Jess McCreadie, Principal Investor at Octopus Ventures speaks to Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc on this week's HealthTech Hour.

Jess has spent her career helping businesses finance themselves, grow, scale and is hugely passionate about Venture Capital as a force for good.

In this episode, Jess and Steve cover a huge amount of ground including:

- Jess' journey through male-dominated industries, driven by her passion for finance and watching companies grow - and her views on diversity of gender and of background in VC/finance/startup culture

- The impact of AI on healthcare and why it's not all smooth sailing

- The value of solving a genuine problem and the mistakes founders make in becoming too obsessed with their technology

- Software as an enabler for many health problems - e.g. automation of fertility (Overture) and neuromodulation

- The issues with startup culture and what's good / bad for founders and staff