Vital Start Health (Accelerator)

Company Description: Vital Start is a University of Pennsylvania's Penn Center for Innovation startup developing the first maternal mental health platform using AR/VR and AI, a $16b opportunity. The founder & CEO, Kirthika Parmeswaran, is a Wharton alum, DARPA award winner with extensive experience across software, R&D and sales. She has firsthand experience with postpartum stress, anxiety and depression and is passionate to address the gaps with targeted, faster treatment through innovative technology. The co-founder, Dr. John Chuo is a Neonatal Quality Officer at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and an Associate Professor at Penn Medicine. We is well-aware of the impact of the well-being of parents on the child's outcomes and views this platform as the great product for this unmet need. We have developed a MVP, conducted extensive research regarding psychometrics and study protocol and completed a feasibility clinical study at a leading Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia's Neonatal ICU and are working through a licensing agreement with them. We are currently raising our seed round.