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Othman Ouenes
Othman Ouenes is the CEO and co-founder of Fidari, an oncology-first care infrastructure company whose name means 'in my home' in Arabic. A second-time healthcare founder, he previously co-founded QURE Healthcare (acquired by TRC Healthcare), where he spent roughly twelve years building clinical-measurement software. Born in France to a Moroccan mother and French-Algerian father and raised in the United States, he studied Human Biology at Stanford and now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he also serves as a part-time firefighter. Fidari combines AI-driven workflow automation with human navigation to help health systems coordinate supportive cancer care, capture billing, and connect patients to home-based services.
Samira Daswani
Samira Daswani is the founder and CEO of Manta Cares, a San Francisco healthtech company building clinically trusted, AI-enabled tools that help cancer patients and caregivers navigate the maze of treatment. A bioengineer trained at MIT and Wellesley with a master's in healthcare design from Stanford, she spent her early career at McKinsey and as VP of Product at diagnostics company Visby Medical before launching Manta Cares in 2022. The company raised an oversubscribed $5.4M seed round led by Pear VC and Sozo Ventures and now serves thousands of users. She also hosts the podcast 'Patient from Hell.'