Ameera Patel, CEO at TidalSense: TidalSense diagnoses lung disease in under 4 minutes
Scaling EuropeShow Notes
TidalSense has built a handheld device that diagnoses COPD, a common lung disease, in under four minutes. It's already used across the NHS and has drawn interest from more than 60 countries since launching last year. The Cambridge-based company just raised $19m to expand into new markets.
Ameera Patel is CEO of TidalSense. She believes what matters most to healthcare providers is a better patient experience and more efficient care.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction 0:19 - TidalSense's $19m round and what problem it solves 1:08 - Why the standard diagnostic test hasn't changed since the 1800s 2:44 - What TidalSense has built 3:35 - TidalSense's rollout across the NHS 4:21 - The demand TidalSense has seen since launching 5:16 - Ameera's personal journey to founding TidalSense 9:48 - Inside TidalSense's $19m round and its lead investor 12:02 - TidalSense's plans to expand into the US and China 14:47 - TidalSense's biggest bottleneck right now 15:59 - What's needed for TidalSense's next raise
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