9 – SkillGigs, Inc | USA
This company is an e-commerce-style talent marketplace that uses AI to match healthcare and technology workers with available jobs.
Amid a chronic nursing shortage and events like a global pandemic, hospitals need to staff up quickly, and they can’t wait weeks for traditional third-party recruiters to do the job.
Using AI technology similar to what’s used by popular dating and ride-share apps, SkillGigs is to the healthcare staffing industry what eBay was to flea markets.
Employers using them to directly source talent can interact and submit compensation bids directly to pre-screened job candidates that have indicated interest in an open position.
On the talent end, the more candidates interact with the app (indicating “interested” or “not interested” in a position presented to them based on their skill sets), the better they will match with potential future opportunities.
This has allowed healthcare clients, such as a large healthcare system based in Houston, TX, to do things like onboard 80 nurses and respiratory therapists within two weeks during a Covid surge – something that would be unthinkable with a traditional recruiter.
- Founder: Kashif Aftab
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10 – Clear Labs Inc
Clear Labs translates rich and vast genomic data into insights that help inform and direct genomic surveillance.
The American health tech firm harnesses the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS) to simplify complex workflows for clinical and applied markets.
By creating a fully automated platform that brings together DNA sequencing, robotics and cloud-based analytics, Clear Labs liberates genomics to deliver increased clarity.
Clear Labs’ turnkey platform accelerates outcomes and improves accuracy for detection and surveillance of infectious diseases.
With a novel approach, they are helping the world better understand, track and mitigate tomorrow’s novel pathogens.
The company continues to see growing demand for its novel laboratory workflows and platforms, stateside – the company is now supporting genomic sequencing and pathogen surveillance for nearly 60% of U.S. State PHLs.
Clear Labs secured $60 million as part of an oversubscribed Series C financing last year to help accelerate the adoption of its solution.
- Founder: Sasan Amini
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