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Fueling innovation and filling gaps in Latin America Aug 05, 2021

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Listen to the podcast (duration: 29:25) > Both Lara Lemann and Monica Saggioro have long been interested in the prospect of helping to spur more business innovation, and economic development, in their native Brazil as well as in other parts of Latin America. They both felt that a lack of early stage funding was severely limiting opportunities for entrepreneurs, particularly female founders, on the continent. In 2018, they decided to tackle the challenge head-on by creating their own venture capital fund focused on early stage start-ups, MAYA Capital. On this episode, Lara and Monica talk about the hands-on approach they take with their portfolio companies, what they look for when making investment decisions, the issues facing the broader Latin American start-up ecosystem, diversity in the start-up world, and more.

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Raising the odds of success for corporate/start-up collaborations Jul 21, 2021

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Listen to the podcast (duration: 42:36) > On the face of it, a collaboration between a nimble, high-growth start-up and a large, established corporation seems like a good pairing. The capital-hungry start-up gets the benefit of funding as well as access to corporate resources and potential customers; the corporation gets insights into innovations, and access to the technology and talent which have the potential to transform their industry. But while the number of such engagements has been growing in the last decade, the reality is making these marriages work can be very challenging, and the results have been decidedly mixed. In this special guest episode of the Inside the Strategy Room podcast, McKinsey’s Tawanda Sibanda, Miao Wang and Tobias Henz join host Sean Brown to discuss what it takes to make these partnerships work for both parties.

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Vital signs: The growing impact of digital health innovation Jul 07, 2021

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Listen to the podcast (duration: 33:15) > The quarantines and lockdowns that came with COVID have forced many new patients to access medical care digitally, through such tools as telemedicine or remote patient monitoring. That trend is expected to continue to grow over the coming years, and a bevy of start-ups are hoping to tap it by developing digital tools and solutions to help improve healthcare outcomes and reduce spending at the same time. In this episode, we take a broad, macro view of digital health innovation, speaking with two McKinsey partners, Jennifer Rost and Tobias Silberzahn, about the challenges and opportunities in this rapidly emerging space.

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Can gamification help patients take better care of themselves? Jun 16, 2021

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Listen to the podcast (duration: 36:53) > Technological innovation plays a critical role in healthcare, from MRI and CAT Scan machines to electronic medical records, e-prescriptions or pacemakers. These days, a growing number of health start-ups are focusing on using digital tools to improve the quality and availability of care, especially for chronic conditions that account for a large share of rising healthcare costs. The pandemic has in many cases only increased demand for these kinds of products, as quarantines and lockdowns made services such as telemedicine and remote patient monitoring often the only way to obtain medical or mental health care. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Tryggvi Thorgeirsson, co-founder and CEO of Sidekick Health, an Iceland-based start-up that works with pharmaceutical companies and insurers to provide gamified, digital care and therapeutic programs to help patients with disease management and treatments.

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The state of start-up ecosystems beyond Silicon Valley Jun 02, 2021

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Listen to the podcast (duration: 43:37) > The digital acceleration brought on by COVID has only added more momentum to the ongoing boom in start-up financing and innovation. While Silicon Valley and the United States have traditionally led the way in venture capital and start-up development, other parts of the world are making great strides in developing their own thriving start-up ecosystems. In this episode, McKinsey senior partners Kim Baroudy and Massimo Mazza talk about the state of entrepreneurship in Europe and beyond, exploring the challenges and opportunities in this broadening of global value creation.

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VC View: Funding start-ups in the next normal May 14, 2021

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Listen to the podcast (duration: 31:52) > Venture capital and start-ups have been enjoying a major boom in recent years, and the pandemic has only fueled demand for digital products and services. Two prominent global venture capitalists, Roelof Botha of Sequoia Capital and Par-Jorgen (PJ) Parson of Northzone, offer their perspectives on the sustainability of this era and the changes and challenges the industry is experiencing.

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