Manuri Gunawardena is the Founder and CEO of HealthMatch. HealthMatch was founded in 2017, after Manuri won TechnCrunch’s Startup Battlefield. It is a Medtech platform built to help patients connect with clinical trials. It operates as a marketplace, allowing patients to have access to the latest treatments and trials.
Manuri is an ambitious founder with an extensive medical background. She is the winner of the 2021 Bold Future Award by Veuve Clicquot and has been named as one of The Australians top 100 innovators of 2021. As a former medical student turned entrepreneur, Manuri is passionate about combining her medical experience and technology to deliver better healthcare.
Ian & Manuri discuss a variety of topics, including…
The importance of patient accessibility to clinical trials
Empowering patients as drivers in healthcare
Manuri’s journey from medical student to entrepreneur
The impact the Covid-19 vaccine development had on the medical world
The consumer approach of HealthMatch
HealthMatch’s recent expansion to the United States...and much more!
Quickfire Recommendations
Book: The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC 
News Source: Twitter, social media platforms 
App: Instagram 
Productivity Tool: Miro 
Favourite Tech CEO: Whitney Wolfe Herd (Bumble) & Melanie Perkins (Canva) 
Favourite TV Show: Succession
Ted Talk Topic: The shift that is happening in healthcare toward more empowered patients 
HealthMatch is hiring! More info here.

<div>Manuri Gunawardena is the Founder and CEO of HealthMatch. HealthMatch was founded in 2017, after Manuri won TechnCrunch’s Startup Battlefield. It is a Medtech platform built to help patients connect with clinical trials. It operates as a marketplace, allowing patients to have access to the latest treatments and trials.</div><div><br></div><div>Manuri is an ambitious founder with an extensive medical background. She is the winner of the 2021 Bold Future Award by Veuve Clicquot and has been named as one of The Australians top 100 innovators of 2021. As a former medical student turned entrepreneur, Manuri is passionate about combining her medical experience and technology to deliver better healthcare.</div><div><br></div><div>Ian &amp; Manuri discuss a variety of topics, including…</div><ul><li>The importance of patient accessibility to clinical trials</li><li>Empowering patients as drivers in healthcare</li><li>Manuri’s journey from medical student to entrepreneur</li><li>The impact the Covid-19 vaccine development had on the medical world</li><li>The consumer approach of HealthMatch</li><li>HealthMatch’s recent expansion to the United States</li></ul><div>...and much more!</div><div><br></div><div>Quickfire Recommendations</div><ul><li>Book: The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz</li><li>Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC </li><li>News Source: Twitter, social media platforms </li><li>App: Instagram </li><li>Productivity Tool: Miro </li><li>Favourite Tech CEO: Whitney Wolfe Herd (Bumble) &amp; Melanie Perkins (Canva) </li><li>Favourite TV Show: Succession</li><li>Ted Talk Topic: The shift that is happening in healthcare toward more empowered patients </li></ul><div><br></div><div>HealthMatch is hiring! More info <a href="https://jobs.innovationbay.com/companies/healthmatch-io?o=21554" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>

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Manuri Gunawardena is the Founder and CEO of HealthMatch. HealthMatch was founded in 2017, after Manuri won TechnCrunch's Startup...

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