The Pink Ribbon: Investing In A Healthcare Breakthrough

Startup Capital has a history of helping bring healthcare innovations to market which is perhaps the definition of doing well by doing good.   Our first such investment was in InBone (acquired by WMGI) which revolutionized ankle replacements, dramatically improving mobility and balance.  We invested in Attainia whose capital equipment marketplace helps hospitals get the best price on expensive equipment by making vendors compete.   And we invested in AGIS which helps people get critical eldercare information and affordable access to long-term care insurance.

Our newest investment is something special.   QView Medical was founded by three-time successful entrepreneur Bob Wang who has dedicated his life to breast cancer detection including inventing modern mammography and ultrasound.  QView has the potential to dramatically increase early-stage breast cancer detection rates when it is usually treatable.   This is game changing from a treatment effectiveness and mortality perspective.

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women:  over 500,000 deaths per year.  Early detection can achieve up to a 98% cure rate, but today’s technology limitations mean most breast cancers are found too late when treatment is difficult, costly and often has tragic outcomes.

QView’s artificial-intelligence based computer-aided-detection technology uses radiation-free 3D ultrasound so there are no side effects.  Nor is it expensive & time consuming like MRI.  Better yet, 3D ultrasound imaging is effective on many women with smaller and / or denser breasts where mammography is often ineffective.

One of the SCV partners had invested successfully in Bob Wang’s previous company and has known him for many years.  Consequently when Bob told us about QView, we jumped at the opportunity.  It’s rare to be able to help bring a technology with the potential of saving millions of lives into the world.  We hope QView does just that.

As we are investing in the technology of the future, Startup Capital is also making a donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation to assist those with present needs.