Independence Blue Cross launches $50,000 healthcare venture competition [Startup Roundup]

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MUST READS

Our coverage of Startup Weekend Health, which took place last week, is here. As MedCityNews reports, Independence Blue Cross announced an innovation challenge for the healthcare industry at the event which could land 3 startups with $50,000 grants along with entrepreneurial services from local providers. Deadline is July 10.

A lengthy update from Philly Startup Leaders and its active momentum, as we wrote about last week.

GIVE A GLANCE

Former Viddler CEO Rob Sandie, now working on a new online video management venture called vid.io, won a $25,000 investment and incubation at i/o Ventures in San Francisco, TechCrunch reports.

myYearBook, which was acquired by Quepasa nearly a year ago, has launched under the new merged brand-name MeetMe and a new whole mission focused on social discovery, TechCrunch reports.

Family iBoard, a private social network for families, launched last week from Pennington New Jersey, according to a press release.

Clothing reseller Kembrel is looking to launch a men and women’s line of clothing this fall and has posted designs on its Pinterest board.

Our coverage Monday of MetaLayer, the local startup offering drag-and-drop data visualization, is worth a second glance.

RightAction, the quiet online advertising startup based in the Cira Center, has posted a gig for a front-end developer.

MIGHT BE WORTH YOUR TIME

Monetate offered content strategists a glimpse at its content marketing strategy last night at an event hosted in part by Technically Media. The company says that video and infographics have been a huge part of its viral web marketing campaign.

ReadWriteWeb’s Philadelphia-based reporter John Paul Titlow writes about coupon app SnipSnap.

Do you need an office to run a startup company in Philadelphia? The Inky’s Diane Mastrull explores the question with local entrepreneurs.

KillerStartups has a Q&A with DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg. The company was also recently featured by MIT’s Technology Review.

PalmLing is exploring the possibility of a new brand name in a survey.

Stroll, an e-commerce solution based in Philadelphia recognized as one of Inc. Magazine’s 5,000 fastest growing companies, has launched Hypergrowth, a blog focused on business growth.

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