HippoStack aims to be a HIPAA-compliant platform-as-a-service that allows for rapid development of healthcare applications. It will provide secure data storage, user authentication, and administrative tools to help developers easily build applications that comply with HIPAA regulations. The company was founded in 2013 and plans to generate revenue through monthly subscriptions, targeting early developers with free trials. The founder has experience building secure systems and scalable APIs.
2. Healthcare, a growing behemoth
17% of US GDP (2012)
97,000 mHealth products in AppStore (2013)
mHealth apps alone est. to reach $26B (2017)
Affordable Care Act and Quantified Self
movement spurring innovation
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3. HIPAA = Major Developer Barrier
HIPAA compliance is synonymous with “we
can’t build that”
Understanding and implementing the intricacies
of HIPAA best practices requires dozens of
developer hours
There must be a better way...
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4. HippoStack: HIPAA-as-a-Service
HIPAA-compliant DataStore API’s
● Secure binary and relational data storage
● User authorization/authentication/auditing
● Healthcare-specific data formats
● Data redundancy and backups
HIPAA Administrative Tools
● Standard policies and procedures
● Implementation/maintenance walkthroughs
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5. The HippoStack Advantage
Get healthcare applications to market in record
time
HIPAA best practices encouraged throughout
Infinitely scalable and highly resilient services
out of the box
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6. Progress
Founded August 2013
Expert HIPAA and technology attorney located
Launched marketing page
In talks with Common Sensing and others to be
first customers
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7. Business Model
Monthly subscription service like Parse
$750/mo starting point
AWS economies of scale = high margins
Free trial or possibly free tier necessary to
encourage early developer adoption
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8. Team
Andy Bauch
MS Computer Science from USC 2011
Built highly secure payment systems for US Treasury
Developed highly scalable API’s for ABC’s video apps
Winner, UCLA Hackathon, 2013
Two prior startups, no exits yet
Other Co-Founder
Currently talking with partners with domain experience
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