Human and Animal Healthcare- Where do they meet? Sept 29, 2022 animal health presentation by Cindy Cole, Partner, Digitalis Ventures. Overview of Digitalis Ventures and their $100 million Companion Fund, Mars-backed VC Fund dedicated to the companion animal space. Context about solving a problem vs creating a want. For example, dogs are not small humans. Specific Opportunities include supplements. This is a huge market, very fragmented, Very little science to support the activies. How do you differentiate your products? Example of Telemedicine- a cautionary tale for startups and investors. Summary- if your coming from human healthcare…Understand dogs and cats, Don’t over index on the “humanization” of pets, Solving a problem or creating a want. YouTube video recording available, along with other presenters, Ila Shukla Roof, Executive Commercial Director, Covetrus; Andras Bolcksei, Executive Vice President and Global Commercial Lead, CENA Sante; Avner Finger, VP Global R&D- Vaccines, Phibro; Moderated by Gil Bashe, Head of Global Health and PURPOSE, Finn Partners.