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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. That’s the mission driving products like Hemafuse , one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020. It is currently sold in Africa through Kenya’s largest medical distributor. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Competencies?

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In the earliest stages, these skills relate to what any good founding team should bring to the table — an acumen for business strategy and product development coupled with great engineering. Starting and scaling a company requires execution, and execution requires skills.