Northwell Health has teamed up with venture studio Aegis Ventures to form a platform which will seed AI-powered healthcare technology developers.

US-based healthcare provider Northwell Health launched a healthcare company building platform called Ascertain with venture studio Aegis Ventures yesterday equipped with $100m in capital.

Ascertain will focus on creating and seeding artificial intelligence-powered healthcare technology startups capable of improving access to healthcare and closing equity gaps within the space.

The vehicle is employing a three-pronged strategy comprising of internal idea creation, the commercialisation of scientific breakthroughs by academics and other entrepreneurs and the facilitation of US market entry for global…

Fernando Moncada Rivera

Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the CVC Unplugged podcast.