HealthTech Israel Podcast

Nadav Shimoni, Head of Digital Health, Arkin Holdings

Chen Sirkis Season 1 Episode 6

In this podcast we are speaking with Nadav shimoni who is the head of digital health at Arkin Holdings.

Arkin Holdings, is a single family office that is the largest private Israeli healthcare investor focused on healthcare, currently managing a ~$1.5 billion healthcare portfolio. 

Jump straight to:

00:42                                    Nadav - what made you decide to join the industry and why?

04:00                                    What should we mean with the term “Digital Health”

06:30                                    How can startup companies break through the noise and make investors, professional investors actually listen, without using Buzzwords.

08:30                                    How do we better translate our entrepreneurial capabilities in Digital Health to international standars?

12:50                                    What leads you to believe that system needs to be changed in order to jump forward and how can Digital Health innovators cater to the market in a way that translates well?

17:30                                    Why do you think the attempts at remote patient monitoring are not successful? 

21:15                                    What doctors and providers are looking for is actually tangible information that they can act on.

22:40                                    Who are you invested in at the moment at Arkin Holdings and what areas are you looking for to invest in?

26:30                                    What is most important in your pitch is demonstraitng the minimum viable product and then enlarging it to a commercial proposition.

29:25                                    What does your day look like?

31:55                                    What is the 81 Alumni association? 

35:10                                    If you could invest a million dollars of your personal funds in a moonshot in health, what would that be?

35:40   If you could, re-choose your career path then and not choose to go to med school, what do you think that