Kim de los Reyes’ Post

The last 48 hours were an absolute whirlwind of flights and friends ✈️ After London, I spent the weekend in New York City catching up with some of my favorites and meeting incredible new people. A few of the highlights 👇 → Tim Fitzpatrick who’s building IKONA Health to unlock the shift to home care, starting with dialysis. Incredible founder who always keeps the “science first.” You know we had to bust out the whiteboard to talk growth (see last pic). → Kim de los Reyes who’s building Seek to bridge health inequity gaps. We cover 100+ topics per hour in our talks, and I learn so much from her perspective as a nurse. → Brian Luciani who heads up Rise, created by Barclays - the Home of FinTech. He’s my mentor, crazy startup idea thought partner, and the only guy I’ve seen navigate midtown traffic in a Chevy Tahoe. → Jonathan Awad who was introduced to me as “the best connector for new startups in NY.” Praise well deserved, and his energy is incredible. → Shirly Ribak who has something incredible cooking in stealth. From HealthTech to FinTech, I’m always energized by the NYC startup ecosystem and humbled by the amazing people who are building it. Until next time, NY ✌️ #startup #newyork #healthcare

Amazing to think all of these friendships started virtually during the pandemic and have turned into some of my strongest real connections and sources of support. The founder journey can be rough and isolating. Building supportive friendships with people in the trenches alongside you is one of the surest ways to remain grounded, optimistic and balanced despite it all. Grateful for these humans doing whatever it takes to bring their visions to life and supporting one another along the way. This is a small glimpse of one founder solar system in our corner of the health tech galaxy in the vast and expanding cosmos that is the NYC tech scene. Most of us met through the On Deck Health program, and there's a lot more of us where that came from. It's a stressful time out there. Fundraising, conferences, hitting year-end targets. Find your support network and go through it together. Massive thanks and shout out to these friends and many more who have me feeling unbreakable and more optimistic than ever about the future we're building at IKONA Health. Henry Peck Kim de los Reyes Owen Willis Ciarán Murphy Sol Lee Ronke Oyekunle #digitalhealth #startups #fundraising #nyc #people #healthtech #future