We pause at the start of 2013 to reiterate what drives us in what we do. As you may well know, Maternova is building an online marketplace for technologies and protocols that save the lives of mothers and newborns. We want to remove epic layers of red tape to make it easy for clinicians and researchers to access life-saving technologies. We'd like to make it as easy as click and ship.

Maternova benefited from a Brown University team of students who spent the entire semester working through revenue models and creative options for monetizing and expanding the site.  A big thanks to Liz Adler, Mark Farnham, Kat Sorroko & Will Weidig !  If you like the innovations featured in the Innovation Index and want to purchase them, stay tuned for 'suitcase stuffers'

Beyond Profit  is a new social enterprise magazine covering new models to bring innovative solutions to challenges related to poverty, climate change, education, and health.  They present the stories, people and ideas behind these innovating social ventures by bringing you first-hand insights and expert commentary.  In a week in November when maternal health ventures were featured, Maternova was covered alongside stellar providers of care including LifeSpring Hospitals.