Crowdfunding continues to proliferate and is now a meaningful–sometimes sole–component of an entrepreneur’s fundraising process. 

Which platforms are driving the most success? 

How can you as the entrepreneur best prepare for a successful raise? 

What advantages–and disadvantages–does crowdfunding offer compared to other ways of raising capital? 

Hear from two CEOs who have managed multiple crowdfunding campaigns on what works, what doesn’t, and how to navigate the process.

• Arup Roy-Burman, Founder & CEO, Elemeno Health (StartEngine campaign here)

  Arup Roy-Burman is a pediatric intensivist and was Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit as well as Director of Transport, Access and Outreach, for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. With an interest in engaging frontline staff through social gamification to improve communication in the medical field, Arup founded Elemeno Health. As the first cloud-based just-in-time support solution designed for frontline healthcare teams, Elemeno is reducing variability, increasing consistency, and improving outcomes.

• Sophia Yen, Co-Founder & CEO, Pandia Health (Backstage Crowd)

  With specialties in academic medicine, adolescent medicine, treating and preventing pediatric/childhood obesity, contraception, STIs, advocating for reproductive rights, and educating medical students, Sophia Yen is dedicated to preventing pediatric obesity and preventing teen pregnancy through youth development, comprehensive sex education, and access to contraception. These objectives led her to found Pandia Health, a service which delivers birth control to your mailbox, and supplies free prescriptions via Pandia Medical Group MD partners. Prior to founding Pandia Health, Sophia was the Chairperson of the N. CA American Academy of Pediatric’s Pediatric Obesity Interest Group.

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