Healthcare 'Swagene' conquers start-up contest Conquest 2015
After a grueling contest among budding
start-ups, healthcare venture Swagene pipped over 1,350 other entries to win
the 11th edition of Conquest at the BITS Pilani’s International Startup
Conclave in New Delhi.
While 99.9% of a person's genes are
identical, the 0.1% difference makes a person unique. Swagene is a startup that
is working on helping individuals discover this uniqueness and use it for a
healthier life. This will help personalise medicine by ensuring that the right
dose of the right drug is used for treatment at the right time.
The jury members included Shailesh Vikram
Singh, Executive Director at Seedfund; Dev Khare, Managing Director at
LightSpeed India Partners Advisors; Nilesh Kothari, co-founder and managing
partner at Trifecta Capital Advisors; Mathieu Morand, Investment Associate at
Orios Venture Partners; Anant Vidur, VC Investment Professional at Bessemer
Venture Partners, among a host of other distinguished people.
About Swagene: http://swagene.com/
Swagene is the knowledge laboratory that
helps you discover this uniqueness and use it for a healthier life. Personalized
medicine is modern healthcare. It’s about getting:
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The right drug
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At the right dose
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At the right time
It had also won CII’s Startup of the Year
2014 award in healthcare sector.
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