Founder's Voyage
133 - š How Can Founders Empower Patients Through Digital Health Innovation - Felix Oen
Published: 4 October 2025 at 12:00 Europe/London
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Felix is a seasoned medical innovator, entrepreneur, and mentor with over 30 years of experience spanning investment banking, healthcare, and technology. As a two-time founder with one exit, Felix has trained at Stanford in medical bio-design and further broadened his expertise at MIT and Harvardās Medical Innovation Program. He leads healthcare investments as a venture partner at Headline Asia, overseeing a $4 billion+ portfolio, and advises global medical institutions including UCSF and Taipei Medical University Hospital.
Felix is at the forefront of digital health transformation, championing the digitization of medical records to empower patients and improve care on a global scale.
š” What Youāll Learn from Felix's Journey:
šø The Realities of Healthtech Innovation: Discover why healthtech startups face unique hurdlesāfrom regulatory tangles to entrenched industry giantsāand why grit and perseverance are essential in this sector.
šø Patient Empowerment through Data: Learn how empowering users to control and understand their medical data not only improves outcomes but can also prevent costly and harmful errors like adverse drug effects.
šø The Power of Clinical Collaboration: Felix stresses the critical importance of integrating clinicians into every phase of product developmentāa lesson that dramatically increases credibility and user adoption in health-related ventures.
šø Storytelling to Drive Change: Personal stories, both from Felix and community members, can humanize complex healthcare issues and become a powerful tool for adoption, awareness, and entrepreneurship.
You can connect with Felix on ā LinkedInā to follow his journey.
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š Props to the stellar crew: Nancy Nash, Daniel M. Melo, Carlos Javier ChacĆ³n SĆ”nchez, Matthew Ray, and host Spencer Walker-Fooks. You bring this show to life.
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