialises
in this process and supports entrepreneurs with the necessary knowledge
and resources to take a project from idea
to finished product and on to success,”
explains Steffen Yndal.
From there, BCV and HATO quickly
set about developing, designing and
producing a prototype for a new ECG
methodology that visualises the heart’s
key figures, analyses what is wrong
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and automatically relays the critical
information from the ambulance to the
cardiologists at the hospital. The parties
hope to introduce a regulatory approved
solution to the market in 2024.
Ideas from the real world
In the field of healthcare, BCV has proved
particularly effective. Currently, the
challenges are growing, and many public
healthcare organisations are crying out
for new solutions and technologies that
Black Capital Ventures
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Founded in 2018 by Stefan K. Johansen
6 portfolio companies, 80% of which
are in the healthcare sector
Focus on medtech, healthtech and
greentech
Stefan K.
Johansen
CEO and founder
of Black Capital
Ventures
can make a difference in everyday life.
“The healthcare system is under
pressure because we as a population are
living longer with multiple and chronic
diseases, while at the same time there is
a shortage of healthcare professionals.
Therefore, the healthcare system needs
to look at new solutions that can make
everyday life more efficient. Fortunately,
the potential for innovation is huge,” says
Kristina Refstrup Sørensen, founder of the
startup BeSammen.
As a nurse at Herlev Hospital, she found
that the physical grief groups at the hospital were insufficient. Therefore, together
with BCV, she is developing a platform
that offers patients small digital and intimate grief groups - even after they have
been discharged from the hospital.
This solution only emphasises how
BCV, in collaboration with the practical
knowledge of its founders, can result in
new innovation, says Stefan K. Johansen.
“An idea is only good when you can execute it. We take the founder’s sketch and
establish a plan for how to build a prototype as quickly as possible using the strong
technical competences we have in-house.
We like to say that we take founders from
the drawing board to the market.”
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