Hola,

For obvious reasons, healthcare has been raised a notch or 3 this year in the list of global priorities.

We are in acute need of Covid-19 vaccines, treatments, and research to help us better understand the virus. But fighting disease is also about making people healthier overall — both during this pandemic and in the face of future threats.  
 

For all these reasons, we’re especially excited to release our second annual Digital Health 150 list, the world’s most promising companies at the intersection of tech and healthcare. 

These companies, located across 18 countries, are working on problems such as at-home care, disease management, and drug discovery. Some of them are directly involved in the Covid fight, including: 

• AI drug discovery platform Atomwise, which just raised a $123M Series B on Tuesday
• Digital stethoscope maker Eko, which was tapped by AstraZeneca to help develop heart screening tools
• Clinical trials startup Science 37, which has inked several partnerships for accelerating Covid research

All I do is win
 

The Digital Health 150 is our annual ranking of the 150 most promising digital health startups in the world. 

Take a look at this year’s winning cohort — selected from a pool of nearly 8K startups — here.

Here, there, and everywhere
 

Fintech startups are finding ways to embed their services into non-financial companies, ranging from real estate to insurance to HR cos. 

The trend of embedded fintech was just one of many that began to gain traction in recent months — we highlight 4 other emerging fintech trends amid Covid-19 here.

For more insights, we'll be covering Q2's fintech funding trends and the next leg of fintech innovation in a webinar next week. Sign up here.

🔎Mystery speaker contest 🕵️

We just signed on a super exciting new speaker for the upcoming fully virtual Future of Health (September 23-25). See the full rules and submit your guess here. Three correct guessers will be announced by name and company in an upcoming newsletter and will also receive an Oculus Quest. (Stay tuned for why that will be important.)

Below are the first 3 clues:

• The mystery speaker has 8 letters after their name (that’s a lot of degrees)

• The mystery speaker has a 33-page CV on LinkedIn

• The mystery speaker has written 75+ peer-reviewed articles published in various academic journals and now works in big tech

All ticket prices increase in 48 hours. Save $300 with code FoHMystery.

What in the world
 

The wealth of data and images from satellites is good for more than just exploring random streets on Google Earth.

From more accurate underwriting to automating claims, clients can read more about how insurers are employing geospatial analytics across the value chain.

Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated by the day, especially as hackers look to keep up with AI advances. In the future, attacks will rely on 2 key strategies:  fooling AI systems, and leveraging AI to launch sophisticated attacks.

This week, we’re featuring our report on cyber defenders — which highlights 28 companies that represent the future of cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity startups continue to receive substantial investor attention, with funding reaching nearly $10B last year across a record 770 deals. 

Just in the last week, 17 cybersecurity startups — working on everything from  anti-money laundering to hacker replication systems — raised over $200M in total.

For more, learn about  6 AI-related cyber threats here.

Have a great rest of the week.

Marcelo