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Mar 29, 20242 min read
Black Opal Ventures’ Founder, Dr. Tara Bishop, Participates in the Venture Capital Panel at MIT’s Female Founders Pitch Competition
The MIT Sloan Club of New York held their annual Female Founders Pitch Competition earlier this month featuring panels on venture capital...
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Jan 24, 20243 min read
Key Takeaways: Atlantic Health System Research Symposium Panel on AI in Healthcare
Atlantic Health System held their 2023 Research Symposium featuring a panel on the opportunities and challenges of AI use in...
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Dec 19, 20232 min read
Dr. Tara Bishop Serves as a Panelist at Digital Health New York’s Women’s Health Event
Digital Health New York hosted an event titled “The Women’s Health Journey: New Models, New Opportunities” featuring an esteemed panel....
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Nov 22, 20232 min read
Black Opal Ventures in the News
A number of media outlets covered the Black Opal Ventures Fund announcement. In Forbes, Nancy Wang writes, "Tara and Eileen’s story at...
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Nov 7, 20234 min read
Black Opal Ventures: Women-led VC Fund Investing in Technology to Revolutionize Industries
MIT alumnae launch inaugural venture capital fund focused on the collision of healthcare and technology NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black...
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Oct 5, 20232 min read
Dr. Tara Bishop Serves as a Panelist at the New York Venture Summit
In early September, Dr. Tara Bishop, Managing Partner of Black Opal Ventures, sat on a panel at the New York Venture Summit titled “Life...
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Jul 12, 20233 min read
Eileen Tanghal Serves as a Panelist for Women in Venture Event at the GCV Symposium
Managing Director and Founder of Black Opal Ventures, Eileen Tanghal, joins a panel at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium in...
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Jun 5, 20232 min read
Dr. Tara Bishop Delivers Keynote at the Primary Care & Hospital Medicine Innovations Symposium
Dr. Tara Bishop, Founder and Managing Director of Black Opal Ventures, gave the keynote at Weill Cornell's 6th Annual Primary Care &...
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May 18, 20231 min read
Eileen Tanghal Featured in IEEE Spectrum
Eileen Tanghal, Founder and Managing Partner of Black Opal Ventures, was featured in IEEE Spectrum to discuss her journey from electric...
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May 4, 20232 min read
Eileen Tanghal Serves as a Panelist Discussing Health Equity at ViVE 2023
Eileen Tanghal, Founder and Managing Partner of Black Opal Ventures, joins an impressive panel at ViVE to discuss the business case for...
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Apr 6, 20232 min read
Dr. Tara Bishop Gives Keynote at MIT Sloan's Healthcare and BioInnovations Conference
Founder and Managing Director of Black Opal Ventures, Dr. Tara Bishop, served as a pitch competition judge and keynote speaker at MIT...
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Mar 23, 20231 min read
Eileen Tanghal Gives Keynote at MIT’s Microsystems Annual Research Conference
Founder and Managing Director of Black Opal Ventures, Eileen Tanghal, gave the keynote address at MIT’s Microsystems Annual Research...
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Nov 22, 20222 min read
The Empatica Health Monitoring Platform receives FDA-clearance
The Empatica Health Monitoring Platform is our full-stack remote health monitoring and data collection solution for research and...
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Sep 30, 20224 min read
Optellum, AI Lung Cancer Diagnosis Innovator, Secures $14M Series A Funding
Optellum, an Oxford-based medtech company that provides a breakthrough AI platform to diagnose and treat early-stage lung cancer, has...
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Jul 15, 20221 min read
Dr. Tara Bishop Selected as a Woman of Influence by Private Equity International
Private Equity International Media announced their list for 2022 Women of Influence in Private Markets, with Black Opal's Founder, Dr....
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Jun 16, 20221 min read
Dr. Tara Bishop Moderates Entrepreneur Panel at the MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition
Dr. Tara Bishop, Founder of Black Opal Ventures, moderated an impressive panel of female entrepreneurs for the MIT Female Founders Pitch...
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May 21, 20221 min read
Black Opal Ventures Selected to Present at The Bridge Conference
Black Opal Ventures was selected out of nearly 200 applicants to present at The Bridge Conference in San Francisco on May 12, 2022. May...
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May 3, 20221 min read
Dr. Tara Bishop Moderates Panel on Strategies to Effectively Close the Primary Care Gap
Dr. Tara Bishop, Founder and General Partner of Black Opal Ventures, moderated an impressive panel on the primary care gap, sponsored by...
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Mar 9, 20221 min read
Dr. Tara Bishop Moderates a Power-house Panel on AI in Healthcare at HLTH VIVE
The panel at HLTH VIVE in Miami included leaders from Mayo Clinic, Amazon, Microsoft, and Bayesian Health Artificial intelligence (AI)...
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Nov 12, 20211 min read
Black Opal Ventures Attends the Bridge Dinner
The inaugural Bridge dinner allowed GPs and LPs to meet in a small, social environment October 21, 2021, New York City Dr. Tara Bishop,...
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