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Company funded to develop visionary integrated IoT heart health device, in a toilet seat. Seasoned technology executive Austin McChord takes the helm as CEO ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Casana, previously known as Heart Health Intelligence, Inc., a healthcare technology firm that is re-inventing in-home health monitoring, today announced that it has secured $14 million in Series A funding, bringing the total capital raised to $16.6 Million. The financing round was led by General Catalyst and the Outsiders Fund with participation from Bemis Manufacturing Company, the largest manufacturer of toilet seats in the world and the lead investor for Casana’s seed funding round. Austin McChord, founder and CEO of Datto, has stepped in as CEO of Casana as part of closing the Series A funding. Casana will use their new financing to bring to market the firm’s first product to market called The Heart Seat™. Casana plans to pursue FDA clearance [...]

January 27, 2021 Photo courtesy of HAI Solutions. The Carlsbad-based startup is developing the first of its kind, single-use disposable device that will provide an underlying level of protection during IV fluid management. RESOURCE: San Diego Business Journal

Talk Takeaways Cari Enayati shares the role a business plays in society, the importance of unity, and the 3 P’s that can guide founders on how to build a sustainable business. She further shares the importance of defining your company’s purpose, MVPs, and a founder’s crucial role in getting funded. About When we do business, we are showcasing ourselves to the world. My passion is creating businesses that find sustainable ways of making our world better. At this point in my career, I have the pleasure of being able to support amazing companies lead by extraordinary, impact-driven leaders as they build products and services that will solve the problems we face today. I believe that we must look into the future to see what will be, and translate those future ideas into solutions for our present day. The many labels I have are mom, wife, business partner, investor, entrepreneur, [...]

I live with a very simple phrase when it comes to business and it’s one that came to me many years ago with the wish for others to see doing business in this same way.  Business is the lifeblood of society and allows for sustainability to be part of our lives from sustainable income for people who work for us to a sustainable environment from what we practice and teach to a sustainable community which is what we are all trying to build.  So with it comes the phrase that I live and breathe.   Business is Personal.   Business is a life-giving system from which we provide for our families and the families of our employees.  It has to be done with ethics and love and unity and has a direct impact on our personal lives and thereby business cannot be seen as solely a form of making money.  We [...]

Investing and partnering with conscious consumers, passionate educators, thought leaders and social entrepreneurs, Shahin Enayati has built a business to develop and improve products, services, and companies striving for excellence. As an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at UC San Diego, Enayati is passionate about building sustainable solutions and empowering excellence in work and life through business. His work with the Made Noble Inc start-up studio and the investment fund, Sustain Equity LLC, advances values for impact-oriented and purpose-driven solutions for our planet and its people by supporting products to better our future. "Every day I ask myself, how can you serve society? How can you spend each and every day fulfilled and provide yourself to society in the best way possible?" His focus on sustainability with its 3 pillars being economics, environment, and social impact, allows him to envision as well as contribute meaningfully to a better future. Now with his wife, two sons, [...]

Nestled atop Finca Filadelfia in Jocotenango, Guatemala is the tiny village of Mano De Leon. Like many other rural villages, Mano De Leon does not have electricity, running water, access to healthcare,drinking water or drainage. A generator is brought up to the village to pump water from the well each month. Although only 30 minutes from the thriving colonial city of La Antigua,  the village is isolated from the rest of the world by a steep 5 km drive up a dirt road accessible only by 4-wheel drive vehicles, or on foot. There is no shuttle service and none of the residents have access to a vehicle. Mano De Leon has one tiny school, Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta (EORM) Mano De Leon, with one teacher who teaches all students from grades 1 through 6.  Classes are only held twice a week. Education in [...]