More nurses are interested in entrepreneurship. Here’s how to get started
Beth KutscherEditor at Large at LinkedIn NewsJune 18, 2025 For more tips on bringing your business idea to reality, check out our CEU eligible webinar next week in partnership with Nurses Feed Their Young. Click the image above to register Over the course of her career, Toni Land, MBA, BSN, CPXP, LCC has applied […]
Nurse Capital Launches New Network to Connect Nurse Entrepreneurs to Funders, Advisors and Industry Experts
CHICAGO, Jan. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nurse Capital, a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage healthcare startups founded and led by nurses, is proud to announce the launch of the Nurse Capital Network (NCN), an exclusive, invitation-only community designed to connect and empower nurse entrepreneurs and inventors. NCN will foster information sharing, networking with funders and industry experts, […]
The Nursing Beat
The Pulse of Heathcare Los Angeles-based The Nursing Beat: Described as “theSkimm for nurses,” The Nursing Beat (TNB) is a digital media platform that produces a daily digital newsletter designed for nurses, by nurses. The platform was founded in 2019 by two ER nurses—Tamara AL-Yassin, MBA, RN and Hannah W. Berns, MHI, RN—who value speed […]
Wave Therapeutics
A new wave of comfort and health Chicago-based Wave Therapeutics: Founded in 2020 by Jessica Bussert, RN, CEO, Wave Therapeutics has developed the first AI-enabled, soft robotics cushioning technology to prevent and treat pressure injuries such as bedsores which afflict 3 million Americans every year. Mobility-impaired people are especially vulnerable to pressure injuries, which can […]
Growing to Support You
Good Morning, Readers! We’re excited to share a significant milestone for The Nursing Beat. This past week, we secured funding from the nation’s only nurse-led investment fund, Nurse Capital, a partnership that underscores our commitment to amplifying voices within the nursing community. Over the past two years, our dedicated team of nurses has built this […]
Investing in Nurse Entrepreneurs
Founded by Marla Weston and Beth Brooks, venture capital firm Nurse Capital closed its inaugural $1M Fund to support nurse-led startups. It’s investing in RN-led companies creating innovative healthcare products and services. Weston and Brooks, who hold doctorates in nursing science, aim to fill a funding gap for nurse entrepreneurs, focusing on healthcare devices, technology platforms, software, patient […]
VC firm run by nurses invests only in nurse-run startups
A new Chicago-based venture capital firm seeks to harness nurses’ experience and creativity to create products and services that will transform healthcare. Nurse Capital will invest only in nurse-founded, nurse-led startups to take advantage of a “groundswell of nursing coming in with an entrepreneurial spirit” and digital know-how, said co-founder Beth A. Brooks. Related: New nurses have more […]
Nurse Capital Closes Debut, First-of-Its-Kind Venture Fund
Nurse Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in nurse-led enterprises providing innovative solutions in healthcare, announced today the close of its inaugural $1M Fund. The Nurse Founders Fund will invest in Late Seed and Series A rounds of startups founded and led by Registered Nurses (RNs) who are launching innovative products and services that […]
Navi Nurses
Bringing care home. Healthcare is complicated. Patients often face complicated conditions and families are overwhelmed trying to provide care. Two RNs saw the need and created Navi Nurses – on-demand same day care at home provided by experienced RNs. Navi Nurses created a web platform where consumers can hire an expert RN to provide care […]
Roddy Medical
From inspiration to innovation. Lindsey Roddy was working as a critical care RN in an intensive care unit with open-heart surgery patients when she almost lost one of her patients due to a medical tubing hazard. While assisting a patient getting out of bed after surgery, the line carrying the patient’s life support tangled and […]