May 1Revolutionizing Pharma Sales Enablement with AI: Our Investment in Odaia.In 2021, the top seven pharmaceutical companies spent a staggering $103B on sales and marketing, 37% more than they did on R&D for new drugs. …AI3 min readAI3 min read
Mar 27Smaller Trials, Bigger Impact: Transforming Clinical Trials with Unlearn’s AI-powered Digital TwinsIn one of the first industry pieces we published as a healthcare team, we discussed the unique go-to-market paradigm healthcare companies face: which customer “pocket to pick”. There are several types of entities — patients, providers, payors, or life sciences — that could be customers for growing healthcare businesses. …AI4 min readAI4 min read
Nov 10, 2022Synthetic biology is the key to a sustainable beauty industryThe beauty industry needs to focus more on sustainability. As reported by Vogue Business, industry insiders estimate that between 20 and 40 per cent of beauty products — depending on the category — end up as waste. From a packaging standpoint, other sources report that 120 billion units of packaging…Beauty5 min readBeauty5 min read
Oct 12, 2022Introducing WV’s Investment in Brave: An impactful business poised for growthToday, we are excited to announce our investment in Brave Health. Brave is a virtual mental health platform specializing in counselling, therapy, psychiatry and medication management. Brave was uniquely built to focus on the Medicaid population: everything from its back-end infrastructure to the types of providers it hires has been…5 min read5 min read
Aug 11, 2022Introducing WV’s Investment in AbridgeToday, we announced our investment in Abridge’s Series A-1 round. Wittington Ventures is proud to have led this round, with participation from fantastic and thoughtful investors including USV and Bessemer. Abridge has developed a highly accurate product to record and summarize medical conversations in real time. The company has a…3 min read3 min read
Aug 4, 2022Qui Identity: Digital Identity in a Decentralized World — Who Controls What? When? Where? Why? And How?Wittington Ventures (WV) is proud to share the news today about the launch of Qui Identity (pronounced “key”), a new company building the next generation of digital identity. Fueled by their recent $6.5M …4 min read4 min read
Jun 2, 2022Supply Chain Compliance — New Rules of EngagementOver the past decade, virtually every industry has gone through, or has begun a major transition into becoming digital-first. Some sectors are naturally more suited for a rapid transition, and some, like supply chain, have been understandably slower to adapt. …Supply Chain Management6 min readSupply Chain Management6 min read
Mar 8, 2022Now We’re Cooking: My Path to Wittington VenturesI am excited to announce that I have started a new role here at Wittington Ventures (WV), and, amongst other things, will be focusing on investments in the food and sustainability areas. During my high school years I worked in the restaurant industry and with that my interest in all…3 min read3 min read
Dec 16, 2021Exploring Social CommerceHuman interaction is back in vogue — but this time in a different way. As the e-commerce market has exploded over the past decade — driven further by the COVID-19 pandemic — consumers are demanding more exciting ways to learn about new products, purchase new products, and engage with the…Commerce6 min readCommerce6 min read
Nov 18, 2021From Lab to Launch: How Clinical Trial Management Systems are Keeping Discovery MovingWhen investors and innovators think of the digital approaches to life sciences, it’s often the dramatic “hacking” of biology leveraging technologies such as AI, CRISPR, and now mRNA, that get the limelight. While these innovations are groundbreaking, their impact is supported by an ecosystem of equally important behind-the-scenes players that…7 min read7 min read
