Our first event!

Humana, Kare Mobile makes a market map, Phil and more. Neat!

Andrew Steen
June 24, 2025

🌡️ All we’re talking about, right? Wrong! We’re also talkin’ healthtech!

Our first “official” event!

We told you something cool was coming soon!

A “fireside chat” with Alexander Ding, MD, MBA at Story. Among other roles, Alex is a Venture Partner with SpringTide Ventures. Lots of stuff to discuss. You’ll want to attend! Register.

A chat with... Alexander Ding, MD, MBA · Luma

Join us for a fireside chat--sans the fire--with SpringTide Ventures Venture Partner Alex Ding, MD, MBA. Why is he in Louisville? We'll talk about it. We'll…

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Humana’s Investor Day

Health Tech Nerds’ Kevin O’Leary published a great take on Humana’s Investor Day.

Key Learnings from Humana's 2025 Investor Day

Reviewing my key learnings from Humana's Investor Day this week

www.healthtechnerds.com/p/key-learnings-from-humana-s-2025-investor-day-6556?_bhlid=30ac51ed38c799658ab4cd44528867e4573e02c8

Mr. Broussard

“Most recently, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Humana Inc…”

Linden Capital Partners Welcomes Bruce Broussard as Operating Partner | Linden Capital Partners

Linden Capital Partners devotes world-class resources to exceptional, developing middle-market healthcare and life science companies. Diligent focus, collaborative partnerships and the Value Creation Program differentiate our firm. At Linden, companies not only grow; they prosper.

www.linden.com/news/2025/06/linden-capital-partners-welcomes-bruce-broussard-as-operating-partner

The Oral Healthcare Space

This is a cool piece on oral health. I used to think Louisville had a little dental lab niche.

Investors are all in on digital health, but are missing oral health care.

A comprehensive review of the oral healthcare space that includes a market map

secondopinion.media/p/investors-are-all-in-on-digital-health-but-are-missing-oral-health-care

Of note, the market map includes Louisville-based Kare Mobile.

Floss, y’all.

Phil 🏀

Some time ago at a conference in Cambridge, MA, the event organizer introduced me to a guy “also from Kentucky.” His name tag just read “Phil.”

From Kentucky farm to founding Biogen: New documentary traces life of Phil Sharp

Phil Sharp's discovery of RNA splicing helped kickstart a scientific revolution and birthed several biotech companies, including Biogen and Alnylam.

www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2025/06/13/phil-sharp-bio-documentary.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=nch&utm_content=BO

We talked about basketball. He even e-mailed me a book recommendation a few days later. No, while I was talking to him I had no idea who he was. 🎓️

Nashville startups

This list may or may not be exhaustive. Found it via Zap. In any event, sorted, it includes 39 agetech | healthcare | pharmacy tech | med device startups.

Nashville startups

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airtable.com/app3aP8YyhtswcWXs/shr2it6dfyhYad8CU/tbl9yLvn1OhH113Yg

May or may not hold the basis of a list like this for the ‘ville. 😉

And, related…

For the Louisville crowd... We want to make sure we're creating what you want and need. This survey will take just a few minutes of your time, but it will help guide how we can better serve Louisville's healthtech community. Together! 🤝

Community Survey

Liverpool Lane is focused on building an authentic healthtech community where connections matter and innovation thrives. Your responses will help us create more targeted events, content and programming. We might even come up with something unexpected!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-jxSxinxWU0vW9PxwsYRt4FBaxeuC06PSruKl8kC6ssilvA/viewform?pli=1

Fill it out. Please.

Word ‘em up.