Groq Health
I knew that I was on my way to proving that we can reverse people's biological aging, so they could have healthy longevity. To me, 120 may not be enough years. I'm looking at 150.
- Dr. Florence Comite
Dr. Florence Comite wants to take her private practice digital. In this episode, she pitches Groq Health, an app to prescribe clinically proven treatments tailored to your unique body.
Our guest VC in this episode is Christina Farr, health-tech lead at Omers Ventures and long-time digital health expert.
We discuss:
Moving from “bricks” to “clicks”
If an app can help you live longer
How she’s differentiating her app and program
User engagement beyond the download
Selling through employers
Meet the Founder
Dr. Florence Comite is a clinician-scientist and innovator in the field of precision medicine, internationally known for her expertise in leveraging N-of-1 data to detect, predict, and reverse disorders of aging for optimal health and vitality. In 2005, Dr. Comite founded the Center for Precision Medicine & Health in New York City, where she established a clinically proven, academic approach to personalized health care, structured as a clinical trial. By integrating and interpreting genomic, metabolomic, phenotypic, and digital health data, the Center provides predictive analysis and actionable guidance for the individual patient. Dr. Comite’s global clientele spans the population, from forward-thinking physicians, to jet-setting executives, and self-quantifying millennials. Dr. Comite’s startup GROQ Health™ scales her unique approach to personalized, actionable precision medicine as a digital application.
Meet the VC
Christina Farr is a San Francisco-based health-tech investor. She's a principal at OMERS Ventures based in the Bay Area. Previously, she was a health-tech reporter and on-air contributor for CNBC, Fast Company and Reuters News. She was raised in London, UK, and received graduate degrees from University College London and Stanford University. She's an author of Second Opinion, a health-tech newsletter with more than 50,000 readers, and the author of a forthcoming book on the power of storytelling in business. She also runs a Slack community for clinicians who want to get up to speed on investing and entrepreneurship (please reach out for an invite!).