Virtual Showcase · November 2026

7 ventures. Here's how you can help.

These founders are in the Advisory5 program. Each one says what would move them forward right now. If you can open a door, tick what fits and our founder, Igor, will make the introduction.

Megan Hackenberg

Founder & CEO

Medical devices · Patient handling · Oregon

BlueLayer

BlueLayer is developing patient transfer solutions that keep patients transfer-ready throughout care: disposable transfer sheets paired with a powered lift-assist system. Built from firsthand clinical experience, it targets the repeated preparation, staff strain and delays involved in moving patients between beds, stretchers and imaging tables.

Stage: Pre-product. Business plan and customer discovery complete, with early validation users.

Megan Hackenberg: Built BlueLayer from three years working nights in MRI at one of Oregon’s largest hospitals.

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AJ Trelease

Founder & CEO

Health tech · Senior care · Wilmington, NC

CareHome Technologies

CareHome helps seniors manage their medication schedules, giving family and facility caregivers peace of mind and real-time adherence analytics. Missed doses and medication errors drive millions of avoidable ER visits each year, a problem that grows as the 65+ population rises.

Stage: Product available for demo.

AJ Trelease: Mission-driven founder with experience in business development, health and wellness, and technology commercialization, building the company his grandmother inspired.

carehomeco.com Company page Profile on Advisory5 →

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Zack Lyon

Founder & CEO

Medical devices · Pelvic health · Winston-Salem, NC

H3Pelvic

H3Pelvic is developing Thermal Neuromodulation Therapy for pelvic health: a non-invasive, opioid-free and needle-free device for treating pelvic pain and dysfunction. Its research and development is backed by the NIH, Duke University and the North Carolina Department of Commerce.

Stage: Investigational. The device is not yet FDA cleared or available for commercial sale; healthcare providers can request early access through a waitlist.

Zack Lyon: Inventor with more than 40 patents, working with Duke University urologists, urogynecologists and Pratt School of Engineering PhDs.

h3pelvic.com Company page Profile on Advisory5 →

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Kenneth Watson, Jr., JD

Founder & CEO

Digital health · AI · Preventive care

HealthLink360

HealthLink360 is a context-aware preventive health platform that connects fragmented medical information with biometrics, nutrition, daily behaviors, personal goals and real-life barriers. It helps individuals understand what is changing, identify meaningful next steps and coordinate the right support before small health risks become serious and costly.

Stage: Customer discovery, moving toward first revenue.

Kenneth Watson: Background spanning healthcare law, product strategy and digital health.

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Charlotte C. Louis

Founder & CEO

Healthcare workforce intelligence · B2B

SenterME

SenterME is an enterprise healthcare technology company defining Structural Health Intelligence™. Its platform helps health systems detect where workforce strain is building, understand the organizational conditions behind it, and see whether interventions are working before the consequences appear as turnover, staffing instability or care disruption.

Stage: In market, with a 90-Day Diagnostic as the entry point for health systems.

Charlotte C. Louis: Background spanning financial services, entrepreneurship and customer experience leadership.

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Gregory Roberts

Co-founder & CEO

Medical devices · Biotech · Greensboro, NC

SKG Lifesciences

SKG Lifesciences is developing the LEAF system, an autonomous bioelectronic platform designed to turn reactive wound care into predictive, home-based recovery.

Stage: Early stage. Customer discovery complete; selected for the gBETA accelerator.

Gregory Roberts: Third-year Nanoengineering PhD candidate at North Carolina A&T State University.

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Rob Capozziello

Co-Founder & CEO

Dr. Michael Verdon

Co-Founder

Health tech · AI and analytics · SaaS · Asheville, NC

Transcendent Care

Transcendent Care offers a precision spine care management platform that optimizes patient referral prioritization, improving throughput, clinical outcomes and revenue without new patient volume.

Stage: Early revenue. Completed a year-long beta and has paying customers.

Rob Capozziello: More than 20 years of healthcare IT and AI leadership.

Dr. Michael Verdon: Neurological spine surgeon.

transcendentcareinc.com Profile on Advisory5 →

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