Defender: on a Mission to Solve the Global Crisis of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs) affect approximately 18.6 million people worldwide each year, including 1.6 million new cases every year in the United States alone. DFUs are a recurring, chronic health problem, not just one-time events: over 85% of DFU patients experience a recurrence within 5 years. And DFUs often lead to complications and profound, life-altering disabilities: in the US alone, over 130,000 amputations each year are tied to diabetes.

Currently, there are no therapies to reverse motor or sensory loss, so patients with DFUs often continue to apply pressure to damaged areas, typically by walking. Offloading devices are essential for reducing this pressure and promoting healing. Dr. Jason Hanft, DPM, Founder and CEO of Foot Defender, has created a better way to heal DFUs: Defender’s Smart Boot™ features eight advanced offloading technologies in a user-friendly design, significantly lowering foot pressure and healing DFUs in 5.3 weeks or less.

With the Smart Boot™, Foot Defender, Heel Defender, the Defender Cast Extension, and cloud services for capturing and monitoring patient data, Dr. Hanft and his team are creating a comprehensive disease management platform for patients with DFUs. They are making significant progress, with 50% revenue growth projected for 2024 vs. 2023, their highest-revenue month ever recorded in September 2024, and back-to-back monthly increases of over 50% in online sales alone.

For more information about Defender, click here or contact Mitchell Hauser at mhauser@svrglobal.com to set up a time to speak with Dr. Hanft.

We are pleased to announce that we have been engaged by ReCarbon Inc. to support their financing and fundraising efforts in the United States. 

ReCarbon is a leading greenhouse gas (GHG) utilization company; with their proprietary technologies, the company converts GHG into carbon-negative syngas, hydrogen, methanol, and other clean fuels safely and efficiently.

AKOS has reached a major milestone with the arrival of its 3rd generation base tool in Alberta. AKOS will be working with their partner Trican to conduct integration and commissioning activities in Trican's yard in Red Deer. The tool will likely see its first intervention services job later next week with a MLT day rates of $25K CAD. After running the base tool in a few wells, AKOS will mobilize its Multilateral Navigation tool to Canada and begin intervention work on the multilateral wells (under the agreements already in place) with local well operating companies.

AKOS’ advanced, proprietary well intervention and drilling services deliver significantly improved (1.4Mmt of CO2 reduction as of direct result of AKOS' Cybercoil services in 2028 and enable 90Mmt of CO2 reduction in 2028) sustainability, reduced environmental impact, and far superior economics to operating companies in the energy sector. 

Please contact Mitchell Hauser for more information or to arrange a meeting with Kent Kalar, AKOS' CEO. 

CircuitMeter has entered into a strategic supplier partnership with Novem Digital, a digital risk management and IoT innovation company. Novem selected CircuitMeter's platform to enhance its suite of risk management tools for owners and insurers to maximize building energy efficiency and manage sustainability related risk.

 With CircuitMeter, Novem can deliver state-of-the-art, real time energy metering and analytics to its client base, enabling Forensic Energy Management practices and granular IoT risk management processes

Please contact Mitchell Hauser for more information or to arrange a meeting with Paul Mertes, CircuitMeter's CEO. 

WAVE’s Drowning Prevention systems are already protecting thousands of swimmers at over 110 facilities in 27 states and abroad, including YMCAs and Boys and Girls Clubs:

• WAVE has completed the first close of a funding round led by Launchpad Venture Group.

• Customers love to tell us how WAVE has made swimming safer at their pools. Click here to watch.

  
  

Please contact Mitchell Hauser for more information or to arrange a meeting with Mark Caron, WAVE’s CEO.

Welcoming Dan ONeill as a New Venture Partner

We are thrilled to announce that Dan ONeill is joining our team. Dan’s extensive clean energy expertise offers fresh perspectives and unparalleled value to our collaborative efforts. 

Dan is a dynamic leader and advisor with years of experience in sustainability and disruptive technology. He has worked across sectors like plant-based medicines, water systems, consumer products, industrial processing, and sustainable food production, focusing on business development, deal flow, and prospecting. Dan has launched several ventures, including two consultancy firms in the cannabis and hemp markets, and is skilled in building strategic partnerships and communicating value to investors. Dan was also a professional lacrosse goaltender and was inducted into the Ohio-Wesleyan and Ohio Lacrosse Halls of Fame.To learn more about Dan, click here.