Tsiki Naftaly

In Israeli startups across high-tech, fintech, SaaS, e-commerce, and consulting, health issues often become a challenge for teams. Stress, long hours, hybrid work, and complex cases can directly affect productivity and retention. This is where medical coordination makes a difference: 1. Clear navigation Employees and HR don’t spend weeks figuring out next steps. Coordination gives direct access to the right specialists in Israel. 2. Fewer risks and delays From quick second opinions to arranging diagnostics, problems get solved faster before they become costly for the employee or the company. 3. Better employee experience Fast, guided access to care shows people they are valued, which strengthens loyalty and engagement. 4. Talent attraction Health support is now a strong benefit in hiring. It builds the image of a responsible, people-first company. With years of experience in medical coordination, I help Israeli startups with growing teams set up structured health support systems that reduce uncertainty, save time, ease HR workload, and keep key people performing at their best. If you’d like to explore how this could work for your team, feel free to reach out.

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“Too early” is feedback deeptech and healthtech founders hear all too often — even when they’re tackling urgent, high-impact problems. That’s why I’m so proud of Dr Georgia Fleet, co-founder of Zonova, who's turning the tide on deadly hospital infections caused by medical devices. Georgia took Zonova from concept to fundable medtech startup by combining stubborn creativity with expert guidance — including early support from Hive. At Hive Founders, we help founders in complex, high-barrier sectors unlock the tools they need to become investment-ready — from shaping financials to navigating investor expectations. If you're a female founder building in healthtech or deeptech and getting stuck at the "too early" stage, we would love to help — whether through 1:1 advisory this summer or our next Hive accelerator cohort starting in September. 👉 DM me to connect. 👉 Read Georgia’s full story here: https://lnkd.in/dVJgdRQd #Healthtech #Deeptech #FemaleFounders #StartupFunding #HiveFounders #Medtech

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8,000+ clinics in the US use his AI platform. 🏆 How did Amol Nirgudkar win and keep their trust? Amol is the founder and CEO of Patient Prism . It’s an AI-powered conversational intelligence platform originally built for dental practices. Now, it also helps Optometry, Audiology, Physical Therapy, Primary Care, Veterinary, and Medical Spa clinics grow patient revenue by 30% or more. He also co-founded Dentist Profit Systems LLC and is Principal at DFN Management LLC. He spent 16 years as Managing Partner at Reliance Consulting Group. Outside work, he’s a writer, speaker, and proud dad. He’s been featured in Yahoo!, MarketWatch, Markets Insider, and more. Before building Patient Prism, he and his team listed all the real marketing and communication problems that discouraged patients from booking dental care. He saw how these small barriers created a much bigger problem. Many people weren’t getting the healthcare they needed. They wouldn’t have discovered this without listening to their customers. Even as someone deep in AI, Amol always returns to the basics. → If you want product-market fit, listen to your customers. → If you want growth, keep listening. → If you want to stay relevant, never stop. That’s how they earned the trust of thousands of clinics and kept it. Amol is also generous in sharing what he’s learned about building and selling in the AI age. In our interview, he shared many insights, including how to listen effectively and shorten the sales cycle. I’d love to share the full recording with you! If you’re a B2B scaleup, VC, PE, or in the surrounding ecosystem, join our private community: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gVBZ_Gvj We share high-quality playbooks and host dinner meetups in cities like San Francisco, Vienna, and soon, NYC and Tel Aviv. Big thanks to Amol! Send some love his way. Hope to see you inside the GrowthMasters - VC/CXO Content community, where you will access the full video recording and an amazing network of people like him. To your growth 🚀🦁

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✨What if AI could reduce medical errors and save lives? In only 7 days 🏆Ascribe, the winning Sprint team, created a fully functional multimodal AI clinical app with Base44!  Now they will travel to NY to continue developing their project with medical teams at the Wix office! Their AI solution supports nurses “Shadow Practices" converting spoken notes, photos, & quick texts into structured documentation. We are proud to share the achievements of our milab - Media Innovation Lab MA in HCI students, who worked intensively in the AI Product Sprint - a 4-week research & innovation marathon led by Dr. Ayelet Segal, in collaboration with Wix, Base44, & medical teams from The Mount Sinai Hospital & NYU Langone Health in NY This Sprint reflects the miLAB’s vision: the future of design lies at the intersection of academia, industry, & society. Together, we can create experiences that make a lasting difference 8 student teams addressed pressing hospital challenges - from redundant documentation to fragmented handoffs & communication barriers in the ER. Their projects demonstrate how AI can streamline workflows, reduce cognitive burden, empower patients, & raise the standard of safe, efficient care 💡 Students clinical Base44 apps: AllDocs – A shared patient note with multimodal input (text, audio, images), where AI generates discharge summaries, treatment plans, MARs, & handoffs Aria – The AI Triage Nurse: multilingual chat, audio/video analysis, & biosensors that produce real-time summaries & risk alerts ERgo – Real-time AI translator & companion ensuring non-English speakers are understood from the first ER interaction Lotus – AI-enabled ICU communication reducing message overload, adding urgency indicators, generating real-time summaries, & ensuring seamless handoffs SwiftER – AI-powered triage with transparent prioritization, queue updates, & calming tools for patients & staff CareConnect – AI health companion bridging cultural & language gaps, surfacing sensitivities, enabling inclusive care Pulse – Integrated with Epic, offering role-based patient views, critical alerts & seamless handsoffs across teams 🙏🏼Thankful to: Base44 – Special thanks to Elsa Welshofer for her outstanding leadership & support! Thanks to @MaorShlomo for bringing Vibe Coding to life! Wix – For the superb mentorship: David JR Somper, Moti Sarig, Keren Viner, Moran Asseraf, Zvika Guy, Aaron Novak, Avital Weisinger Kakon, Pamela Kanner . Mount Sinai & NYU Hospitals – For sharing real-world challenges. Special thanks to alumni Adam Blufarb for leading the Video & Storytelling workshop Thanks to our distinguished faculty who led the program: Head of Sprint Dr. Ayelet Segal & TA’s Ori Shraiber Arbel Eini Extended gratitude to the judges: Liat Negru Head, Internal Medicine Dept. Sheba Hospital Gal BenHaim Head Oncology Emergency Dept. Sheba, founder SheRocksIL Oren Zuckerman Head, MA in HCI  Elsa Welshofer Head of Partnerships  Base44 Edo Segal CTO Napstar

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Not just a US story. Helio AI, Georgian-founded, raised $1M after a $350K pre-seed. Founders: prove traction in smaller markets first, then go big. Investors like DOMiNO Ventures and Tetrad VC are watching.

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🚀 Startup: Tivara Founders: Tej Seelamsetty — Co-Founder & CEO Aumesh Misra — Co-Founder & CTO Headquarters: New York City, United States Founded: 2024 Industry: Artificial Intelligence / Healthcare / SaaS 🧠 What Problem They Solve: ●Tivara builds AI agents that automate back-office administrative work for medical practices, especially in large specialty clinics. Doctors and staff traditionally spend a lot of time — sometimes hours per day — on phone calls, appointment scheduling, insurance authorizations, and prescription management. These manual tasks slow down care delivery and increase operational costs. ●Tivara’s AI handles routine patient phone calls, scheduling, authorization workflows, and other administrative tasks, freeing up clinic staff to focus on patient care instead. 🌟 What’s Unique About Tivara: ✔ Focus on Administrative AI (Not Clinical AI): Unlike many health-AI startups that build diagnostic tools, Tivara concentrates on streamlining workflows doctors and clinics actually struggle with daily — such as insurance prior authorizations and patient scheduling. ✔ Early Y Combinator Backing: Tivara is part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch, giving it credibility and access to mentorship, community, and networking that help accelerate early growth. ✔ Impressive Seed Funding: They raised $3.6 million in seed funding from investors including Mischief VC (led by Plaid CEO Zach Perret), Day One Ventures, Y Combinator, and healthcare angels — indicating strong belief in the product’s real-world value. ✔ Real-World Adoption & Early Traction: Tivara already serves or engages with clients like Los Angeles Cancer Network and Astera Customer Care, showing early interest from large specialty medical groups that need administrative relief. ✔ Small, High-Impact Team: With a core team of only a few full-time employees but big investor support and growing interest, they’re positioned to scale rapidly. 🧠 Insight Worth Sharing on LinkedIn “Healthcare AI isn’t just about clinical diagnosis anymore — the most immediate impact comes from automation that improves workflows and patient experience. Tivara’s AI agents take over repetitive administrative tasks like appointment scheduling, insurance authorizations, and patient calls so clinics can focus on care delivery. This shows that solving friction in operations is as transformative as any medical breakthrough. #Tivara #AI #HealthcareTech #Startups #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #MedicalAI #Founders #StartupCommunity #AgencyGrowth #IndianStartups #GlobalStartups #Founders #Founders #TechForGood #HealthcareAI #MedTech

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